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Tim Ferriss at RailsConf 09

I know I talk about Tim Ferriss a lot. But the guy decided to customize his life. Not the other way around. In this video he discusses his thinking, experiences, and why he does certain things. The total time is a little over an hour. I was thinking about trying to pinpoint a few different times to to watch but the entire video is great.

Enjoy. 

You have two options!

"Indecision becomes decision with time" - unknown author

Normally I hear this being said to the students my girlfriend teaches. "You have two options, you can either sit down and listen to the story or you can go play with play-dough."

From this simple saying I believe we can improve the effectiveness in our lives and it can get you ahead of the game. Heres what I mean:

These days everyone is let off the hook to easily. In any situation we subconsciously give ourselves three ways. 

1. We can finish the task at hand.

2. We can procrastinate and possibly finish because we are that confident that there will be a tomorrow. 

3. We don't finish.

#2 is the killer. We immediatly put ourselves in the second category. We say, "since I have 8 hours to fill today I can do it later. Then it never gets done. 

Elliminating #2 is the ultimate goal. Give yourself two options. Either do it, or don't and get something done that needs finishing. 

You can relate this to anything. Job - School - Personal endeavors.

Stop putting your life on hold. Will you be here tomorrow?

Awesome Light Show!

Projection on Buildings from NuFormer Digital Media on Vimeo.

Dear Average People - Guest Column

I recently asked a friend of mine if he was willing to write a column for Ain't that Weird?? Seth Kinnett is the author of The Tom Drake Experience http://tdexperience.wordpress.com. He has written numerous screen plays and is in the works on another novel that will be revealed here soon.  

Dear Average People, I am not like you.  Stop pretending we’re Friends.

by

Seth Kinnett

      Just about every day it seems some average, run-of-the-mill, throw back Miller Light longnecks on the weekends, maybe toss a beanbag or flip a cup but definitely is not missing the game – one of those types accosts me with bizarre demands.  I’m fed up with it, frankly.  I know in some perfect utopia, people such as these and people such as me could become totally BFF.  But it’s not going to happen in this life.  And before I go into the reasons, let’s stop pretending that I’m the elitist asshole just because I have the balls to put this down in eloquent prose that you won’t be able to get through in under an hour without a type-ahead dictionary.

      Which is fine.  I still respect you and all that jazz.  Just as I would appreciate your respect by not acting like I’m the weird one for spending my Sunday in Chinatown buying herbs and sparring swords.  This may not be how you choose to spend your free time, but consider this: you are killing yourself with cheap beer while deafening yourself within the confines of a loud bar and poisoning yourself with crabs and herpes from loose women.  So don’t act like I’m saying I’m better than you or anything like that.  I’m just putting some things out there for you to consider, just as I would be willing to listen to your counterpoints whenever you want to sit down and formulate them.

      Until then, this friendly banter should serve a greater purpose less it risk becoming masturbatory.  The purpose is this: to teach you some helpful phrases for use in social situations when someone like me happens to find himself talking to someone like you. 

YES:

      “What did you do this weekend?”

      “I picked up a pair of Chinese dueling swords.”

      “That’s badass.  Do you know how to fight with them?”

      “Not yet, but I just read a book which suggested anyone could learn and it’s extremely helpful in a lot of ways that are tough to define.”

      “Interesting.  Did you catch the game?”

      “No, how did it go?”

      “We lost.”

      “Oh, sorry to hear that.”

      “It’s alright.  I guess I got pretty fucked up regardless.”

      “That’s good.”

      “We got some of a pitcher left, if you want a drink.”

      “Cool, I’m in.” 

      Genuine, honest, if measured conversation between two people who have nothing to gain or lose by the exchange.  Now, here are examples of poor interactions.

NO:

      “What’s going on, dude?”

      “Nothing what did you do yesterday?”

      “Bought some Chinese herbs and made some tea.”

      “What?  That’s fucking lame.  Fag.  Did you at least catch the game?

      “What game?”

      “What are you kidding me?  And why don’t you even have a beer with you right now?”

       “Oh I am not drinking during my training?”

      “What training, potty training?  Tool.” 

Both parties made crucial mistakes in the latter example, but aggression is not the answer.  Instead, work towards common ground.  Spitting game, tagging bitches, these themes are universal.  So focus your attention on getting through the conversation and passing that really small (in the big scheme of it) portion of time when this has to happen.  Soon enough, I’ll be back to practicing qigong and you’ll be back to puking in the alley. 

-Seth Kinnett is the author of the fiction blog, The Tom Drake Experience, http://tdexperience.wordpress.com

He lives in Chicago.

Recently I have been reading the very edgy author Bret Easton Ellis. His novels are

one of a kind. He has a very unique quality to his writing. Four of his books have been 

made into movies. Less than Zero, Rules of Attraction, The Informers and American Psycho.

I highly recommend reading these novels. They take you into a whole new world. 

Here they are in order of publication:

Less than Zero

Rules of Attraction

American Psycho

The Informers

Glamorama

Lunar Park

Ellis' website - http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/eastonellis/

Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose talk new ideas

Random Episode Numero 2 from Glenn McElhose on Vimeo.