Comments on: How I Did It: From $7 an Hour to Coaching Major League Baseball MVPs http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/12/18/swing-mechanic-jaime-cevallos/ 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: From Passion To Business: How Jaime Cevallos Created A Business Teaching Major League Baseball Players | The Rise To The Top http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/12/18/swing-mechanic-jaime-cevallos/comment-page-1/#comment-87588 From Passion To Business: How Jaime Cevallos Created A Business Teaching Major League Baseball Players | The Rise To The Top Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:13:32 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=2307#comment-87588 [...] was lucky enough to be connected to Jaime by friend-of-the-show and former guest Tim Ferriss, who wrote about Jaime’s amazing journey on his blog. Enjoy this interview with Jaime as he talks openly and honestly about his crazy journey. [...] [...] was lucky enough to be connected to Jaime by friend-of-the-show and former guest Tim Ferriss, who wrote about Jaime’s amazing journey on his blog. Enjoy this interview with Jaime as he talks openly and honestly about his crazy journey. [...]

]]> By: Jaime Cevallos – Positional Hitting : Selling Books http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/12/18/swing-mechanic-jaime-cevallos/comment-page-1/#comment-79186 Jaime Cevallos – Positional Hitting : Selling Books Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:02:52 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=2307#comment-79186 [...] to me. I had the chance to have dinner with him in 2009 and he also featured me on his blog – http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/12/18/swing-mechanic-jaime-cevallos/ He is a great writer and helps so many people with his books. I respect [...] [...] to me. I had the chance to have dinner with him in 2009 and he also featured me on his blog – http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/12/18/swing-mechanic-jaime-cevallos/ He is a great writer and helps so many people with his books. I respect [...]

]]> By: Tim Ferriss http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/12/18/swing-mechanic-jaime-cevallos/comment-page-1/#comment-78012 Tim Ferriss Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:42:25 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=2307#comment-78012 JTN! Thank YOU so much for this wonderful comment! It totally made my night. Keep up the great adventures, and please keep sharing them! All the best, Tim JTN!

Thank YOU so much for this wonderful comment! It totally made my night. Keep up the great adventures, and please keep sharing them!

All the best,

Tim

]]> By: J.T. http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/12/18/swing-mechanic-jaime-cevallos/comment-page-1/#comment-77774 J.T. Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:08:41 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=2307#comment-77774 Hi Tim! I was given your book (FHWW), provided I promised to read it 2x. I read it on a flight over one of the bigger ponds, and immediately began to see how I could incorporate as much as possible. Below I wish to share my immediate versus longer term results: Immediate Results: - I started living remotely...picking the city I wanted to live in (at that point I still maintained a home base, as I was testing it) - I regained hours out of my day by cancelling time wasters, and even lost a few people in my life that burned cycles out of habit versus passion or friendship - with those extra hours I used your training tips and lost 21 lbs of lousy fat and am hitting the gym shortly for a whopping 30 minute workout (GOD do I remember the days of 90 minute gym work outs) - I began engineering how to work and live remotely, which has transformed my quality of life (more on that below) NOW Results: - I live and work wherever I want to, and am writing this from Barcelona, where I have been for the past 2 weeks, and will be for another 4 weeks (WORKING the entire time despite the fact my 'office and company' are NOT in Spain :) - I no longer have a permanent home base, and live where I want to. Examples of this are that in the past year I have 'lived' (defined as spending more prolonged time there) in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Barcelona, London, Belize and Las Vegas) - My ongoing plan is to continue to pick those places I enjoy living and spending as much or little time as I want. I anticipate spending a month or more in Italy in the next little bit (as I mentioned, I am in Spain at this very moment and LOVING LIFE). - My salary is not dependent upon how many hours I put in, but rather results, and weirdly, making better money than prior with less hours burned (I also have more confidence when negotiating what I will and won't do for work...as in, WHERE I do my work) - My conversations with potential employers begins with, "I want to run my business responsibilities in EU, US, Dubai, Japan, China and Korea...and work from those locations as I see fit." Guess what...that is EXACTLY what I do! :) - I have been to 11 International cities (from Shanghai, Barcelona, Minsk etc) around the world in the past 3+ months without taking one day off! I have also spent time with friends in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, Boston, San Francisco and Phoenix...all without 'BURNING A DAY OFF' Next Results: - combining what I learned from you with my own personal success stories to help my friends live more fulfilling lives! - BEGIN the process of actually sharing my personal knowledge and talents to become an acknowledged and recognized expert in my particular field via white papers etc Tim...thank you for writing the book and sharing your no nonsense approach. Thank you for being willing to take criticism from folks who appear more likely to write from the couch-of-life than the road-of-life...as there are a million excuses why NOT to do something. Thank you for giving me the initial ideas (going to research a ATW ticket next) to get started as I incorporate my own personal brand of life needs into those ideas. Thank you for engineering your life in such a way that you've been able to share it! All the best J.T.N. Hi Tim!
I was given your book (FHWW), provided I promised to read it 2x. I read it on a flight over one of the bigger ponds, and immediately began to see how I could incorporate as much as possible.

