Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich
9780091929114
Timothy Ferriss
Notes
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect”
Mark Twain
D – Definition
E – Elimination
A – Automation
L – Liberation
Step I: D is for Definition
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool “
Richard Feynman
“Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.”
JFK
Retirement as a goal is flawed…Ask for Forgiveness, Not permission…Lifestyle Design is not interested in creating an excess of time but the positive use of free time doing what you want….Eustress = stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth…
“Many a false step was made by standing still”
Fortune Cookie
When considering taking major risks, simply think about the absolute worst things that could happen as a result of taking your risk…The Question you should be asking is: What would excite me?…Dreamlining establishes time-lines to what most people would consider dreams.
“The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom”
Viktor Frankl
Step II: E is for Elimination
Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions…2 Truisms – (1) Doing something unimportant well does not make it important (2) Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important…Lack of time is lack of priorities…Most information is time consuming, negative, irrelevant to your goals, and outside of your influence.
“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”
Robert J. Sawyer
Learn to be difficult when it counts…having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.
“People think it must be fun to be a super-genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world”
Calvin and Hobbes
Step III: A is for Automation
The Expert Builder: How to become an expert in 4 weeks
- Join 2-3 related trade organizations
- Read 3 top selling books
- Give a free 1-3 hour seminar at your local university
- Offer to write one or two articles for trade magazines
- Join ProfNet
Nothing should pass through you…those (customers) who spend the most, complain the least.
Step IV: L is for Liberation
…make yourself so valuable to the company that they won’t refuse you…
“Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
Gandhi
“…what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive.”
Joseph Campbell
If you cannot define or act upon a question, then forget about it.
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”
Steve Jobs