Lifehacker-style language learning tip
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on May 9, 2010
I just discovered a nifty (but obvious!) helpful trick for learning languages, so I thought I’d share. Background:
I am trying to learn Danish (to a conversational level) but don’t live there, so find it hard to immerse myself in the language.
I am very time poor currently.
I have a basic level of understanding, but am trying [...]
“The Four Hour Work Week” – Part 4
Posted by admin in Book Reviews on March 14, 2010
Part 4 – L is for Liberation
This is the final section of the book, and in some ways, the most boring. Possibly, because after reading the last 3 chapters you’re all revved up and wanting to get started on something; and this comes as a little bit of a downer.
Disappearing Act – How to Escape [...]
“The Four Hour Work Week” – Part 3
Posted by admin in Book Reviews on March 14, 2010
Part 3 – A is for Automation
Outsourcing Life
In this section, Tim outlines his ideas for amplifying your output through using outsourcing. I think you can apply this to a ‘real’ business though – presumably that is what you do once you get past a certain point with outsourcing.
Tim attempts to say that employees can use [...]
“The Four Hour Work Week” – Part 2
Posted by admin in Book Reviews on March 14, 2010
Part 2 – The End of Time Management
Tim starts this section off by saying “Forget all about time management”. What he is proposing, however, is meta-time management – continually appraising whether what you are doing is productive, or is there some way you can reduce the time that you are putting [...]
“The Four Hour Work Week” – Part 1
Posted by admin in Book Reviews on March 14, 2010
I recently got around to reading ‘The Four Hour Work Week’, and found it interesting. More interesting, in fact, than I thought it would be. So I decided to write up a summary/critique of what I consider to be the good bits/bad bits about Tim’s philosophical book.
Firstly, as hinted, I think this book is supposed [...]