Comments on: Organize IT Recap: My New eBook, Four Hour Work Week In The Real World And Is Depression Actually Good For You? http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/01/16/organize-it-recap-my-new-ebook-four-hour-work-week-in-the-real-world-and-is-depression-actually-good-for-you/ One of the longest running and most respected productivity blogs on the net! Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:52:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/01/16/organize-it-recap-my-new-ebook-four-hour-work-week-in-the-real-world-and-is-depression-actually-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-28055 James Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:09:41 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=2464#comment-28055 Aha, Jessica. I can imagine how difficult that would make things. Maybe I should compile a list of jobs a four hour work week wouldn't apply to... Aha, Jessica. I can imagine how difficult that would make things. Maybe I should compile a list of jobs a four hour work week wouldn’t apply to…

]]> By: Jessica http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/01/16/organize-it-recap-my-new-ebook-four-hour-work-week-in-the-real-world-and-is-depression-actually-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-27981 Jessica Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:32:17 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=2464#comment-27981 I work as a physician. There is absolutely no way that a four hour work week would be good for me or my patients. I work as a physician. There is absolutely no way that a four hour work week would be good for me or my patients.

]]> By: Katy http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/01/16/organize-it-recap-my-new-ebook-four-hour-work-week-in-the-real-world-and-is-depression-actually-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-27876 Katy Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:04:14 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=2464#comment-27876 Many thanks for the link! The more I look around the web, the more people I seem to find that are dissatisfied with T4HWW. I think the book was released at a particularly apt time with a lot of people unhappy with their working hours and work/life balance in general. With the proliferation of blogging I think a lot of people saw it as an easy way to make a quick buck and Ferris tapped into that with the whole "You can do everything on the Internet - I did!" attitude. However in the real world - as Stephen pointed out - it just doesn't work that way. Many thanks for the link! The more I look around the web, the more people I seem to find that are dissatisfied with T4HWW. I think the book was released at a particularly apt time with a lot of people unhappy with their working hours and work/life balance in general. With the proliferation of blogging I think a lot of people saw it as an easy way to make a quick buck and Ferris tapped into that with the whole “You can do everything on the Internet – I did!” attitude. However in the real world – as Stephen pointed out – it just doesn’t work that way.

]]> By: Troy Malone http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/01/16/organize-it-recap-my-new-ebook-four-hour-work-week-in-the-real-world-and-is-depression-actually-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-27865 Troy Malone Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:19:02 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=2464#comment-27865 For me, GTD is much more actionable than T4HWW. That having been said, there are some nice tips and tricks in it. For me, GTD is much more actionable than T4HWW. That having been said, there are some nice tips and tricks in it.

]]> By: James http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/01/16/organize-it-recap-my-new-ebook-four-hour-work-week-in-the-real-world-and-is-depression-actually-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-27854 James Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:28:04 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=2464#comment-27854 Thanks for the comments. Stephen, you make a good point about T4HWW and it only being suitable for particular people in particular businesses. I suppose the same can be said of GTD focusing on office workers. I guess if you don't take the outsourcing point the book makes literally, the whole principle of delegating/automating work does still apply. Sharon, you make a good point about depression. I'm sure most people have their ups and downs. We come through the downs naturally without medication feeling more motivated and I guess our ups plummet when that motivation wanes. Of course, there is a difference between just having a low period and something more serious like depression. Thanks for the comments. Stephen, you make a good point about T4HWW and it only being suitable for particular people in particular businesses. I suppose the same can be said of GTD focusing on office workers. I guess if you don’t take the outsourcing point the book makes literally, the whole principle of delegating/automating work does still apply.

Sharon, you make a good point about depression. I’m sure most people have their ups and downs. We come through the downs naturally without medication feeling more motivated and I guess our ups plummet when that motivation wanes. Of course, there is a difference between just having a low period and something more serious like depression.

]]> By: Sharon http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/01/16/organize-it-recap-my-new-ebook-four-hour-work-week-in-the-real-world-and-is-depression-actually-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-27853 Sharon Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:08:56 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=2464#comment-27853 Congrats on your ebook. As one with depression, I wish it were that easy to motivate myself to work on it and get well. I think you can help yourself to make it better but depending on the level of your depression, you probably won't be able to cure yourself completely just with motivation and willpower. And isn't motivation the biggest thing that is lacking with depression? Congrats on your ebook. As one with depression, I wish it were that easy to motivate myself to work on it and get well. I think you can help yourself to make it better but depending on the level of your depression, you probably won’t be able to cure yourself completely just with motivation and willpower. And isn’t motivation the biggest thing that is lacking with depression?

]]> By: Stephen http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/01/16/organize-it-recap-my-new-ebook-four-hour-work-week-in-the-real-world-and-is-depression-actually-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-27852 Stephen Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:33:16 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=2464#comment-27852 Congrats on the new ebook! My take on the T4HWW is that it looks like a great system for somebody that spends a few years building a mailorder business then turns it all over to supervisors. I am not in the mailorder business, and do not believe that most of the book applies to the average working people. I mean, seriously, how does a carpenter outsource his carpentry? I am looking forward to seeing how you apply it to the real world. Congrats on the new ebook! My take on the T4HWW is that it looks like a great system for somebody that spends a few years building a mailorder business then turns it all over to supervisors. I am not in the mailorder business, and do not believe that most of the book applies to the average working people. I mean, seriously, how does a carpenter outsource his carpentry? I am looking forward to seeing how you apply it to the real world.

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