Comments on: Freeing Yourself from the Daily Grind – Tim Interview on Yahoo Travel http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/24/freeing-yourself-from-the-daily-grind-tim-interview-on-yahoo-travel/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:39:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bis http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/24/freeing-yourself-from-the-daily-grind-tim-interview-on-yahoo-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-120678 Bis Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:30:38 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/24/freeing-yourself-from-the-daily-grind-tim-interview-on-yahoo-travel/#comment-120678 Hello Tim Thanks much, HONESTLY ! I dont know how I came upon you (Mike Geary's posts??), but I am glad I did! I started with 4HWW, and though I liked the concepts.. I was not fully convinced. Guess I never really had a BIG dream/goal that would require me to incorporate those ideas. However, I have had enough with being an employee of Fortune 500 companies. I will quit soon, as soon as I have chalked out a business/lifestyle plan. I dont care how difficult or easy it may be..screw this f*up boring life. However, I am still quite confused as to what "should" be my BIG dream/goal ? Should it be starting up companies working on things I love and care, while also pursuing a happy life ? Or is it to just "work-as-an-employee" and have enough to live happily ever after with a(hopefully!) wife and kids? Sometimes I think, shouldn't it be service to our fellow beings? There is no higher purpose, it so seems. In addition, I have my share of insecurities and fears (I too have OCD) which make things worse. What do you think ? After finishing with 4HWW, I came to read 4HB. In this case, however, I have been stuck since. I keep reading chapters over and over (especially the female hoo-ha thingie :P. My experiments with being patient and gentle has done wonders.) I even have a copy of it on my mobile for quick reading. I really like the book, and I have recommended it to so many people including my family, friends, colleagues. However, I am always wondering what will they react when they come upon the orgasm thing and the *beautiful illustrations*. I am clear on the aspects discussed in this book..and I am working on it for a little over a month with promising results. I intend to put up two pictures, sometime in the near future. Before and After. Obviously by now you may have guessed, I am successful (hold a PhD in CS; spend 6 yrs for it, and now I don't know for what,) obese, and 30. You know why I like your books ? Coz I understand the BIG difference between knowledge and wisdom; and whatever you say is based on wisdom, unlike the majority these days. Don't give yourself too much airs ;-) OK, now something useful for you. The link for reading the Potts interview is dead. You may want to update it ? Wondering how on earth did I find that out since it is such an old post ? Clarification: I started from your numero Uno post. regards, Bis Hello Tim

Thanks much, HONESTLY !

I dont know how I came upon you (Mike Geary’s posts??), but I am glad I did! I started with 4HWW, and though I liked the concepts.. I was not fully convinced. Guess I never really had a BIG dream/goal that would require me to incorporate those ideas. However, I have had enough with being an employee of Fortune 500 companies. I will quit soon, as soon as I have chalked out a business/lifestyle plan. I dont care how difficult or easy it may be..screw this f*up boring life.
However, I am still quite confused as to what “should” be my BIG dream/goal ? Should it be starting up companies working on things I love and care, while also pursuing a happy life ? Or is it to just “work-as-an-employee” and have enough to live happily ever after with a(hopefully!) wife and kids? Sometimes I think, shouldn’t it be service to our fellow beings? There is no higher purpose, it so seems.
In addition, I have my share of insecurities and fears (I too have OCD) which make things worse.
What do you think ?

After finishing with 4HWW, I came to read 4HB. In this case, however, I have been stuck since. I keep reading chapters over and over (especially the female hoo-ha thingie :P. My experiments with being patient and gentle has done wonders.) I even have a copy of it on my mobile for quick reading. I really like the book, and I have recommended it to so many people including my family, friends, colleagues. However, I am always wondering what will they react when they come upon the orgasm thing and the *beautiful illustrations*.
I am clear on the aspects discussed in this book..and I am working on it for a little over a month with promising results. I intend to put up two pictures, sometime in the near future. Before and After.

Obviously by now you may have guessed, I am successful (hold a PhD in CS; spend 6 yrs for it, and now I don’t know for what,) obese, and 30.

You know why I like your books ? Coz I understand the BIG difference between knowledge and wisdom; and whatever you say is based on wisdom, unlike the majority these days. Don’t give yourself too much airs ;-)

OK, now something useful for you. The link for reading the Potts interview is dead. You may want to update it ?
Wondering how on earth did I find that out since it is such an old post ? Clarification: I started from your numero Uno post.

regards,
Bis

]]> By: David http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/24/freeing-yourself-from-the-daily-grind-tim-interview-on-yahoo-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-112316 David Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:55:57 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/24/freeing-yourself-from-the-daily-grind-tim-interview-on-yahoo-travel/#comment-112316 A long time has passed since that post. Too bad the Yahoo interview doesn't work anymore. @Douglas: not sure if you are still interested in case studies, but if so: you can find some at http://www.4hwwsuccess.com Of course, your own case study was a very inspiring one in the book :) Regards, David A long time has passed since that post. Too bad the Yahoo interview doesn’t work anymore. @Douglas: not sure if you are still interested in case studies, but if so: you can find some at http://www.4hwwsuccess.com Of course, your own case study was a very inspiring one in the book :)

Regards,
David

]]> By: Rolf Potts Q&A: The Art of Long-term World Travel… and Travel Writing | rob-thompson.com http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/24/freeing-yourself-from-the-daily-grind-tim-interview-on-yahoo-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-26916 Rolf Potts Q&A: The Art of Long-term World Travel… and Travel Writing | rob-thompson.com Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:26:19 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/24/freeing-yourself-from-the-daily-grind-tim-interview-on-yahoo-travel/#comment-26916 [...] interviewed me for Yahoo! Travel almost a year and a half ago, and I’m thrilled to have the chance to interview him about his [...] [...] interviewed me for Yahoo! Travel almost a year and a half ago, and I’m thrilled to have the chance to interview him about his [...]

]]> By: Rolf Potts Q&A: The Art of Long-term World Travel… and Travel Writing - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/24/freeing-yourself-from-the-daily-grind-tim-interview-on-yahoo-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-26327 Rolf Potts Q&A: The Art of Long-term World Travel… and Travel Writing - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:10:34 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/24/freeing-yourself-from-the-daily-grind-tim-interview-on-yahoo-travel/#comment-26327 [...] interviewed me for Yahoo! Travel almost a year and a half ago, and I’m thrilled to have the chance to interview him about his [...] [...] interviewed me for Yahoo! Travel almost a year and a half ago, and I’m thrilled to have the chance to interview him about his [...]

]]> By: Traveler http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/24/freeing-yourself-from-the-daily-grind-tim-interview-on-yahoo-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Traveler Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:44:37 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/24/freeing-yourself-from-the-daily-grind-tim-interview-on-yahoo-travel/#comment-1892 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! 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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