Tim Ferriss Is No Longer Living the Tim Ferriss Lifestyle. Neither Should You
Because success isn’t always about efficiency and output
By Jeff Haden
At the risk of overstating the case, Tim Ferriss helped usher in an era of maximizing productivity. From outsourcing tasks to automating functions to the best way to peel a hard-boiled egg, Ferriss turned doing more by doing less — the whole “optimal minimal” thing — into a movement.
The 4-Hour Workweek: a guide to maximizing per-hour output. The 4-Hour Body: a guide to maximizing physical conditioning and health. Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors: success tools, tactics, and strategies gleaned from a host of extremely successful people.
So yeah: Ferriss is seen as the king of personal productivity and self-optimization. (Even though he’s always been much more — much deeper, for want of a better way to put it — than that.)
When I told a friend I read about 100 books a year, he immediately said, “What’s your process?”
“I don’t have one,” I said.
“Of course you do,” he said. “There’s no way you can read that many books without a process. Do you keep a prioritized list? Do you put the three books you’ll read next on your calendar? Do you use a spreadsheet…
