Comments on: The Art of Letting Bad Things Happen (and Weapons of Mass Distraction) http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/ 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: Paul http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-111742 Paul Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:55:59 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/#comment-111742 Your solution is to be selfish and self minded. Never mind others, who cares about wasting time answering to mails (which are ways for people to communicate) ! Doing what you want is the only thing that's important. Just care about yourself ! Great advice ! It will make the world a horrid place, but we will be better off that the others, and that's the main and first goal of them all ! Your solution is to be selfish and self minded. Never mind others, who cares about wasting time answering to mails (which are ways for people to communicate) ! Doing what you want is the only thing that’s important. Just care about yourself !

Great advice ! It will make the world a horrid place, but we will be better off that the others, and that’s the main and first goal of them all !

]]> By: reza http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-110306 reza Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:21:38 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/#comment-110306 Tim, i'm a 20 year old college student 'diagnosed' with adhd. My intelligence has gotten me this far... but school work is AGANIZING. I took aderal for the first time yesterday.... (30mg), i'm about 170, 5'9, scored 19/100 (100 being averagr) for attention deficiet disorder.... and It was a TRIP. at first i felt super focused... but it had all these side effects that were RIDICULOUS... I don't really want to be on it... and the only reason i took it was to get my mind to stop wandering from school work.... but I HATE school. I want to be an entrepreneur, and start my company in the real world. I'm not sure i'll get past school without the meds... as it's gotten to be unbearable. Quite franky, i'm not sure if school is even worth it... I only really want the 'college' experience... i feel like i'll 'miss' out if i don't go (to a university away from home living on campus)... but then i also am worried that it's just a waiste of time... not sure what to do. My mom thinks i would be idiotic to not get my degree. I kinda feel like I should finish what i started... but it feels unbarable, and i'm not sure wether I'm going to ever take an aderal pill again.... maybe lower dosage, but either way, drugs, besides alchohol and tobacco, make me feel 'out of control' and i HATE it. So i'm facing a dilemma... follow my passion or finish what i started/ enjoy the college experience... I'm sort of confused. I have a good mentor, my friend arie, persian guy, 24, entrepreneur, he mentioned you guys are friends, which is pretty cool.... but i'm just afraid on what to do and afraid of 'missing out' on something like the 'wild college experience and friends, and owning the school, etc' and i'm not sure if i really want that or i've been programmed that that is the 'cool' thing to do... just like people are programmed that college is the 'right' thing to do.... words of wisdom would be awesome.. And do you have adhd or anything like that, and how do you use it to your advantage and deal with it? I read that we are very able to focus on things that motivate us very intently and not on things that bore us, like school Tim, i’m a 20 year old college student ‘diagnosed’ with adhd. My intelligence has gotten me this far… but school work is AGANIZING. I took aderal for the first time yesterday…. (30mg), i’m about 170, 5’9, scored 19/100 (100 being averagr) for attention deficiet disorder…. and It was a TRIP. at first i felt super focused… but it had all these side effects that were RIDICULOUS… I don’t really want to be on it… and the only reason i took it was to get my mind to stop wandering from school work…. but I HATE school. I want to be an entrepreneur, and start my company in the real world. I’m not sure i’ll get past school without the meds… as it’s gotten to be unbearable. Quite franky, i’m not sure if school is even worth it… I only really want the ‘college’ experience… i feel like i’ll ‘miss’ out if i don’t go (to a university away from home living on campus)… but then i also am worried that it’s just a waiste of time… not sure what to do. My mom thinks i would be idiotic to not get my degree. I kinda feel like I should finish what i started… but it feels unbarable, and i’m not sure wether I’m going to ever take an aderal pill again…. maybe lower dosage, but either way, drugs, besides alchohol and tobacco, make me feel ‘out of control’ and i HATE it. So i’m facing a dilemma… follow my passion or finish what i started/ enjoy the college experience… I’m sort of confused. I have a good mentor, my friend arie, persian guy, 24, entrepreneur, he mentioned you guys are friends, which is pretty cool…. but i’m just afraid on what to do and afraid of ‘missing out’ on something like the ‘wild college experience and friends, and owning the school, etc’ and i’m not sure if i really want that or i’ve been programmed that that is the ‘cool’ thing to do… just like people are programmed that college is the ‘right’ thing to do…. words of wisdom would be awesome.. And do you have adhd or anything like that, and how do you use it to your advantage and deal with it? I read that we are very able to focus on things that motivate us very intently and not on things that bore us, like school

