I’m a fan of Tim Ferriss and his 4-hour Workweek book.<\/p>\n
So when I ran across an article<\/a><\/strong><\/span> about his recent TED talk and the title\u00a0‘4-Hour Workweek’ author credits a simple 3-step exercise with putting him on the path to success<\/a><\/strong><\/span> I was excited to read it.<\/p>\n Here was Tim Ferriss’ early struggles before fame and fortune and how he came across his 3-step exercises of what he calls ‘fear-setting’. \u00a0He starts out with really getting clear on your fear and the possible outcomes. Next, is taking a realistic look at what could go right.<\/p>\n Finally, he suggests getting clear on what would happen if you Don’t take action.<\/p>\n When I finished I found myself underwhelmed. \u00a0Really? That’s it? Get clear on what you’re afraid of, and what might go both right and wrong, and then write down what would happen if you don’t take action on the thing you fear? \u00a0How is that helping to put you on a path of success? \u00a0Sure, it won’t hurt and I’m not against taking these three steps but I fail to see how writing those things down helps you take action which is ultimately what you must do to achieve results. Sure visualizing worst case scenarios is a step to getting past fear but then what?<\/p>\n Maybe part of my disillusionment was because in his TED talk he describes it not as a path to success but as “… tools to avoid self destruction”. \u00a0Okay, that makes a little more sense now. His talk gave us part of the puzzle, but he never got to the next step and that’s why I felt shortchanged. \u00a0It felt incomplete. \u00a0If TED is about ideas worth spreading I thought he missed the mark.<\/p>\n
\nOkay, that makes sense.<\/p>\n