Comments on: Overhyped and Overrated

By: Mukul Verma

Mukul Verma — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:43:27 +0000

I would give 4 hour work week more credit then that. I would agree with you, the title is just a title for marketing.

What the book represents is quite amazing. I went from being a one man show reading this in early 2008 to taking 2 month long vacations in 2009 based on methods in this book.

one tip, email checking. When I was on my first trip, Monday morning for 2 hours, no more work. My second trip, I did not check email for almost 2 weeks.

Get this, first Monday I did check email, I had 1800 emails, only 6 required responses and ZERO were urgent.

Give Tim a little more credit for this one, however it is all up to the person and how they take it.

Cheers,
Mukul

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By: Ridwan

Ridwan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:46:43 +0000

Loved the post. I have read a couple books mentioned in this post and I was really motivated by their ideas and their narrative style. But, when I give it a second-read, I was very skeptical and the ideas and tit-bits mentioned are mere common-sense.

By: Tim Brownson

Tim Brownson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:20:50 +0000

@ Chris – Have you just summed up the book in one paragraph?

@ John – Let us never again talk of the Rams.

By: John Isaacs

John Isaacs — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:58:20 +0000

Everyone has a story to tell, not everyone has a story listened too.

Long live the story tellers.

Whats with the Rams?

By: Chris Edgar

Chris Edgar — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:45:16 +0000

Hi Tim — I always enjoy your style. Just a note about The Power of Now. Eckhart mentions in the beginning that finding the book boring is entirely likely, because the mind is always hungry for more stimulus and information, no matter how useless that information is. But the idea of the book, I think, is not so much to provide new information as to help the reader to let go of that hunger and sense of incompleteness. As we read the book, I think it’s helpful to observe that inner voice that says “oh, God, enough, bring on the next list of 552 super iPhone hacks” and recognize that the voice is only part of who we are. What we are is actually something infinitely greater and more intelligent. Anyway, just offering a slightly different way to see the book.

By: Tim Brownson

Tim Brownson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:17:21 +0000

@ Nathalie – Hope I’ve saved you some cash! BTW, nice wtiches hat on the video.

@ Steve – Heard it praised many times and never read it. I have read tons of sales books, is this more sales/self development or purely sales?

@ SM – Yeh of course you’re right. I’m being provocative just because I can ;-)

@ Mike – I have maybe been tough on Covey. But I’m sure as he charges $150,000 for a keynote speech he’ll learn to live with it.

@ Vlad – Let’s conquer the world together. You round up an army and I’ll make the sandwiches.

By: Vlad Dolezal

Vlad Dolezal — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:50:37 +0000

Wait a second, I’m a leo too, and I totally aspire to world domination! I think you’re on to something…

Really good post though. I started reading The Power of Now, and just put it down after a few dozen pages, because the guy keeps droning on and on about the exact same thing. I’ve read a few of the other books you mention, too, and I generally agree with you.