Tim Ferriss on tolerable mediocrity, and the advice he gives startups

Re:Tim Ferriss on tolerable mediocrity, and the advice he gi... by lynx44 on Thursday January 13, 2011 @12:47PM (#2100604)

I am not a big fan of Tim Ferriss - he argues for a 4 hour work week, but in one sample day of his I saw, he worked 4 hours on one article for the Economist alone.

That said, this article is surprisingly interesting/useful.

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Re:Tim Ferriss on tolerable mediocrity, and the advice he gi... by steveklabnik on Thursday January 13, 2011 @02:07PM (#2100920)

> he argues for a 4 hour work week, but

You're missing his message.

> In the second category, you have people who don’t love what they do. It comes back to that comfortable mediocrity. And for them, it’s about replacement. It’s not about reduction. For them, the goal is to get to the point where they’re doing what they love. And that is the objective of everything that I teach. _It’s not to be idle_, but it’s to get to the point where you control your time and allocate it to the things that will give you the most joy and also provide the greatest impact. For each person, that will be very individual.

Emphasis mine.

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