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Tim Ferriss\’s 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog

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Tim Ferriss\’s 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog

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» How to Tie the Perfect Tie… Every Time

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Neckties can be cool when they’re not lopsided. ((c) fresh pesh)
His name was the “Egyptian magician.”
Well, that was his nickname, anyway. He lived down the hall from me my sophomore year of high school and…

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» The 7 Commandments of Blogosphere (and Life) Self-Defense

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I learned self-defense early (Tim, first grade)
I love and hate blogs. One minute I feel like David Weinberger and the next I feel like Andrew Keen.

The beauty of blogs: they give every genius a voice. The beast:…

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» The 10 Most Common Words You Should Stop Using Now

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Is this what your thinking looks like?
[Thanks for the Japanese vending machine, Woesinger!]
Words are thoughts.
The better we choose our words, the more we hone our thinking machine, and just like software, it’s…

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» How Does a Bestseller Happen? A Case Study in Hitting #1 on the New York Times

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What I sounded like, running around the yard, at 1:43pm ET this past Friday
Last Friday, the impossible happened and a lifelong dream came true: The 4-Hour Workweek hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list! Thank…

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