Day : Day 4
Time : 0800/2030
Location : Train/Home
Trigger Words : 22
Title : Timothy Ferris – The 4–Hour Workweek
Purpose : Well, I would think the ultimate purpose would be pretty easy to guess? Here in lies an irony. Yes, whilst collecting trigger words and PhotoReading, my overriding purpose was to implement the ideas into my life. To create what your learn is the DEAL lifestyle. Yet as I was SuperReading and dipping. I kept questioning my purpose. What is the ultimate application of this information? Is it to apply the information or the obtaining of want I want through using the skills and techniques presented.
Prepare and Preview: Preparing was easy after yesterday. I relaxed wonderfully. The preview was quick and easy. Although I did read the acknowledgments, forward and scanned the final chapter, which I don’t normally do. Or perhaps I was more conscious of it this time.
Thoughts on Process : This is a book I’ve been really excited to get my teeth into every since I ordered my copy. It holds great promise. Will I and how easy will it be to implement? At this moment in time I’m not based in the US. It appears very US centric. Since I got my copy I seem to have dipped in and out, flipped pages, just waiting to do the PRWMS on it. Although the prepare and preview went well. The PhotoReading itself, I kept noticing I would tense up my shoulders. When this happened I Noticed it , breathed and carried on.
Time Spent activating and how : I began activating this book (SuperReading and Dipping and Mind Mapping) on the train to work. This was a great use of my time. My mind map was becoming quite detailed. I made many notes of page numbers instead of specific details and words since Tim poses a lot of questions for you to answer and work through. For future reference, just the Q&As could form a separate mind map. There are several parts to the book that need answers. This wouldn’t form an ‘official’ part of activation. Or at least I don’t think. Yet, it would be more spontaneous as I’m just searching for the questions on various pages, yet you never know what may jump out at you. At home, gee wish. I began to get really tired. I think I also over SuperRead and dipped. Yet as mention previously Tim does ask you many questions to get you thinking. Certain sections of the book I was conscious of saying to myself I’m tired. Yet the final section on travel I whizzed through. Total time spent on activating the entire book, answering some of the shorter questions, 3 hours 40.
What is the one thing from the book that I can use right now in my life? : Answer the questions and do the exercises. I’m going to email Tim as I’ve various questions, that I’d appreciate his opinion on. Plus, I’ll get his auto–response email which I can look at to see how he has laid it all out. I’ve already implemented his email strategy for my personal and one work email accounts. I’ve not told anybody I only check them twice a day and nobody seems to have noticed. Cutting them down even further should be quite easy. I’ve even begun to monitor a ‘critical’ work email account. Again nobody seems to have noticed. I wonder how far I can take this one? I also have done the first day of Tim’s eye starring challenge. Basically, you look at people and stare at them until they avert their gaze. I’ve had to lock my head sometimes as to not move it. Yet, very quickly it becomes easier and easier. Some of the other challenges I’m not so sure. Push that comfort zone…
The Future : Since, I myself have come back from traveling. I went away for a year, last year. I know much of what Tim says is already possible since, I’ve done it too. I now again have itchy feet to travel. I need to implement parts of Tim’s strategy more thoroughly or at all. Once I have that going, many other things (current job) become superfluous. The question really is how important is it too me? Tim’s questions within the book to be answered. Perhaps that is the next month’s blog postings…Tim’s Challenge – 30 days to a DEAL life?
Side note…I went to my local library today and I think for the first time every, any book I picked up I immediately said to myself What is my purpose?
Happy Travels
A
No comments:
Post a Comment