Category Archives: Living

Lessons from Geniuses, Billionaires, and Tinkerers

“The interesting jobs are the ones that you make up.” – Chris Young
Chris Young is an obsessive tinkerer, inventor, and innovator.
His areas of expertise range from extreme aviation (world-record goals) to mathematics and apocalyptic-scale BBQs. Above all, he is one of the clearest thinkers I know.
In this interview, we discuss a great many things, including his wild story and lessons learned from rainmakers like Bill Gates, Gabe Newell, Neal Stephenson, and many more. More topics we tackle:
How he managed to get jobs working for the best in the world…despite having no credentials.
Advice — and incredible questions — from self-made billionaires.
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Source:: Four Hour Work Week

Lessons from Geniuses, Billionaires, and Tinkerers

“The interesting jobs are the ones that you make up.” – Chris Young
Chris Young is an obsessive tinkerer, inventor, and innovator.
His areas of expertise range from extreme aviation (world-record goals) to mathematics and apocalyptic-scale BBQs. Above all, he is one of the clearest thinkers I know.
In this interview, we discuss a great many things, including his wild story and lessons learned from rainmakers like Bill Gates, Gabe Newell, Neal Stephenson, and many more. More topics we tackle:
How he managed to get jobs working for the best in the world…despite having no credentials.
Advice — and incredible questions — from self-made billionaires.
Why Read More

Source:: Four Hour Work Week

Lessons from Geniuses, Billionaires, and Tinkerers

“The interesting jobs are the ones that you make up.” – Chris Young
Chris Young is an obsessive tinkerer, inventor, and innovator.
His areas of expertise range from extreme aviation (world-record goals) to mathematics and apocalyptic-scale BBQs. Above all, he is one of the clearest thinkers I know.
In this interview, we discuss a great many things, including his wild story and lessons learned from rainmakers like Bill Gates, Gabe Newell, Neal Stephenson, and many more. More topics we tackle:
How he managed to get jobs working for the best in the world…despite having no credentials.
Advice — and incredible questions — from self-made billionaires.
Why Read More

Source:: Four Hour Work Week

Useful Lessons from Workaholics Anonymous, Corporate Implosions, and More

Ryan Holiday (@RyanHoliday) is a strategist and writer. He dropped out of college at 19 to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, and later served as the director of marketing for American Apparel. His company, Brass Check, has advised clients like Google, TASER, and Complex, as well as many prominent bestselling authors. Holiday has written four previous books, including The Obstacle Is the Way, which has been translated into 17 languages and has a cult following among NFL coaches, world-class athletes, TV personalities, political leaders, and others around the world. Ryan lives on a small Read More

Source:: Four Hour Work Week

Family life: My devoted grandparents, Gone Fishing by Chris Rea and honey cake

Readers’ favourite photographs, songs and recipesThis picture of my grandparents, she wearing her trademark floral sari and he a white kurta pyjama, was recently found in the house of one of my great-aunts. No one in the family knows for sure when the picture was taken, but the consensus is it was not long after they were married in 1940. Continue reading… Read More

Source:: The Guardian