Part of me is tempted to mentally take superstar do-everything types like Tim Ferriss down a peg to make myself feel better. That part of me is stupid, prideful, and very real, unfortunately.
Anyway, props to Tim Ferriss are due, and frankly, I think the guy is deserving of the attention. From his recent blog post about a sabbatical he just returned from:
As tempting as it is to “just check e-mail for one minute,” I didn’t do it. I know from experience that any problem found in the inbox will linger on the brain for hours or days after you shut-down the computer, rendering “free time” useless with preoccupation. It’s the worst of states, where you experience neither relaxation nor productivity. Be focused on work or focused on something else, never in-between.
Time without attention is worthless, so value attention over time (emphasis mine).
Anyway, the entire post is quite good even if I don’t agree with all of it. Check it out at Mozart’s Tim Ferriss’s blog.
Until next time,
Salieri Chuck Westbrook
4 responses so far ↓
1 Naomi Dunford // Oct 25, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Chuck - I’m right there with you. It kills me that I can’t write him off. Same with Steve Pavlina and Leo Babauta. I want to get all snarky but they’re wildly successful and deserve every bit of the attention they receive.
2 Chuck Westbrook // Oct 26, 2007 at 10:38 am
@Naomi– Ah jealousy. Maybe we’ll grow past that someday.
3 Ray Dotson // Oct 26, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Well said, Chuck, and I’m impressed by the historical reference!
4 Chuck Westbrook // Oct 26, 2007 at 6:15 pm
@Ray Dotson– Thanks. Amadeus is a great film.
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