The problem for most self-help books like Tim’s is that the author usually underestimates what one might call “micro-judgments,” the tiny, largely subconscious decisions that we don’t even realize we are making. I suspect those micro-judgments are the reason people like TF or Warren Buffet consistently succeed but cannot consistently help other people succeed to the same degree.
I followed the 4HWW plan for creating a low-effort business. The first 5 ideas failed during initial testing, one seemed to work, but proved unsustainable (I lost several hundred dollars on this), and another works well, and is still my largest source of income. No other idea I’ve tried since then has worked out.
I suspect those micro-judgments are the reason people like TF or Warren Buffet consistently succeed but cannot consistently help other people succeed to the same degree.
Those and “actually starting then continually applying focussed effort”.
I suspect everyone continually underestimates “have powerful allies”, and that this effect is larger than mico-behaviors, because surrounding yourself with powerful allies begets better micro-behaviors anyway, in addition to myriad other benefits(you are the average of your surroundings).
I suspect everyone continually underestimates “have powerful allies”
Given that everyone spends most of their time and emotional processing resources optimising for alliances and that perhaps a majority of advice and self help books can be considered to be giving advice for optimising alliance building this seems unlikely.
People seem to care more about affiliation than about building alliances that are useful.
I agree (enthusiastically) with the position that people’s heuristics regarding social alliances are often grossly miscalibrated to the actual environment they live in.
The problem for most self-help books like Tim’s is that the author usually underestimates what one might call “micro-judgments,” the tiny, largely subconscious decisions that we don’t even realize we are making.
I don’t think so. Ferriss is all about maximal results in minimal time. In general, his plans require you to do something for some limited time a day, not control your actions 24hours a day. You don’t have to make so many microdecisions, just one macrodecision, and then a limited number of microdecisions to follow that macrodecision.
The problem for most self-help books like Tim’s is that the author usually underestimates what one might call “micro-judgments,” the tiny, largely subconscious decisions that we don’t even realize we are making. I suspect those micro-judgments are the reason people like TF or Warren Buffet consistently succeed but cannot consistently help other people succeed to the same degree.
I followed the 4HWW plan for creating a low-effort business. The first 5 ideas failed during initial testing, one seemed to work, but proved unsustainable (I lost several hundred dollars on this), and another works well, and is still my largest source of income. No other idea I’ve tried since then has worked out.
Those and “actually starting then continually applying focussed effort”.
Mainly, just actually starting and carrying out the plan. Many of his solutions require little real effort.
I suspect everyone continually underestimates “have powerful allies”, and that this effect is larger than mico-behaviors, because surrounding yourself with powerful allies begets better micro-behaviors anyway, in addition to myriad other benefits(you are the average of your surroundings).
Given that everyone spends most of their time and emotional processing resources optimising for alliances and that perhaps a majority of advice and self help books can be considered to be giving advice for optimising alliance building this seems unlikely.
People seem to care more about affiliation than about building alliances that are useful.
I agree (enthusiastically) with the position that people’s heuristics regarding social alliances are often grossly miscalibrated to the actual environment they live in.
I don’t think so. Ferriss is all about maximal results in minimal time. In general, his plans require you to do something for some limited time a day, not control your actions 24hours a day. You don’t have to make so many microdecisions, just one macrodecision, and then a limited number of microdecisions to follow that macrodecision.