Comments on: The Lie Of The Lie Of The 4-Hour Workweek http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/03/the-lie-of-the-lie-of-the-4-hour-workweek/ Personal Development for Polymaths Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:26:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/03/the-lie-of-the-lie-of-the-4-hour-workweek/comment-page-1/#comment-29613 Hunter Nuttall Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:28:49 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1299#comment-29613 @ Joseph, thanks for visiting. I agree, Tim's book is about filling your life with what excites you. @ Joseph, thanks for visiting. I agree, Tim’s book is about filling your life with what excites you.

]]> By: Joseph Ratliff http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/03/the-lie-of-the-lie-of-the-4-hour-workweek/comment-page-1/#comment-29554 Joseph Ratliff Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:28:20 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1299#comment-29554 Tim's book is about lifestyle, the process of filling your life with more of what you want to do...and emptying it of that which you don't want to do. Great post Hunter. :) This is my first time really reading your blog, and enjoyable it is. Tim’s book is about lifestyle, the process of filling your life with more of what you want to do…and emptying it of that which you don’t want to do.

Great post Hunter. :) This is my first time really reading your blog, and enjoyable it is.

]]> By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/03/the-lie-of-the-lie-of-the-4-hour-workweek/comment-page-1/#comment-16710 Hunter Nuttall Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:52:05 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1299#comment-16710 @ Ron, when you're working on something that you couldn't stop if you tried, that's when you've got it made. :) @ Ron, when you’re working on something that you couldn’t stop if you tried, that’s when you’ve got it made. :)

]]> By: Ron http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/03/the-lie-of-the-lie-of-the-4-hour-workweek/comment-page-1/#comment-16633 Ron Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:18:45 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1299#comment-16633 To be honest. I don't want to work 4 hours a week. I want to work my ass off at buying and running businesses. Mainly because I have struggled for years to do something I really enjoy doing and I am still climbing. Since I've worked so hard I don't want to stop. That's how I'll give back to the world. The world needs guys like me. I want to use my success as a serial business owner to give something back to the world that has provided me with abundance. It seems I read a lot of "warm and fuzzy" stuff when folks talk about how they want to spend the other 164 hours ( there are 168 hours in a 7 day week). To be honest even if I pursued all of my hobbies I'd still get bored. I could settle for working my ass off 9 or 10 months a year and taking 2 or 3 months off, but not all at once. Something like a mini vacation evey 4 or 5 months. Yes, I enjoy working long hours and solving problems related to businesses especially learning how to run businesses and I don't plan on letting up. Hopefully I'll be the 90 year old guy that dies while I am in the middle of doing my next acquisition. Maybe I'll create a blog: "The 4 hour work week sucks"....just kidding. Hunter your blog is the only blog I follow. You actually add value and a good perspective. Although, IMO bloggers only offer opinions of things that have already occured. You have somewhat of a cutting edge perspective. Keep it up. To be honest. I don’t want to work 4 hours a week. I want to work my ass off at buying and running businesses. Mainly because I have struggled for years to do something I really enjoy doing and I am still climbing.

Since I’ve worked so hard I don’t want to stop. That’s how I’ll give back to the world. The world needs guys like me. I want to use my success as a serial business owner to give something back to the world that has provided me with abundance.

It seems I read a lot of “warm and fuzzy” stuff when folks talk about how they want to spend the other 164 hours ( there are 168 hours in a 7 day week).

To be honest even if I pursued all of my hobbies I’d still get bored. I could settle for working my ass off 9 or 10 months a year and taking 2 or 3 months off, but not all at once. Something like a mini vacation evey 4 or 5 months.

Yes, I enjoy working long hours and solving problems related to businesses especially learning how to run businesses and I don’t plan on letting up. Hopefully I’ll be the 90 year old guy that dies while I am in the middle of doing my next acquisition.

Maybe I’ll create a blog: “The 4 hour work week sucks”….just kidding.

Hunter your blog is the only blog I follow. You actually add value and a good perspective. Although, IMO bloggers only offer opinions of things that have already occured. You have somewhat of a cutting edge perspective. Keep it up.

]]> By: Organize IT Recap: The Lie (Of The Lie) Of The Four Hour Work Week And Time Management In The Age Of Social Media - Practical advice on personal development, productivity and GTD http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/03/the-lie-of-the-lie-of-the-4-hour-workweek/comment-page-1/#comment-16184 Organize IT Recap: The Lie (Of The Lie) Of The Four Hour Work Week And Time Management In The Age Of Social Media - Practical advice on personal development, productivity and GTD Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:19:42 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1299#comment-16184 [...] all the wrongs in your life is a lie. To complement this, however, Hunter Nuttel has also done a counter-arguament. That should cover all bases! A lot of attention goes onto cutting back your work hours, but what [...] [...] all the wrongs in your life is a lie. To complement this, however, Hunter Nuttel has also done a counter-arguament. That should cover all bases! A lot of attention goes onto cutting back your work hours, but what [...]

