Tag: entrepreneurship

  • A Review Of Tools Of The Titans By Tim Ferris

    A Review Of Tools Of The Titans By Tim Ferris

    tim-ferris-book-reviewTim Ferris, through his book “The 4-Hour week”, wove his way into the hearts of Americans. The successful entrepreneur and author, has shown all of us the importance of time maximization, productivity and critical problem-solving.

    Tim Ferris productivity guides have kept a lot of use from procrastination and time wastage. A few years after the launch of his greatest bestseller, a book that retained the number one most highlighted book of all times with over 1500 5 star reviews, Tim released another great self-help book called the “Tools of the Titans”.

    Through his broadcast, Tim has interviewed more than 100 different titans in a myriad of fields. The book is written with an approach that targets every single individual. It does not matter if you read any of his former books, or have never heard of Tim, the content in the book is fresh and in-depth.

    The book, based on the wisdom of the many guests on his show, seeks to explain why the different individuals are great at what they do. Taking into account his major gift of seeking the finer details and note taking, Tim gives us a firsthand journey through the thoughts, the days and the decision making processes of hundreds of titans.

    In the book, he seeks to enable his readers understand what it is that gives a common man super power. How challenges are viewed by different people. One major quote he seeks to bring to life is, “judge a man by his questions rather than his answers” by Pierre Marc.

    The book consists of pages after pages of different millionaires and different chess pros whose lives were governed and changed by the kind of questions they presented to themselves. He seeks to give us an understanding of why our icons have flaws just like we do, but how they have drawn strength in those weaknesses and risen above.

    This is a great book in the sense that it appeals to every one of us. It is a great self-help book that will seek to challenge the inadequacies inside us and give us the courage to rise above-just like the titans in Tim’s book.

  • Increase Your Income with a 10x Productivity Planner

    Increase Your Income with a 10x Productivity Planner

    The following steps will increase your income in a short span of 6 months.

    Here are factors to consider to help boost your productivity 10x with a planner:

    1. Clarity

    What is important to you? What are your core values? You want your life to be based on your values, not of someone else. Some examples might be family, health, flexibility, and influence. Ultimately, you need to be clear on your end result.

    • What are you top 5 Goals for the Year?
    • What are your top 3 Goals for for the next 90 days?
    • Top 3 Focus for Month 1
    • Top 3 Focus for Month 2
    • Top 3 Focus for Month 3
    • What are you most compelling reason to ultimate hit those 5 goals this year?

    2. Increasing Your Confidence

    Having confidence is very important in life. If you do not have confidence, you will be trapped in a “comfortable” bubble that you will never escape.

    • What choices to you need to make to increase your confidence?
    • What challenged do you need to sharpen your perspective?
    • What are 3 lessons life has taught you so far?
    • What are 3 things you need the most work on?

    3. Shifting your circle of influence

    • Find 3 role models who you can look up too.
    • You need to decide who are your make it or break it friends.
    • How are those people influencing you?
    • Who do you spend most of your time with?

    4. Consistent Motivation

    • Write down 5 good emotions that you can use for motivation.
    • Write down 5 bad emotions that drain you from motivation.
    • Find what drains your energy so you can stay present and in the moment.
    • Most important Find a morning Routine.

    5. Create Result Rituals

    • Find rituals that give you results.
    • Strive to put rituals in place that give you momentum.

    6. Always be a learner and open minded, Never Settle.

    Conclusion:

    If you follow this blueprint, it should help you to move forward. First, you should start with a clear vision! You need to be clear on your end result. You should always be focused on the outcome. If everything works, what would be your ideal vision? You have to make sure that you have a clear vision at the top of your paper.

    Next thing you should have are values. These are the things you have to work out for yourself. Some people like money over time and some people, like Donald Trump, care more about money than personal time. Put your values in order, then you can go ahead and base everything off of your values that you care about the most.

    Next, what are your top 5 compelling goals? What are you true top reason to hit this goal? What are your key behaviors and habitats that you need to see yourself up to achieve these goals? Some behaviors might be gratitude, sparking your mind, and maybe waking up early and exercising.

    Lastly, you need to define the amount of money which you desire by a specific date. What are you going to give up to get that money. This is why, for becoming an entrepreneur, you have to have a plan of action to complete what you want, or else you will fall into a trap of society.

    Once I found this sheet from Peter Voogd, it really helped me take action. I figured out that there are more options in life. I no longer want to work for a Roofing Company, but I want more freedom for my family and friends. I also want to travel the world.

    You just have to make a decision on what your values are and then reverse engineer everything from there. I hope that by asking yourself these questions, it will help you, because it helped me. If you have any question contact me or find Peter Voogd on social media.