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Engineering a “Muse” – Volume 2: Case Studies of Successful Cash-Flow Businesses
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/12/11/engineering-a-muse-volume-2-case-studies-of-successful-cash-flow-businesses/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+timferriss+%28The+Blog+of+Author+Tim+Ferriss%29&utm_content=Google+FeedfetcherHonestly nothing. I have a tendency to not listen to good advice, which causes me to try and fail, then start preaching that same advice. But as a result, I never really regret anything that I do.
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Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes
How much more could you get done if you completed all of your required reading in 1/3 or 1/5 the time? Increasing reading speed is a process of controlling fine motor movement—period. This post is a condensed overview of principles I taught to undergraduates at Princeton University in 1998 at a seminar called the “PX Project”. The below was written several years ago, so it’s worded like Ivy-Leaguer pompous-ass prose, but the results are substantial. In fact, while on an airplane in China two weeks ago, I helped Glenn McElhose increase his reading speed 34% in less than 5 minutes.
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/
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How much more could you get done if you completed all of your required reading in 1/3 or 1/5 the time? Increasing reading speed is a process of controlling fine motor movement—period. This post is a condensed overview of principles I taught to undergraduates at Princeton University in 1998 at a seminar called the “PX Project”. The below was written several years ago, so it’s worded like Ivy-Leaguer pompous-ass prose, but the results are substantial. In fact, while on an airplane in China two weeks ago, I helped Glenn McElhose increase his reading speed 34% in less than 5 minutes.
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/
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Google Website Optimizer Case Study: Daily Burn, 20%+ Improvement
This post will show exactly how one start-up improved their homepage conversion rate (visitor to sign-up flow) more than 20%, then 16% again, with a few simple changes and Google Website Optimizer. Once reading this, you will know more about split-testing than 90%+ of the consultants who get paid to do it… There are a few advanced concepts, but don’t be intimidated; just use what you can and ignore the rest.
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/08/12/google-website-optimizer-case-study/
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This post will show exactly how one start-up improved their homepage conversion rate (visitor to sign-up flow) more than 20%, then 16% again, with a few simple changes and Google Website Optimizer. Once reading this, you will know more about split-testing than 90%+ of the consultants who get paid to do it… There are a few advanced concepts, but don’t be intimidated; just use what you can and ignore the rest.
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/08/12/google-website-optimizer-case-study/
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Lucid Dreaming: A Beginner’s Guide
Put a pad of paper next to your bed and record your dream immediately upon waking. Immediately means immediately. If you get dressed first, or even stare at the ceiling for a minute, dream recollection will be nil. Expect that you might not get more than a few lines for the first week or so, but also expect to get to multi-page recall ability within 2-3 weeks. This alone will make you look forward to going to bed.
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/09/21/how-to-lucid-dream/
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Put a pad of paper next to your bed and record your dream immediately upon waking. Immediately means immediately. If you get dressed first, or even stare at the ceiling for a minute, dream recollection will be nil. Expect that you might not get more than a few lines for the first week or so, but also expect to get to multi-page recall ability within 2-3 weeks. This alone will make you look forward to going to bed.
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/09/21/how-to-lucid-dream/
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Public Speaking – How I Prepare Every Time
In the past several weeks, I’ve been asked quite a lot about public speaking. While downing gin tonics over Brazilian BBQ at the SXSW Interactive tech conference, I was approached by the CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) of a start-up I advise. She pulled me aside to ask primarily two questions: 1. Where can I learn about the right social media tools to use? 2. What books should I read to learn how to get good at public speaking? Here were my answers….
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/04/11/public-speaking-how-i-prepare-every-time/
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In the past several weeks, I’ve been asked quite a lot about public speaking. While downing gin tonics over Brazilian BBQ at the SXSW Interactive tech conference, I was approached by the CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) of a start-up I advise. She pulled me aside to ask primarily two questions: 1. Where can I learn about the right social media tools to use? 2. What books should I read to learn how to get good at public speaking? Here were my answers….
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/04/11/public-speaking-how-i-prepare-every-time/
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How It Works: Clinton’s “Reality Distortion Field” Charisma
attention. In industrialized nations, at least, attention is becoming almost as scarce a resource as money. Someone who “pays” it to you is giving you something of true value. As Elizabethan poet and statesman Fulke Greville has written, “Our companions please us less from the charms we find
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/11/21/bill-clinton-reality-distortion-field/
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attention. In industrialized nations, at least, attention is becoming almost as scarce a resource as money. Someone who “pays” it to you is giving you something of true value. As Elizabethan poet and statesman Fulke Greville has written, “Our companions please us less from the charms we find
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/11/21/bill-clinton-reality-distortion-field/
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