Ferriss embraced the principle that "fear is your friend" while overcoming his trepidation of swimming, dancing and learning new languages.
Learn his methods to rethink "false constructs and untested assumptions."
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Timothy Ferriss (b. 1977) is an American author, public speaker, and productivity guru. Tim received his BA from Princeton University in 2000, where he studied in the Neuroscience and East Asian Studies departments.
In 2007, he published The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich which was a New York Times,Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. His latest book is The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman.
This presentation leaves a lot unsaid. I must ask, why did Tim Ferriss say that it is NOT the fault of the swim coaches, that swimming is taught incorrectly? (Discrepancies between methods taught and methods in practice were discovered at least a century ago, by Frank Gilbreth.) As part of the institutions of education imposed upon us, irreplaceable time and money is consumed, to perpetuate ineffective and wasteful practices. And it is not as if our schools and other educational institutions are producing satisfactory results, in any field. Does Tim Ferriss feel the same way about the foreign language teachers, who waste students' time? We are talking about "institutions" that produce very little results, but still lay claim to a large part of the parents' tax money, and all of the students' time. At the same time, these same institutions come back and tell us, they don't know why students are not learning, and have no idea how to remedy the situation. Are the institutions NOT doing "research"? Only eccentric outsiders, like Tim Ferriss, can give us a fresh viewpoint? --and then let the subject drop, and get forgotten, as we continue our current death march of education.
The most recent case to be rediscovered, is cumulative brain damage, caused by repeated impacts to the skull, in organized sport. When I was in school, the institution of physical education encouraged violent collisions to the point that one student died, after "just one little bump". And the most gruesome aspect was, as one of my classmates was brave enough to point out, everyone was "proud". --especially the coaches. This was hardly lifetime fitness, as it was justified, as mandatory education.
The lesson to be learned here is clear. AVOID AT ALL COSTS BECOMING ANYTHING THAT RESEMBLES THIS GUY - I mean, please, does anyone really takes this complete and utter garbage seriously!!! If you do, I FEEL sorry for you, and I hope I will never meet you
Don't be ridiculous reviewers who think Tim is narcissistic.
Tim is great at deconstruction and uses his own life experience to drive points home. His book The 4 Hour Work Week was life changing for countless numbers of people and I loved this presentation.
5 Stars and a favorite view of mine. Bravo Tim!