Will & Luke Discuss

#16 The 4-Hour Work Week (Tim Ferriss, 2007)

Listen Later

This episode we jump around topics of lifestyle-design and job-crafting, primarily looking at how to achieve freedom and security through a personally crafted work/life balance. We ask what it means to build our lives around what we enjoy, asking questions such as 'What's the best use of our time and energy?' and 'How can we be productive yet not busy?'. We discuss using techniques such as remote working, elimination, selective ignorance, time management and the art of non-finishing -- a few things for us to consider as we get older and deeper into our careers.  

Hope you enjoy. 

Will & Luke

  • 00:00 Introductions 
  • 02:50 Lifestyle design (and design within the work you do) 
  • 4:55 What you love being tied to income generation 
  • 9:00 Influence of being in new environments and cultures 
  • 12:00 Work leave and casual workforce 
  • 15:30 Mini-retirements 
  • 19:05 2nd 'homes' 
  • 20:40 Attitude towards moving places 
  • 23:50 Remote working (turning work into automation) 
  • 27:30 Work breaks and the choice to work 
  • 30:00 The Monday-Friday, 9-5 trap 
  • 31:00 Elimination - prioritising the things you want to do and not wasting times doing things that aren't important. Fewer interruptions and distractions. 80/20 principle.  
  • 35:02 Selective ignorance (appropriate use of mental energy, boundary setting) 
  • 40:50 The art of non-finishing 45:30 'Productive' not 'busy' 
  • 48:10 Time management and flexibility - Job crafting  

    • Find the book: https://tim.blog/tim-ferriss-books/ 

    This specific episode can also be seen on: https://youtu.be/AMfrEl-xtVg

    Check our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y_SKLFpax13442jA3giaw/videos

    Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW

    Listen to us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-luke-discuss/id1572512365

    Listen to us on Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Zjk2YTNmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==

    Also available on: Anchor, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Radio Public.

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    Will & Luke DiscussBy Will & Luke Discuss
    • 1
    • 1
    • 1
    • 1
    • 1

    1

    1 ratings

    More shows like Will & Luke Discuss

    View all
    The Art of Manliness by The Art of Manliness

    The Art of Manliness

    14,300 Listeners