]]> By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/03/the-lie-of-the-lie-of-the-4-hour-workweek/comment-page-1/#comment-15399 Hunter Nuttall Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:40:57 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1299#comment-15399 @ J.D., I think it makes sense to find the minimal required work time to fund your life style. Having that goal keeps you focused. Of course, if you like your work, you can always choose to do more than the minimum. @ J.D., I think it makes sense to find the minimal required work time to fund your life style. Having that goal keeps you focused. Of course, if you like your work, you can always choose to do more than the minimum.

]]> By: Akemi - Yes to Me http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/03/the-lie-of-the-lie-of-the-4-hour-workweek/comment-page-1/#comment-15365 Akemi - Yes to Me Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:04:27 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1299#comment-15365 @lorrie, No. I'm talking about time itself, and the change is probably related to Ascension. I'll think about writing it on my blog -- it's pretty tough to "prove" it, but intuitive types may understand. <abbr><em>Akemi - Yes to Me´s last blog post..<a href="http://yes-to-me.com/2009/03/26/light-ascension-2012-resources/" rel="nofollow">Light Ascension 2012 Resources</a></abbr></em> @lorrie,
No. I’m talking about time itself, and the change is probably related to Ascension.
I’ll think about writing it on my blog — it’s pretty tough to “prove” it, but intuitive types may understand.

Akemi – Yes to Me´s last blog post..Light Ascension 2012 Resources

]]> By: J.D. Meier http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/03/the-lie-of-the-lie-of-the-4-hour-workweek/comment-page-1/#comment-15338 J.D. Meier Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:41:38 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1299#comment-15338 Good stuff and good points. It's funny how simply shifting the lens, mindset or model opens up new possibilities. For example, I've been thinking in terms of "funding my lifestyle" ... how much do I need to make and what's the best personal product line/service to accomplish that? (really, it's just using my lessons from software / performance engineering). The other shift for me is "living my values" and focusing on "strong weeks." I try to compartmentalize and compress the crap I like the least into the first hour of each work day to create a glide path and spend the rest of the day on my strengths. Rather than spend 75% of the day on my weakness and 25% on strengths, I trip to flip it, so it's 25% weakness, 75% strengths and I push for more power hours. I've made great strides and rather than end the day with less energy, my energy cycle continues throughout the day. I still think it's about finding the minimal required work time to fund your life style. Just thinking in those terms means figuring out whether you should sell your tine or productize yourself. Personally, I'm a fan of productizing and pay for incremental experience (free html, pay more for PDF, pay more for print, pay the most for in person/event.) <abbr><em>J.D. Meier´s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SourcesOfInsight/~3/Ss3wli4EsWQ/" rel="nofollow">Finding Your Values</a></abbr></em> Good stuff and good points.

It’s funny how simply shifting the lens, mindset or model opens up new possibilities.

For example, I’ve been thinking in terms of “funding my lifestyle” … how much do I need to make and what’s the best personal product line/service to accomplish that? (really, it’s just using my lessons from software / performance engineering).

The other shift for me is “living my values” and focusing on “strong weeks.” I try to compartmentalize and compress the crap I like the least into the first hour of each work day to create a glide path and spend the rest of the day on my strengths. Rather than spend 75% of the day on my weakness and 25% on strengths, I trip to flip it, so it’s 25% weakness, 75% strengths and I push for more power hours. I’ve made great strides and rather than end the day with less energy, my energy cycle continues throughout the day.

I still think it’s about finding the minimal required work time to fund your life style. Just thinking in those terms means figuring out whether you should sell your tine or productize yourself. Personally, I’m a fan of productizing and pay for incremental experience (free html, pay more for PDF, pay more for print, pay the most for in person/event.)

J.D. Meier´s last blog post..Finding Your Values

]]> By: Hunter Nuttall http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/03/the-lie-of-the-lie-of-the-4-hour-workweek/comment-page-1/#comment-15336 Hunter Nuttall Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:57:19 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1299#comment-15336 @ Akemi, I don't know...I guess I'll have to read about it on your blog! @ Vered, yeah, I think they're both saying "do something meaningful with your life." @ Lorrie, um, OK. :) @ Akemi, I don’t know…I guess I’ll have to read about it on your blog!

@ Vered, yeah, I think they’re both saying “do something meaningful with your life.”

@ Lorrie, um, OK. :)

]]> By: lorrie http://hunternuttall.com/blog/2009/03/the-lie-of-the-lie-of-the-4-hour-workweek/comment-page-1/#comment-15327 lorrie Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:20:18 +0000 http://hunternuttall.com/blog/?p=1299#comment-15327 hunter, i really hate sycophant pseudo-geeks. But you frackin rock! ;) @Akemi, are you talking about getting old? hunter, i really hate sycophant pseudo-geeks. But you frackin rock! ;)

@Akemi, are you talking about getting old?

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