The ideal system – and progression – is based on three elements in this order…
Effectiveness (Priority)
Adherence (Interest)
Efficiency (Process)
Effectiveness, adherence, and efficiency refer to the “what”, “why”, and “how” of learning a target language, respectively. In simple terms, you first decide what to learn, based on usage frequency (priority); you then filter materials based on your likelihood of continued study and review, or adherence (interest); lastly, you determine how to learn the material most efficiently (process).
Effectiveness
If you select the wrong material, it does not matter how you study or if you study – practical fluency is impossible without the proper tools (material).
Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich Timothy Ferriss
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About This Book
Forget the old concept of retirement and saving for the future – there is no need to wait and every reason not to. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing first-class world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with no management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.
First and Foremost
The New Rich (NR) are those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles in the present using the currency of the New Rich: time and mobility. This is an art and a science we will refer to as Lifestyle Design.
Tim opens each chapter with an explanation of the singular importance of being a “dealmaker.” The manifesto of the dealmaker is simple: Reality is negotiable. The DEAL of deal making is also an acronym for the process of becoming a member of the New Rich. Here is the step-by-step process you’ll use to reinvent yourself:
D for Definition turns misguided common sense upside down and introduces the rules and objectives of the new game. It replaces self-defeating assumptions and explains concepts such as relative wealth and eustress. Who are the NR and how do they operate? This section explains the overall lifestyle design recipe – the fundamentals – before we add the three ingredients.
Do the most difficult thing on your to-do list first thing in the morning!
2. Change Your Attitude
Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us. The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem! Change your attitude about things and you’ll change your life dramatically in no time.
3. Work Smarter, Not Harder
Embrace your goals and tasks day and night and rewrite or edit them as necessary, but do not completely change them. Having your daily to-do list will help you stay organized and make work easier!
So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy to finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one area where I truly belonged. I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter, and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
