Tim Ferriss came to Turner today to speak! He's shorter than I thought he would be but just as brilliant and inspiring as I had hoped.
Some take-away ideas:
- There's never a good time for something truly important or life-changing. It's never convenient.
- Try to minimize unnecessary and self-imposed pain and suffering as well as try to enjoy the little things in life. Instead of worrying about what's next, take pleasure in the present moment.
- Identify what is consuming the majority of your time and how you can minimize its impact (i.e. batch repetitive tasks such as checking email.) As a result, my mini-experiment - I'm committing to not checking email at home in the morning before I head to work next week. Will be a biggie - hopefully I don't cheat! =)
And lastly, my signed book:
Thanks Tim!!!
UPDATE: So maybe 2 weeks before my wedding wasn't the best time to try not to check my email in the morning.... The first day I completely forgot until I opened my first email, and then I thought "Well, I already messed up - I might as well continue checking it." Second day I abstained completely - woohoo! Third day I didn't read any emails, but I needed to send a few wedding ones, so I just put a few out there. Fourth day I was weak. Fifth day (and my newest compromise approach) is checking, but not opening any of the emails unless they look like something pressing. So, overall I sort of improved. I'm giving myself a C+.
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