Too much stuff–the road to a minimalist life

Today we’ll take a bit of a detour away from 4HWW and talk about stuff. Actually, the concept of “simple abundance” is at the heart of Ferriss’ book though he doesn’t go into much detail about “decluttering” your worldly possessions. Near the beginning of the book when he enumerates the “Rules that change the [...]

Staying positive around negative people

The excellent Zen Habits blog has a big post today about staying positive in the face of negative opposition. Basically, its a “how to” about eliminating the doubts that sabotage your dreams and goals:
Why? Because a doubt, as innocuous as it may seem at first, has a way of creeping its way into your [...]

The low information diet….

I started the “process of elimination” by going on what Ferriss calls “The Low Information Diet”. I started this “diet” a couple of days after finishing the book and I’m still on it.
Ever since I was a teenager I’ve been an information junkie. Prior to my “diet” I’d read at least 4 newspapers [...]

Is Time Management a Myth?

I used to obsess about how much I was or wasn’t getting done in a day. I blamed most of my personal and professional problems on the one-two punch of disorganization and poor time management. Obviously organization is, in theory, a component of time management. Most of the time management books I’ve [...]

The beginning…

This blog will chronicle my efforts to re-design my lifestyle following the blueprint of Tim Ferriss’ book “The 4-Hour Work Week”. I’ll also be adding other sources to provide a blueprint for my new professional efforts and lifestyle changes. One such source will be another excellent blog devoted to “simple productivity” called Zen [...]