Comments on: How The 4-Hour Work Week Influenced Me http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/08/17/how-the-4-hour-work-week-influenced-me/ Work smart, play smart Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:27:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rasmus Lindgren http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/08/17/how-the-4-hour-work-week-influenced-me/comment-page-1/#comment-33727 Rasmus Lindgren Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:21:28 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=5503#comment-33727 I don't think you could compare Getting Things Done with The 4-Hour Work Week. The first is an old book on time management (I am using Things for Mac, a great implementation and it syncs with my IPhone), while The 4-Hour Work Week is all about lifestyle design (and in this venture tries to give you more time through time management techniques). Both are good books however. While I don't have much about the time management aspect on my own blog (yet), I do have a lot about the outsourcing stuff Tim mentions in his book. I don’t think you could compare Getting Things Done with The 4-Hour Work Week. The first is an old book on time management (I am using Things for Mac, a great implementation and it syncs with my IPhone), while The 4-Hour Work Week is all about lifestyle design (and in this venture tries to give you more time through time management techniques).

Both are good books however. While I don’t have much about the time management aspect on my own blog (yet), I do have a lot about the outsourcing stuff Tim mentions in his book.

]]> By: Malick http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/08/17/how-the-4-hour-work-week-influenced-me/comment-page-1/#comment-33464 Malick Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:40:21 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=5503#comment-33464 I think some of the concepts mentioned in the book are contradictory to Eastern thinking where we give importance to long, hard work and I actually think that people who adopt Ferriss' approach may end up less well off. Check my <a href="http://committedexpertise.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/the-4-hour-workweek/" rel="nofollow">blog post</a> on this. I think some of the concepts mentioned in the book are contradictory to Eastern thinking where we give importance to long, hard work and I actually think that people who adopt Ferriss’ approach may end up less well off. Check my blog post on this.

]]> By: Scott Gould http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/08/17/how-the-4-hour-work-week-influenced-me/comment-page-1/#comment-33448 Scott Gould Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:42:11 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=5503#comment-33448 James, I'm completely the same. I got exactly the same as you out of it! James, I’m completely the same. I got exactly the same as you out of it!

]]> By: James http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/08/17/how-the-4-hour-work-week-influenced-me/comment-page-1/#comment-33446 James Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:54:03 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=5503#comment-33446 Tim Ferriss is a big advocate of the 80/20 rule and the thing about The 4-Hour Work Week is that ironically I found about 20% of the book gave me 80% of the value. For me personally, the outsourcing and delegation aspect held no interest, it was all about the time management, productivity and elimination side of things. Tim Ferriss is a big advocate of the 80/20 rule and the thing about The 4-Hour Work Week is that ironically I found about 20% of the book gave me 80% of the value. For me personally, the outsourcing and delegation aspect held no interest, it was all about the time management, productivity and elimination side of things.

]]> By: Scott Gould http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/08/17/how-the-4-hour-work-week-influenced-me/comment-page-1/#comment-33438 Scott Gould Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:17:27 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=5503#comment-33438 Your statement "no one does GTD to do less work" is very good and very insightful. While GTD has helped my manage my work, it still, eight months in, does require a good deal of time for me to organize. The deal is, of course, that I am getting more done. But I too in reading The 4-Hour Work Week have found it to be a good companion to GTD. I am now rereading it and delegating out a lot more work. My "waiting for" list is now far longer than my "next actions" list. Your statement “no one does GTD to do less work” is very good and very insightful. While GTD has helped my manage my work, it still, eight months in, does require a good deal of time for me to organize. The deal is, of course, that I am getting more done.

But I too in reading The 4-Hour Work Week have found it to be a good companion to GTD. I am now rereading it and delegating out a lot more work. My “waiting for” list is now far longer than my “next actions” list.

]]> By: Garry http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/08/17/how-the-4-hour-work-week-influenced-me/comment-page-1/#comment-33432 Garry Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:59:43 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/?p=5503#comment-33432 Getting Things Done is one of my favorite books at the moment. I haven't read The 4-Hour Work Week yet, but by all counts it is also a good read. I think the idea of outsourcing tasks is becoming more relevant as better online services are appearing on the web. Getting Things Done is one of my favorite books at the moment. I haven’t read The 4-Hour Work Week yet, but by all counts it is also a good read. I think the idea of outsourcing tasks is becoming more relevant as better online services are appearing on the web.

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