I was skeptical of Tim Ferriss‘ The 4-Hour Workweek as it just sounds too ridiculous to me. However, when I saw this book in audio format at my public library, I decided to check it out. (Oh I am in love with audio books). So far I finished 1st CD, and I must say there are a lot of gems of wisdom spread in there. Then I checked Tim’s blog and it is even better. There are so many ideas for outsourcing your life, it’s wonderful.
From the 1st CD, the best advice I heard was that regular people buy stuff for sake of buying or their goals are to buy things like expensive cars or gadgets. Whereas “New Rich” as Tim Ferriss calls people who follow his philosophy, have goals of doing things and in the process if they buy something great. In other words, instead of owning stuff, do stuff. It is more fulfilling.
This philosophy affects me a lot as I am a gadget collector, whenever I see something cool I buy it, even if I know I will never ever really use it or get good at it, like my guitar. Sometimes I even buy books that I know I will not read in immediate future but would like to read sometime if I have free time. From now on I will only buy what I need to do something that I want to do.
