Tim Ferris gives an interesting talk at TED about overcoming some of his fears. He also writes a blog which I can't give comment on, but watch this space.
People like this are fascinating. I read a post the other day, but can't remember where which was talking about the difficulty of hiring great people during a downturn in the economy. This is counter intuitive since so many people are being let go, there must be more people to choose from. Thing is there is also more noise. The point the post was making is just how much of a difference productivity and efficiency really makes. It cited studies of the difference in the level of productivity between students at a university. The most effective students were able to complete tasks to a higher quality and in a shorter time. That is by definition true, but it was the scale that was surprising in one way and obvious in another. They found that the top students could complete 10 times as many tasks as the others.
So the title of Ferris' blog... 'Four Hour Work Week'
doesn't strike me as immediately ridiculous/preposterous. I can well believe that someone can get what the average person does in 40 hours done in 4. I doubt that efficient person would stop at 4, in the same way that very successful business people often continue in their job well past reach financial security.
If you could do the work you currently do in half the time, what would you do with the other half? Just imagine... You can't buy time... but you can make it.
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