Beware of any enterprise that requires a new set of clothes.” — Henry David Thoreau Rat Race. Trend. Fad. Blind leading the blind. Mainstream. A lot of names, one thing: conformity. And I do my best to question what’s popular as much as possible. But the question is this: If you’re going to question everything,…
Monthly Archives: March 2009
The Lie of The Four Hour Work Week
The promise of a four hour workweek magically righting all wrongs in your life, is a lie. Not only is it highly implausible, but if you ever do achieve a four hour work week, you’ll probably want to get rid of it. Why is the Four Hour Workweek (4HWW for short) a lie? Well, there’s…
If It’s a Good Idea… Don’t Do It
For a long time, I’ve held the belief that if something is a good idea, it’s worth doing. Now, I completely reject that notion. I just can’t operate that way anymore. I know better and my brain can’t be fooled. In 2007 Tim Ferriss coined the term “work for work’s sake.” Since then, something worse…
