I think a lot. And I was raised to believe a lot of concepts and paradigms that didn’t really make a lot of sense to me. I never really dared say it out loud but I was always a little doubtful about various social constructs and the nature of working life. Then, one day, quite by chance, I came across a book – The Four Hour Work Week – a title which instantly appealed to me, because I was one of the living dead who didn’t want to waste his life working.

When I read The Four Hour Work Week, my life changed.If nothing else, it was proof of one thing: there was another human being in the world that thought the same way I did. And, further, he’d actually gone out and proved it. When I finished the book, I knew I was not deluded. I was simply a minority thinker.

I’ve always wondered whether quoting books in a blog is legal, because isn’t the book content copyrighted? But Tim does it all the time on his own blog, so I’m sure he won’t mind me doing it here. The parts in bold are in my opinion the real gems and parts I agree with the most. Read the rest of this entry »