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, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Oleg Mokhov http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-55115 Oleg Mokhov Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:05:12 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/#comment-55115 Hey Tim, We can't do everything, so we have to prioritize doing what's important and ignore the rest. We have limited resources during a day. The more things we do, the less time and energy we can put into each. If we analyze what's important to us, and focus only on doing those things while ruthlessly ignoring the rest, we can maximize our enjoyment of them. Getting comfortable with letting bad things happen lets us detach ourselves from situations. Problems and the like become external objects, and we become okay with letting the occasional weed grow in our garden so that we can focus on playing in it and eating the delicious fruits and vegetables. Thanks for sharing your story of how important 80-20'ing your life is. Seems like it was an incredible time, and I enjoyed watching the Japan episode of your show Trial By Fire (is that not getting picked up for a season I'm assuming?). Pura vida, Oleg Hey Tim,

We can’t do everything, so we have to prioritize doing what’s important and ignore the rest.

We have limited resources during a day. The more things we do, the less time and energy we can put into each. If we analyze what’s important to us, and focus only on doing those things while ruthlessly ignoring the rest, we can maximize our enjoyment of them.

Getting comfortable with letting bad things happen lets us detach ourselves from situations.

Problems and the like become external objects, and we become okay with letting the occasional weed grow in our garden so that we can focus on playing in it and eating the delicious fruits and vegetables.

Thanks for sharing your story of how important 80-20′ing your life is. Seems like it was an incredible time, and I enjoyed watching the Japan episode of your show Trial By Fire (is that not getting picked up for a season I’m assuming?).

Pura vida,
Oleg

]]> By: Christian http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-54545 Christian Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:11:02 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/#comment-54545 @ Jesse & Fellow Student.. "More than a dozen lost joint-venture partnership opportunities" - this negatively affected Tim, depending on how you look at it. He points out that the world won't end if you disappear. We're not as singly important as we'd like to think, but everything we do should be important to us in some way or another. Moreover, close friends and family would either have already blessed your new way of life or forsaken you, in which case, they wouldn't be trying to reach you. @ Jesse & Fellow Student..
“More than a dozen lost joint-venture partnership opportunities” – this negatively affected Tim, depending on how you look at it.
He points out that the world won’t end if you disappear. We’re not as singly important as we’d like to think, but everything we do should be important to us in some way or another.
Moreover, close friends and family would either have already blessed your new way of life or forsaken you, in which case, they wouldn’t be trying to reach you.

]]> By: Claire Jarrett http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-54109 Claire Jarrett Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:58:06 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/#comment-54109 Great advice, just hired a VA and am reading so I know what to be aware of, or anticipate :-) Great advice, just hired a VA and am reading so I know what to be aware of, or anticipate :-)

]]> By: Joseph Ratliff http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-48740 Joseph Ratliff Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:27:55 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/#comment-48740 Sound advice Tim. We only live on this planet for one go-around...so focusing on the TRUE core things that make us what we want to be...wow...that's all I can say. Another bit of 4HWW wisdom. Sound advice Tim.

We only live on this planet for one go-around…so focusing on the TRUE core things that make us what we want to be…wow…that’s all I can say.

Another bit of 4HWW wisdom.

]]> By: hannah http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-46457 hannah Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:56:11 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/#comment-46457 gosh gosh

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