Comments on: Less Stress: Kill Your TV http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/less-stress-kill-your-tv/ Providing HOPE for educators since 2007 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joelhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/less-stress-kill-your-tv/#comment-329 Joel Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:48:56 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/2007/10/05/less-stress-kill-your-tv/#comment-329 Matthew, there's a lot of stuff about Tim Ferriss' book that I don't buy into. What I did like about the book was the conceptual stuff. I like the concepts of abandoning the employee mindset and taking charge of your own life. I think that western culture places too much emphasis on fitting in and not rocking the boat. Tim, eccentric and perhaps phony though he may be, helps to remind people of that vision they have for their life. I thoroughly love teaching. I can't imagine being in a career field where I simply showed up to work each day, punched my card, and counted down one day closer to retirement. As far as the TV thing goes, I like the point he made. I have made the decision to not watch television as a result of a lot of other factors, but it does make sense. News that is reported as it is happening is often full of misinformation that will be less confusing a day or two later. Matthew, there’s a lot of stuff about Tim Ferriss’ book that I don’t buy into. What I did like about the book was the conceptual stuff. I like the concepts of abandoning the employee mindset and taking charge of your own life.

I think that western culture places too much emphasis on fitting in and not rocking the boat. Tim, eccentric and perhaps phony though he may be, helps to remind people of that vision they have for their life.

I thoroughly love teaching. I can’t imagine being in a career field where I simply showed up to work each day, punched my card, and counted down one day closer to retirement.

As far as the TV thing goes, I like the point he made. I have made the decision to not watch television as a result of a lot of other factors, but it does make sense. News that is reported as it is happening is often full of misinformation that will be less confusing a day or two later.

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]]> By: Matthew K. Taborhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/less-stress-kill-your-tv/#comment-328 Matthew K. Tabor Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:12:57 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/2007/10/05/less-stress-kill-your-tv/#comment-328 Timothy Ferriss is a hack, though his success in marketing himself is remarkable. He truly knows what he's doing with self-promotion and his results support that. http://www.ivygateblog.com/blog/2007/05/timothy_ferriss_outvaynering_vayner.html I'm not saying that everything in his book is invalid, just that he doesn't inspire much trust. His view on asking about news is absurd. If you want to toss your TV, fine, but please don't do it on account of Tim Ferriss's cruddy theory. Timothy Ferriss is a hack, though his success in marketing himself is remarkable. He truly knows what he’s doing with self-promotion and his results support that.

http://www.ivygateblog.com/blog/2007/05/timothy_ferriss_outvaynering_vayner.html

I’m not saying that everything in his book is invalid, just that he doesn’t inspire much trust.

His view on asking about news is absurd. If you want to toss your TV, fine, but please don’t do it on account of Tim Ferriss’s cruddy theory.

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