Freeing Yourself from the Daily Grind – Tim Interview on Yahoo Travel 7 Comments

Written by Tim Ferriss Topics: Filling the Void, The Book - 4HWW, Travel

Rolf Potts, author of one of my favorite books of all time, Vagabonding, recently interviewed me on Yahoo! Travel for his column Traveling Light: The Art of Independent Travel. I forgot to post it here, as I was, well… traveling overseas!

It answers some of the most important questions that keep us from escaping or enjoying life once we do:

*What are the biggest misconceptions people have about work, and making time for travel?
*So what is the best way to negotiate your way into a mobile work lifestyle?
*Many people often can’t stop thinking about work minutiae, even when they’re far away from the traditional office setting. How do you get your mind, and not just your body, out of the office?

Here’s part of the introduction:

With the advent of new communication technologies it has also become possible to adopt what has been called a “global mobility lifestyle,” which allows you to redesign your work life in such a way that it can mix in with extended travel. Entrepreneur and Princeton University guest lecturer Tim Ferriss has written a book about this, The 4-Hour Workweek, that will hit bookstores in April. I contacted him by e-mail to get some perspective on making your work work for you (instead of the other way around)… (Read the interview)

Posted on March 24th, 2007

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7 Responses to “Freeing Yourself from the Daily Grind – Tim Interview on Yahoo Travel”

Chris Ashenden
March 25th, 2007
7:10 am

Hey Tim,

Great article mate and I am loving this blog. Looking forward to seeing this book! When is it coming to Australia and NZ?

C
Tim Ferriss
March 25th, 2007
6:49 pm

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the kind words. I wish I had a good answer for Oz and NZ! The book is already going into Dutch, Russian, and Japanese, but I’m not sure of the timing for UK/AUS/NZ. I’ll let the world know as soon as I do ;)

Cheers,

Tim
Douglas Price
March 27th, 2007
9:43 am

Great start to what promises to be a blog I will continue to read. This should be a good resource for people to not only learn how to create their ideal lifestyles, but also for those on the path to refine their game.

I’m also excited to see the profile of prosoundeffects.com in the book man. On that note, will you be posting any case studies? Any plans for instructional video content forthcoming?
Tim Ferriss
March 28th, 2007
7:58 pm

Hi Doug,

Case studies are most definitely coming, as are some video features and how-to. When I’m on the road, it will be both faster and more interesting for me to post video or audio content. This will especially be true when I do the European tour for the book, first stop Amsterdam (seriously: Dutch was the first foreign right sold). Much fun to come ;)

Tim
Traveler
July 15th, 2007
5:44 pm

I think if someone reads your book and Vagabonding, they will have a very hard time going to a regular job each day without thinking of ways to escape!
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