Quote: (12-06-2012 05:35 AM)Kitsune Wrote:
Quote: (12-05-2012 01:16 PM)Teekay Wrote:
I call his books "porn for cubicle dwellers".
It's no exaggeration to say T4HWW is as dangerous to your professional development as being addicted to porn is to your game development.
That is exactly how I feel about it.
The scary thing is I have people coming to me who've read 4HWW who think it'll actually work in the real world.
Thing is, it really can work.
Making a plan for action is a lot easier than actually doing it. Just because you "think" it won't work doesn't mean it can't and hasn't actually worked for lots and lots of people.
and all this hating on him for the title or because every single thing in his book didn't work for every single person is ridiculous. it is pure hate. because fact is:
virtually every single one of you guys would trade your life for his in a nanosecond.
aside from my kids, i sure as fuck would and I make over $250k with lots of freedom and independence.
I to this day incorporate things I learned from his first book into my every day practice and while I am head of a medium sized company, I am really just another upper middle class professional dude:
Build systems that don't require you to be the centerpiece.
I have seen so many orgs fail because the founders/leaders thought all roads had to lead through them. They thought that if their phone wasn't ringing they weren't doing a good job. I took the exact opposite approach and built systems that when operating at peak efficiency, don't need me at all.
If my cell phone doesn't ring, then I'm doing my job.
delegate authority under certain thresholds
I have empowered junior staff to make decisions that have cost implications of under $500. this way I don't have to deal with every single fucking thing that comes up and the people that work for me feel like they get to use their brains
automate
build systems. systems. systems. take time to create a system that doesn't involve you but in extreme situations and runs on its own.
telecommute
i manage a lot from my inbox. i can send emails/lead/manage from anywhere in the world. i have taken two week vacations and no one even knew i left the city. i have run my business from singapore with a cell phone and my laptop. it can be done.
travel places where your money goes a long way
find value. you all know this.
these are just the few things that come to mind right off the top of my head.
are they all groundbreaking or even original? probably not. but they were packaged in a way that made sense to me and convinced me to try it out.
i can say without any doubt at all it has been one of the most influential books i have ever read.
people always ask me, "how do you do it??" or they say "You must be sooooo busy!!" but players, I have time to surf the web every day. I workout every single day. I trained muay thai every single day for years. I have seen the world. banged a ton of sluts all the while running these companies with the mindset that I want to do this as efficiently as possible.
could I work even harder and make MORE money? probably. but my financial future is set (real estate portfolio I built from zero) and i'm all about enjoying my life.
scoff as you may at tim ferris but you're just hating. pure jealously.
game respects game, and dude has mad game for life.