Comments on: What happened to the 4HWW community? http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/ Living the optimized work week Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:24:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gavin Allinson - Outsource Success http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Gavin Allinson - Outsource Success Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:05:55 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/#comment-522 Like most things worth having in life, it's not as easy as it first seems. Or as Ferriss makes it seem, he worked his doo dads off to start a company that could eventually be profitable. having said that the principles are sound, keep working at replacing yourself bit by bit , enjoy the small victories along the way. Gavin Like most things worth having in life, it’s not as easy as it first seems. Or as Ferriss makes it seem, he worked his doo dads off to start a company that could eventually be profitable.

having said that the principles are sound,

keep working at replacing yourself bit by bit , enjoy the small victories along the way.

Gavin

]]> By: Brick Andrews http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Brick Andrews Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:31:07 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/#comment-521 Still here...as you may know, I started as a 4HWW blog, but had decided early on to branch out. I completely agree with Jed's assessment: "Then reality sets in, they realize it’s not that easy to set up an internet-based hands-off cash cow." If it was so easy, everyone would be doing it! This was actually the part of the book that bothered me the most (I have alluded to Don Lapre on occasion). The big value, IMHO of the 4HWW was the very premise: that we can question unconscious assumptions, such as "work like hell until we retire, then live". This "questioning of assumptions" theme is something I would like to spend more time on in my own blog. Still here…as you may know, I started as a 4HWW blog, but had decided early on to branch out. I completely agree with Jed’s assessment: “Then reality sets in, they realize it’s not that easy to set up an internet-based hands-off cash cow.” If it was so easy, everyone would be doing it! This was actually the part of the book that bothered me the most (I have alluded to Don Lapre on occasion). The big value, IMHO of the 4HWW was the very premise: that we can question unconscious assumptions, such as “work like hell until we retire, then live”. This “questioning of assumptions” theme is something I would like to spend more time on in my own blog.

]]> By: hilarycat http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/comment-page-1/#comment-515 hilarycat Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:23:04 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/#comment-515 Hiya Rexreed, Yup... I haven't posted on my blog in about a month, but I'm still here! I was working my way through the 4HWW book chapter by chapter and just got totally bogged down at the point of trying to think of a muse. Honestly, I think I had unrealistic expectations from reading the book. Tim makes it sound very easy. And it's really, really not. -grins- I still think the principles are all sound and I'm not quitting... I just got disheartened for a while. Hopefully I'll have something worth talking about on my blog again soon. :) hilarycat Hiya Rexreed,

Yup… I haven’t posted on my blog in about a month, but I’m still here!

I was working my way through the 4HWW book chapter by chapter and just got totally bogged down at the point of trying to think of a muse. Honestly, I think I had unrealistic expectations from reading the book. Tim makes it sound very easy. And it’s really, really not. -grins-

I still think the principles are all sound and I’m not quitting… I just got disheartened for a while.

Hopefully I’ll have something worth talking about on my blog again soon.

:)
hilarycat

]]> By: Jonathan Faydi http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Jonathan Faydi Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:01:46 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/#comment-486 Please continue! I am reading your website and Jed's one on a regular basis and it's always inspiring to see how other people apply Tim Ferriss' ideas. For my part, I have managed to considerably reduce my working hours as a freelance translator (from 60 to 20) just by applying a few of the ideas (reading e-mails only twice a day, outsourcing...). Please continue! I am reading your website and Jed’s one on a regular basis and it’s always inspiring to see how other people apply Tim Ferriss’ ideas. For my part, I have managed to considerably reduce my working hours as a freelance translator (from 60 to 20) just by applying a few of the ideas (reading e-mails only twice a day, outsourcing…).

]]> By: Tara http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Tara Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:08:35 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/#comment-476 Your readers are still here! I'm an avid reader of Jed's blog and I just found your blog in recent weeks. I agree with Jed that the concepts are not snake oil at all! One of my colleagues said he thought it was rather unrealistic...but I don't think he was willing to make the "drastic" changes that Ferriss suggests. Neither am I...but I have, as you put it, squeezed a lot of time out of my schedule. Just started with the outsourcing (Sorry, Jed. Couldn't wait for your service, but I'm still willing to try it when you launch!) Your readers are still here! I’m an avid reader of Jed’s blog and I just found your blog in recent weeks. I agree with Jed that the concepts are not snake oil at all! One of my colleagues said he thought it was rather unrealistic…but I don’t think he was willing to make the “drastic” changes that Ferriss suggests. Neither am I…but I have, as you put it, squeezed a lot of time out of my schedule. Just started with the outsourcing (Sorry, Jed. Couldn’t wait for your service, but I’m still willing to try it when you launch!)

]]> By: Jed http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Jed Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:30:14 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/04/24/what-happened-to-the-4hww-community/#comment-474 We're still alive and kicking :) Perhaps it has more to do with the trend of blogs in general (not just 4HWW-related ones)-- so easy to start, so easy to stop. It's amazing how often I find blogs with just a couple entries in them. Then the novelty wears off, people realize they don't have much of interest to write about, and they go back to IMing with friends or whatever. But there does seem to be a certain element of excitement and inspiration that comes from reading the book, which is then hard to turn into action. Readers are anxious to try things out, so they set up a blog to share their experiences. Then reality sets in, they realize it's not that easy to set up an internet-based hands-off cash cow. It's not easy to radically change your work habits. It's not easy to outsource on a regular basis. The concepts certainly aren't snake oil, though the fantasies that some people have about easily implementing those concepts in their own situations might be. We’re still alive and kicking :)

Perhaps it has more to do with the trend of blogs in general (not just 4HWW-related ones)– so easy to start, so easy to stop. It’s amazing how often I find blogs with just a couple entries in them. Then the novelty wears off, people realize they don’t have much of interest to write about, and they go back to IMing with friends or whatever.

But there does seem to be a certain element of excitement and inspiration that comes from reading the book, which is then hard to turn into action. Readers are anxious to try things out, so they set up a blog to share their experiences. Then reality sets in, they realize it’s not that easy to set up an internet-based hands-off cash cow. It’s not easy to radically change your work habits. It’s not easy to outsource on a regular basis.

The concepts certainly aren’t snake oil, though the fantasies that some people have about easily implementing those concepts in their own situations might be.

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