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A Look at “The 4 Hour Work Week”…Can You Work it into YOUR Life?

Filed under: 4 Hour Work Week, Books to Read, Real Estate News

Today, well take a little break from the buying real estate in Tampa discussions.

I have been reading the best-selling book, The 4 Hour Work Week , 4 hourby Tim Ferris. It is a unique perspective on downsizing the time you spend working every week. I highly recommend it, simply because it encourages you to think outside the box . Regardless of your career, the book offers many ideas about how to eliminate many of the unnecessary tasks that we perform throughout the day, and goes far beyond the typical time management books.

One of the best ideas, in my opinion, is the one week media fast . Eliminating newspapers, television news, etc. from your life for 5 days. Try it! It is amazing how much reading the news takes from your day. Im not suggesting that you hide under a rock! You will gather the most important news of the day from conversations with people. In Reality, most of what you read, or watch, is not critical to your life, or your business. HINT: set up google alerts for specific topics, such as Tampa Real Estate and you will receive an email when any story posts on the internet, on that topic! Its a great way to filter out all of the unnecessary news, and focus on what is pertinent to your business.

An attorney friend in Washington D.C., has been reading the book, as a result of my encouragement, and we have been sharing ideas about how to implement the techniques into each of our lives, and business practices. When he balked at the media fast and, due to his securities law practice, insisted that he must read the newspapers for the latest in financial news every day, I told him about the availability of alerts from the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, which I receive every day. He also insisted that men should read the sports page and stay current on the latest scores, so I think well have to move him into the next chapter!

E-mail is becoming the standard in communication these days and is especially helpful in a real estate transaction. The written communication between the parties can be printed and placed in the file for future reference. It has been my preferred method of communication with clients for many years. However, the constant checking of email is very time-consuming, the author calls it a timewaster . The solution? He suggests reading your email twice each day. In the Real Estate business, that may not work, so I have committed to check my email three to four times each day. My email responder asks someone to call me, if the matter is urgent, however.

Between the media fast and the email limits , I have eliminated some major time-wasters from my day and have become more productive in the process.

I encourage you to read The 4 Hour Work Week Ill be chatting about it again next Tuesday.

Now, its back to all of the issues surrounding buying real estate in Tampa, Florida and in International locations.

Are you looking for the perfect waterfront condo in Tampa, or Panama? A little bungalow in South Tampa? Something in Westpark Village in Westchase…. Contact me!

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Posted by Jackie Colson-Miller   |   Click Here To Comment »   |   08.28.2007

Your Library is a Window into Your Heart and Soul…Read “The 4-HOUR Workweek” With Me!

Filed under: 4 Hour Work Week, Books to Read, Real Estate News

I am a voracious readera speed reader. Since I was a little girl, I have absolutely DEVOURED books! I love the Library Thing widget, an idea that I gleaned from blog guru Jeff Turner. I can post all of the books that I have recently read and comment on them. You can click on the Library Thing widget on the left sidebar, and have a look for yourself. You can tell so much about one’s personality and interests from their library.

A friend once referred to me as The Empress of Organization . I think what he really meant, was that I am the Empress of Juggling ! Either way, I enjoy books about visualization, efficiency and basically How to do anything better along with travel books of all kinds. Not included in my list are the zillions of cookbooks that I ownthats another story, for another day!

4 hourTops on my list right now is the best-seller, The 4 Hour Work Week , by Tim Ferris. I have been dragging it around with me, and touting it, since the day it arrived from Amazon. Ironically, another agent in the office bought it on the same day, but has yet to get into it. I think hes waiting for me to blog about itso here we go!

Real Estate is clearly not one of those industries where you could seriously only work 4 hours each week, but the book really offers some great ideas to streamline your operations, no matter what your field.

My copy is now filled with post-its , notes, and scribbling. Ive dog-eared many of the pages, as I incorporate the ideas into my personal and professional lives. You have to push to get through the first 30 pages, or so, to get to the meat but this book really takes you outside the box .I already have an attorney friend in Washington DC working through it with me, to see how he can implement some of the strategies into his life, and his practice. It really opens your mind to many possibilites. I would love to have some Sizzle Readers strategize along with me, so here is the challenge.

Starting next Tuesday, August 27, I am going to spend every Tuesday blogging about how to incorporate The 4 Hour Workweek into your life. Lets make this loads of funget reading! I want lots of commentary about how it could work for you, too!

This week, I am practicing the Five Day Media Fast no TV news, no newspapers, no internet junk, no peeking at Fox newsjust one of the many ways to keep the junk out of your life. Its working! Don’t worry…people tell you the latest news all day long, you won’t miss a thing. I know all about the interest rate cut, Hurricane Dean in Mexico, and local road closings…all in conversations, and short bursts of news on the radio.

So, buy the book today and lets chat about it every Tuesdayright here on The Real Estate Sizzle. I guarantee it will give you plenty to think about and it might even change your life .

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Posted by Jackie Colson-Miller   |   3 Comments »   |   08.22.2007