Comments on: 3 Bibles for Developing Clear Thinking and Problem Solving (Plus: Get an Original 4HWW Manuscript with Extra Content!) http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/02/3-bibles-for-developing-clear-thinking-and-problem-solving-plus-get-an-original-4hww-manuscript-with-extra-content/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Nico http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/02/3-bibles-for-developing-clear-thinking-and-problem-solving-plus-get-an-original-4hww-manuscript-with-extra-content/comment-page-1/#comment-55786 Nico Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:54:40 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/02/3-bibles-for-developing-clear-thinking-and-problem-solving-plus-get-an-original-4hww-manuscript-with-extra-content/#comment-55786 Hi Tim, I decided to circle back to this old post, cuz I'm intrigued and I hope you're still checking on this one. Before I buy these, I want to make sure they will give me an "actionable" experience. Do each of these books have exercises for improving writing or is it a kind of read it and figure it out on your own? All the best, Nico Hi Tim,

I decided to circle back to this old post, cuz I’m intrigued and I hope you’re still checking on this one. Before I buy these, I want to make sure they will give me an “actionable” experience. Do each of these books have exercises for improving writing or is it a kind of read it and figure it out on your own?

All the best,
Nico

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]]> By: Lorren L Hammond http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/02/3-bibles-for-developing-clear-thinking-and-problem-solving-plus-get-an-original-4hww-manuscript-with-extra-content/comment-page-1/#comment-3457 Lorren L Hammond Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:14:43 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/02/3-bibles-for-developing-clear-thinking-and-problem-solving-plus-get-an-original-4hww-manuscript-with-extra-content/#comment-3457 Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase. -John Balguy Just got this quote in my AWAD email (a word a day), and, though it can be interpreted many ways, it made me think of Tim's focus on stripping out the junk in your life (and the desire to just accumulate more)... The focus on the WHY in Tim's book is even more valuable than the HOW (and that's sayin' something!!) Thanks Tim. Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase. -John Balguy

Just got this quote in my AWAD email (a word a day), and, though it can be interpreted many ways, it made me think of Tim’s focus on stripping out the junk in your life (and the desire to just accumulate more)… The focus on the WHY in Tim’s book is even more valuable than the HOW (and that’s sayin’ something!!)

Thanks Tim.

]]> By: John http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/02/3-bibles-for-developing-clear-thinking-and-problem-solving-plus-get-an-original-4hww-manuscript-with-extra-content/comment-page-1/#comment-3112 John Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:18:29 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/02/3-bibles-for-developing-clear-thinking-and-problem-solving-plus-get-an-original-4hww-manuscript-with-extra-content/#comment-3112 Tim, I am amazed at not just the quality but the character of the books that you recommend. You don't list a bunch of get-rich-quick books, or other contemporary mass-market books, you list *the classic* texts in how to communicate by some of the most important intellectuals in modern times (Jaques Barzun). I have to say, I am floored -- and extremely impressed ### Thank you for the kind words, John! Being selective with books is just as important as being selective with nutrition. One is food for the brain, and the other is food for the body. I'm also a big fan of Wittgenstein and Ben Franklin. All the best, Tim Tim,

I am amazed at not just the quality but the character of the books that you recommend. You don’t list a bunch of get-rich-quick books, or other contemporary mass-market books, you list *the classic* texts in how to communicate by some of the most important intellectuals in modern times (Jaques Barzun).

I have to say, I am floored — and extremely impressed

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Thank you for the kind words, John! Being selective with books is just as important as being selective with nutrition. One is food for the brain, and the other is food for the body. I’m also a big fan of Wittgenstein and Ben Franklin.

All the best,

Tim

]]> By: A Million Paths http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/02/3-bibles-for-developing-clear-thinking-and-problem-solving-plus-get-an-original-4hww-manuscript-with-extra-content/comment-page-1/#comment-3068 A Million Paths Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:18:22 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/02/3-bibles-for-developing-clear-thinking-and-problem-solving-plus-get-an-original-4hww-manuscript-with-extra-content/#comment-3068 I *met* William Zissner several years ago. I took a writing class that he offered at the New School, he writes very much the way he speaks, and he's motivated by nothing more than the pleasure he gets from writing and curiosity, not at all by money. He wouldn't talk at all about how to get things published, because a. he said he wasn't overly qualified on that because he sort of stumbled into writing as a career and b. that it would take our attention away from quality writing (this was a non-fiction writing class). He's a really nice really gentle old man. I *met* William Zissner several years ago. I took a writing class that he offered at the New School, he writes very much the way he speaks, and he’s motivated by nothing more than the pleasure he gets from writing and curiosity, not at all by money. He wouldn’t talk at all about how to get things published, because a. he said he wasn’t overly qualified on that because he sort of stumbled into writing as a career and b. that it would take our attention away from quality writing (this was a non-fiction writing class). He’s a really nice really gentle old man.

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