The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog. Tim is an author of 5 #1 NYT/WSJ bestsellers, investor (FB, Uber, Twitter, 50+ more), and host of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast (400M+ downloads)
I’ve written about my morning journaling routine once before. But my journaling–think of it as freezing thinking on paper–isn’t limited to mornings. I use it as a tool to clarify my thinking and goals, much as Kevin Kelly (one of my favorite humans) does. The paper is like a photography darkroom for my mind. Below is a scan …
Charlie Hoehn was a full-time employee of mine during the making and launch of The 4-Hour Body. It was an intense period. In this post, Charlie will share his M.E.D. (Minimum Effective Dose) for overcoming anxiety and managing workaholism. There are six techniques in total. If you haven’t already, be sure to read his previous post …
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Lane Wood’s last photo with his iPhone 5. Preface by Tim/Editor This guest post is by Lane Wood, societal entrepreneur, CMO of Humin, and alum of Warby Parker and charity:water. I recently went four weeks without phone, computer, or calendar, while in Indonesia. But what if you’re in a major US city? Can you go …
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Edmund Wilson, recipient of both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal for Literature, was one of the most prominent social and literary critics of the 20th century. He realized, like most uber-productive people, that, while there were many behaviors needed to guarantee high output, there was one single behavior guaranteed to prevent …
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(Photo: Timothy K. Hamilton) Total read time: 5 minutes. I’ve evolved as a user of the micro-blogging tool called Twitter. That said, technology is a great slave but a terrible master, and Twitter can turn the tables on you with surprising subtlety. This post will explain how I use Twitter and the 5 rules I …
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(Photo: Dunechaser) Napoleon, though mostly known as a little man with a funny hat, is regarded as one of history’s great commanders. He was also well-known for his unusual but effective methods of information management. Here are just two examples from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay entitled “Napoleon, or The Man of the World“…
(Photo: da100fotos) “What gets measured gets managed.” -Peter Drucker I like data and enhancing performance through following the numbers. I use half a dozen tools to track metrics on this blog, and I have similarly used tr.im to track click-through on Twitter links, demographic and geographic splits, etc.. I find retweets interesting, but only to …
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Auto-response from Gary Vaynerchuk: Subject line: Thanks for the email — click the link Hey, here’s a link that will explain everything! http://tv.winelibrary.com/garyvs-inbox Before the economic recession hits us like a Pamplona bull, we will have long entered an digital recession characterized by lower per-hour output from digital workers and a higher incidence of problems …
Continue reading “Preventing Email Bankruptcy: From 1920's Postcards to Video Confessions”
You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry. I once asked Po Bronson how he beats writer’s block. His answer was “write about what makes you angry.” It works like a charm. If I had writer’s block, this quote from a recent Entrepreneur magazine blog post would surely make the words flow like water. What follows …
Continue reading “Time Management Guru-itis: Mark Hurst vs. David Allen and Tim Ferriss”
Even after outsourcing my e-mail to a virtual assistant, there are still a few messages that come over the transom. Since the success of the book, I’ve been able to see some of the worst e-mail pitches out there. Here is an example of how to do it properly, with 5 tips and good template …