Comments on: Snappy Boring Quotes from Timothy Ferriss

By: Michelle Malay Carter

Michelle Malay Carter — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:22:23 +0000

Christopher,

Thanks for stopping by and offering your take on the book.

I guess if you are too busy to read the book, that it might be a sign that you might need the book!

Michelle

By: Christopher Johnston

Christopher Johnston — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:14:07 +0000

I’ve read the book once all the way through and I am in the process of re-reading it and implementing the steps to automate my business. I don’t know that my business model will allow 4 hour work weeks but 8-12hrs is possible. You should go to Amazon.com and pickup a copy, it is worth every penny.

By: Michelle Malay Carter

Michelle Malay Carter — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:12:57 +0000

Robyn,

Thanks for the comment. You know it’s a good quote when you think, I wish I had said that! That’s how I felt about many of Ferriss’ quotes.

Regards,

Michelle

By: Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:04:39 +0000

I like the quotes you share, Michelle, because they help us see how to get beyond boredom.

To say something simply, catchy captures the essence of a whole book or talk. Besides it’s something you can ponder a little or even keep in your head easily, such as, “Being a chess player instead of a chess piece.

By: Glenn Mehltretter

Glenn Mehltretter — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:30:52 +0000

Paul,

Want to thank you for the link to Tim Ferris’s pod cast. I’m presently engaged in being coached and my task for the week is to track my time usage. I believe that Tim’s thoughts will greatly influence my time usage innovation :)

Glenn

By: Michelle Malay Carter

Michelle Malay Carter — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:21:23 +0000

Good information. Thanks Paul.

Michelle

By: Paul Holmstrom

Paul Holmstrom — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:07:05 +0000

I first heard a podcast with Tim Ferris talking about the idea. I was fascinated and intrigued by the thought of stopping to think about how to cram in as much work as possible in a week and instead think about how little does one really need to do to contribute value – out with Getting Things Done.

Bought the book and thought the podcast gave me better return on time investment. Tim Ferris have entirely different opinions about what to do with the extra 36 hours of free time and I did not buy the book to read about that.

The important take home is about how he discovered how little of his workweek that actually created value. The rest of the book is filler.

The podcast I listened to was from a presentation he made at SXSW