Comments on: A Most Liveable Work Week http://www.multiversalmusing.com/237/a-most-liveable-work-week/ Social Commentary, Random Snippets of Consciousness Studies, and Bits of Personal Reflection Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Adrienne http://www.multiversalmusing.com/237/a-most-liveable-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Adrienne Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:44:03 +0000 http://www.multiversalmusing.com/?p=237#comment-94 Tim Ferriss' book was a real trail blazer. He does not believe anyone should be a slave to the system! Having a strong entrepreneural streak is important in making this kind of transition. He has great ideas, but most people are not independent enough to follow his example. The majority of people still love the conformity of a 9-to-5 job, even if the long hours and the stress kills them (and it does). Tim Ferriss’ book was a real trail blazer. He does not believe anyone should be a slave to the system! Having a strong entrepreneural streak is important in making this kind of transition. He has great ideas, but most people are not independent enough to follow his example. The majority of people still love the conformity of a 9-to-5 job, even if the long hours and the stress kills them (and it does).

]]> By: Carmen http://www.multiversalmusing.com/237/a-most-liveable-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Carmen Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:26:57 +0000 http://www.multiversalmusing.com/?p=237#comment-92 Ferriss' book is certainly inspiring a lot of people. You need only look at the explosion of bloggers these days jumping on the "lifestyle design" wagon. Ourselves included. My partner at NuNomad, Richard and I were location independent and blogging about it before the publication of Ferriss' book. Since then, the jargon which Ferriss coined (ie, "lifestyle design", "new rich") has spread like wildfire. In fact, it is difficult now to write on the subject of location independence without using his terminology. However, as a nomad actually out in the world, I have to admit I have found very few with 4 hour work weeks. To the contrary, most work quite hard. Is this upsetting? Not to me. These people continue to live out their dreams of travel and are not chained to one location. They have freed themselves from that confinement. In addition, many love what they do. If you love what you do - what does it matter how many hours you do it? Ferriss’ book is certainly inspiring a lot of people. You need only look at the explosion of bloggers these days jumping on the “lifestyle design” wagon. Ourselves included. My partner at NuNomad, Richard and I were location independent and blogging about it before the publication of Ferriss’ book. Since then, the jargon which Ferriss coined (ie, “lifestyle design”, “new rich”) has spread like wildfire. In fact, it is difficult now to write on the subject of location independence without using his terminology. However, as a nomad actually out in the world, I have to admit I have found very few with 4 hour work weeks. To the contrary, most work quite hard. Is this upsetting? Not to me. These people continue to live out their dreams of travel and are not chained to one location. They have freed themselves from that confinement. In addition, many love what they do. If you love what you do – what does it matter how many hours you do it?

]]> By: admin http://www.multiversalmusing.com/237/a-most-liveable-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-91 admin Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:16:36 +0000 http://www.multiversalmusing.com/?p=237#comment-91 Oh I am seriously LONGING to 'step away' right now! (grin!) I keep nibbling away at this book and it is prompting rather a LOT of those types of thoughts. Thanks for the comments! Oh I am seriously LONGING to ‘step away’ right now! (grin!) I keep nibbling away at this book and it is prompting rather a LOT of those types of thoughts.

Thanks for the comments!

]]> By: Elizabeth Cottrell http://www.multiversalmusing.com/237/a-most-liveable-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Elizabeth Cottrell Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:27:34 +0000 http://www.multiversalmusing.com/?p=237#comment-90 Ferriss's book is a mind-bender, isn't it? It's good to step away from whatever we're doing every now and then and consider alternatives. Thanks for the reminder! Ferriss’s book is a mind-bender, isn’t it? It’s good to step away from whatever we’re doing every now and then and consider alternatives. Thanks for the reminder!

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