Comments on: 5 Time management tricks I learned from years of hating Tim Ferriss

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:25:27 +0000

I havent read any of Tim's books, so I can't validate your arguments. All I know is this is the first view I've had of this website, and the overall negativity just made me unproductive. Instead of a logical, persuasive argument, all I saw was a childish rant. I'm only 23, but I believe that might be contributing to your lack of best-sellers. I think I'm going to buy Tim's book to see if there is something inspiring to get get my productivity back.

By: Daydream Dating

Daydream Dating — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:14:27 +0000

Surely writing a blog post like this just amplifies the situation, or does it make you feel better by "getting off your chest"? I must admit though, purely by coincidence of course, everyone I've met called Tim has been an annoying ****!

By: dr

dr — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:44:20 +0000

Glad to hear I'm not the only one that takes him with a grain of salt. I read the book, like some of what he's said, but in the end I was left thinking "you know, he's really just a modern day snake oil salesman." Literally. He made it big selling "nutritional supplements" online. If I didn't have a conscience, I could do that too.

By: bull shit

bull shit — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:09:00 +0000

Hate is a bull shit word why would you hate someone? just becuase of the pussy tales that you have written?

By: Kevin K

Kevin K — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:22:48 +0000

yeah, fully agree. Why is it that all Tim's are annoying?! Kitesurfing Lessons East Sussex

By: me

me — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:13:57 +0000

don't deny it, u read his book daily. why else would you talk about him…? because ur bitter.

By: me

me — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:51:00 +0000

u r bitter

By: Daytona Beach Insurance

Daytona Beach Insurance — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:25:43 +0000

I agree your first rule – don't hang out with people who don't respect your time. I used to have a client of mine, who although she was a very big client, she was constantly late for every single meeting or appointment we had. Sometimes I'd be stuck spending an hour or two just waiting for her to show up. That amount of time spent away from my already busy day always seemed to put me further and further behind. Eventually I learned this rule for myself and suddenly found myself quite busy whenever she called and needed something. Although she was a great client, my time was much too valuable to waste it on someone who didn't respect it.

By: Stephen J. Ardent

Stephen J. Ardent — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:37:53 +0000

It's an attitude like this that kept me in low paying hard labor jobs for far too many years. Int his case, my parents were dead wrong.

Hard work does not necessarily equal success.

Smart work does. And not paying attention to the naysayers.

It has taken me all 50 years of my life so far to finally realize that all the people who would tell me things like – you can't do that, or that's not the way things are done – were full of crap and interested in only one thing; keeping me down to make their lack of satisfaction with their own life more bearable.

If Tim's a scammer, shame on him. But his ideas are sound.

By: Verruca Treatment

Verruca Treatment — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:49:36 +0000

Time management is a self didact action. No book or guide is going to show you that, you need to find out on your own