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Tim Ferriss Book Club

Chris —  May 10, 2010

While desperate and unemployed, I came across a lil NYTimes bestseller called The Four Hour Work Week.  Underneath his bravado Ferriss has some great ideas on topics like courage and productivity.  He shares a short reading list for would be entrepreneurs, four essentials and a list of other reads.

For the most part I think Tim’s crazy…but it’s the kind of crazy I can learn from.  So I’m hereby convening a little online book club to discuss Four Hour and the essential reads. I’ve decided to take him up on it and convene a Tim Ferriss Book Club here on the blog.  First up is The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz.

Thinking Big is a quick read that falls solidly into the self-help genre.  It’s a glorified list of things you can do to think positively.  It contains gems like every time someone asks you how you’re doing say “I’m so great, if I was doing any better I’d need an ambulance.”

Cheesy as it is, Schwartz is on to something.  The fact is, it’s pretty easy to get caught up in negativity.  I’ve found myself answering “I’m GREAT” in the weeks since reading it, and I’m better off for that.

How many of you have read The Four Hour Work Week or Thinking Big?  What are your thoughts?