Below I wish to share my immediate versus longer term results:

Immediate Results:
- I started living remotely…picking the city I wanted to live in (at that point I still maintained a home base, as I was testing it)
- I regained hours out of my day by cancelling time wasters, and even lost a few people in my life that burned cycles out of habit versus passion or friendship
- with those extra hours I used your training tips and lost 21 lbs of lousy fat and am hitting the gym shortly for a whopping 30 minute workout (GOD do I remember the days of 90 minute gym work outs)
- I began engineering how to work and live remotely, which has transformed my quality of life (more on that below)

NOW Results:
- I live and work wherever I want to, and am writing this from Barcelona, where I have been for the past 2 weeks, and will be for another 4 weeks (WORKING the entire time despite the fact my ‘office and company’ are NOT in Spain :)
- I no longer have a permanent home base, and live where I want to. Examples of this are that in the past year I have ‘lived’ (defined as spending more prolonged time there) in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Barcelona, London, Belize and Las Vegas)
- My ongoing plan is to continue to pick those places I enjoy living and spending as much or little time as I want. I anticipate spending a month or more in Italy in the next little bit (as I mentioned, I am in Spain at this very moment and LOVING LIFE).
- My salary is not dependent upon how many hours I put in, but rather results, and weirdly, making better money than prior with less hours burned (I also have more confidence when negotiating what I will and won’t do for work…as in, WHERE I do my work)
- My conversations with potential employers begins with, “I want to run my business responsibilities in EU, US, Dubai, Japan, China and Korea…and work from those locations as I see fit.” Guess what…that is EXACTLY what I do! :)
- I have been to 11 International cities (from Shanghai, Barcelona, Minsk etc) around the world in the past 3+ months without taking one day off! I have also spent time with friends in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, Boston, San Francisco and Phoenix…all without ‘BURNING A DAY OFF’

Next Results:
- combining what I learned from you with my own personal success stories to help my friends live more fulfilling lives!
- BEGIN the process of actually sharing my personal knowledge and talents to become an acknowledged and recognized expert in my particular field via white papers etc

Tim…thank you for writing the book and sharing your no nonsense approach.

Thank you for being willing to take criticism from folks who appear more likely to write from the couch-of-life than the road-of-life…as there are a million excuses why NOT to do something.

Thank you for giving me the initial ideas (going to research a ATW ticket next) to get started as I incorporate my own personal brand of life needs into those ideas.

Thank you for engineering your life in such a way that you’ve been able to share it!

All the best
J.T.N.

]]> By: Doug http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/12/18/swing-mechanic-jaime-cevallos/comment-page-1/#comment-73548 Doug Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:39:29 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=2307#comment-73548 Tim--my eyes have opened quite a bit since reading your book. It seems like I'm in a circular Catch 22. I'm a chiropractor and do well financially---but the more money I make equals less time doing the stuff that I really want to do. Man, I am ready to play alot more than I am right now. 41 is about to slip into 42 and I'm running like my ass is on fire..... Your way IS a BETTER way.....I'm working on the Muse immediately. I'll be in touch soon with my story. Tim–my eyes have opened quite a bit since reading your book. It seems like I’m in a circular Catch 22. I’m a chiropractor and do well financially—but the more money I make equals less time doing the stuff that I really want to do. Man, I am ready to play alot more than I am right now. 41 is about to slip into 42 and I’m running like my ass is on fire…..

Your way IS a BETTER way…..I’m working on the Muse immediately.

I’ll be in touch soon with my story.

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