]]> By: Nikki Layton http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-95534 Nikki Layton Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:35:12 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/#comment-95534 Tim, Congrats on your holiday! Sounds like you really had a holiday not just working from the beach type break! Which can be good as well. A change of pace is critical to be ready to take your life to the next level. Thanks for the pointers on attention! I will be thinking about that as we try to grow our 2 businesses. Take care. Tim,
Congrats on your holiday! Sounds like you really had a holiday not just working from the beach type break! Which can be good as well.

A change of pace is critical to be ready to take your life to the next level.
Thanks for the pointers on attention! I will be thinking about that as we try to grow our 2 businesses.

Take care.

]]> By: Scott Burton http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-94704 Scott Burton Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:29:13 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/#comment-94704 Wow, Tim this is great stuff! Since I read your book, I've changed so much about my life. I now work 1/2 the hours as before - done instantly before I even finished reading the book. This is just the start as both my wife and I work from home and take months off each year. Your words continue to be an inspiration. Thanks! Scott Wow, Tim this is great stuff!
Since I read your book, I’ve changed so much about my life. I now work 1/2 the hours as before – done instantly before I even finished reading the book. This is just the start as both my wife and I work from home and take months off each year. Your words continue to be an inspiration.
Thanks!
Scott

]]> By: Rochelle Kopp http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-89581 Rochelle Kopp Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:18:10 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/#comment-89581 Was so interested to see that 4HWW is out in Japanese and is doing so well there -- congrats. Curious about the reaction over there, and since I read Japanese, I checked out the amazon.co.jp page for the book, and according to the comments evidently the Japanese translation is riddled with errors, to the point of being very annoying. This is a common problem with books translated into Japanese, as native Japanese translators may miss the nuances, or the entire meaning, of something that is written in colloquial English (like much of 4HWW is). In order to ensure true quality of a translation, what you need is to have a native speaker of the orignal language who is fluent in the target language check the translation. Since I qualify (native speaker of English, fluent in Japanese, and have written a bunch of books in Japanese), perhaps I could help you out? (As a Room to Read volunteer, I helped check the Japanese translation of John Wood's book when it came out a few years ago, so I'm experienced in this kind of thing.) It seems like the Japanese readers are disappointed, and the impact of your book is being blunted. Since the book is selling well, there's bound to be a reprinting, which should be an opportunity to improve the translation a bit. Was so interested to see that 4HWW is out in Japanese and is doing so well there — congrats.

Curious about the reaction over there, and since I read Japanese, I checked out the amazon.co.jp page for the book, and according to the comments evidently the Japanese translation is riddled with errors, to the point of being very annoying. This is a common problem with books translated into Japanese, as native Japanese translators may miss the nuances, or the entire meaning, of something that is written in colloquial English (like much of 4HWW is).

In order to ensure true quality of a translation, what you need is to have a native speaker of the orignal language who is fluent in the target language check the translation. Since I qualify (native speaker of English, fluent in Japanese, and have written a bunch of books in Japanese), perhaps I could help you out? (As a Room to Read volunteer, I helped check the Japanese translation of John Wood’s book when it came out a few years ago, so I’m experienced in this kind of thing.)

It seems like the Japanese readers are disappointed, and the impact of your book is being blunted. Since the book is selling well, there’s bound to be a reprinting, which should be an opportunity to improve the translation a bit.

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