3 books which changed my life (2nd part)

This is the second part of the article on the 3 books which changed my life, with here a return on what the book brought to me The 4 hours week of Tim Ferriss.

The 4 hours week

Buy the 4 hours week on AmazonIt was by a fortunate coincidence that I fell on this book. I had seen it in publicity on some anglophone sites on the personal development - a thing that the author knew to exploit with wonder. And that had is enough to wake up my curiosity. I really did not know with what to await me, but apparently the book was popular and somewhat discussed in America. Ca seemed to be a good choice.

I then early made realize that I had fallen on a true pearl such an amount of the way of seeing the life of the author agreed well to the mienne. Tim Ferriss is tall routard who attaches much importance to immerse himself durably in the culture of a country. And it is something which I also appreciate since I already had the occasion to work durably in various countries: The United States, Ireland, England, Scotland, Madagascar and now Mauritius.

However there are a fundamental difference between my way of life and that of the author: Tim Ferriss passes ten times less time in his work than me! It is one of happy E-trade, having succeeded in assembling a profitable business on the Web. The business management is managed almost entirely by a team of Indian service providers. And Tim spends nothing any more but 4 hours per week to follow his business by far and to make the important decisions.

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The 4 hours week of Tim Ferriss (1/2)

Buy the 4 hours week on AmazonCa made a good moment that I intended to speak about the famous book The 4 Hour WorkWeek of Tim Ferriss. And I finally was pleased to traverse it. The title in itself is rather provocative and intriguing: The 4 Hours Week, and one can say of it as much the major part of the book.

The principal idea is that many people end up being identified with their job for want of anything better. Ils ont tourné le dos à leurs rêves ou les ont reporté à une hypothétique retraite.

Tim Ferriss propose une toute autre approche : optimiser ses activités génératrices de revenu pour se donner le temps de partir régulièrement en mini-retraite sans attendre la fin de sa vie active.

Et il est bien placé pour en parler puisqu’il a lui-même appliqué sa méthode pour réaliser quelques prouesses :

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AutoHotKey : contrôlez Windows grâce à vos propres raccourcis clavier

auto-hot-key.jpgNous avons vus récemment un logiciel de todo listes entièrement contrôlable au clavier. Que diriez-vous maintenant de contrôler l’ensemble de Windows grâce à vos propres raccourcis clavier?

Avec AutoHotKey, le rêve devient réalité. C’est un langage de scripts facile à maîtriser pour créer toutes sortes de raccourcis clavier. Une aubaine pour optimiser votre productivité.

Voici donc un tutoriel qui vous permettra de créer en un tour de main des raccourcis clavier très efficaces.

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