Ovidiu Negrean

Am citit de ceva vreme “The 4-Hour Workweek“ a lui Timothy Ferriss, o carte pe care v-o recomand si voua.

Este o carte care propune un mod de lucru si mai ales un stil de viata cu totul diferit.

Este o carte care pune accent pe eficientizarea muncii si reducerea activitatilor care nu sunt necesare, dar nu cu scopul de a putea muncii apoi mai mult, ci de a avea mai mult timp pentru viata personala.

Se subliniaza importanta Principiului lui Pareto, cunoscut si ca regula 80-20, care spune ca 80% din efecte sunt obtinute cu 20% din efort. O lege foarte importanta dupa care incerc sa ma ghidez si eu.

Dar poate mai important decat aceste modalitati de reducere si eficientizare, care nu sunt decat niste unelte, este scopul final: “Escape 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich”.

Nu am sa va zic ce inseamna asta, in acceptiunea lui Timothy, ci am sa va invit sa cititi cartea, pe care o puteti citii aici (pdf) sau o puteti gasi aici.

Am sa va las in schimb cu o poezie compusa de o fetita aflata pe patul mortii, un pasaj impresionant.

SLOW DANCE – From “The 4 Hour Workweek” book, by Timothy Ferriss

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won’t last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?

Whenyou ash How are you? Do
you hear the reply?

When the day is done,
do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?

You’d better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won’t last.

Ever toldyour child,
We’ll do it tomorrow?

And inyour haste, Not
see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time
To call and say, “Hi”?

You’d better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won’t last.

Whenyou run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.

Whenyou worry and hurry throughyour day,
It is like an unopened gift thrown away.

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower.

Hear the music Before
the song is over.

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