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4HWW is a how-to guide to hacking capitalism as an individual, and is a case-study of itself: - Screw over your day-job if you have one - Invent a "good-enough"
by dvh1990 5y ago
4HWW is a how-to guide to hacking capitalism as an individual, and is a case-study of itself:
- Screw over your day-job if you have one
- Invent a "good-enough" product to entice buyers but "shit-enough" so you can make it cheaply
- Sell it to unwitting shmucks
Is this net-positive for society? Nope.
- jimbokun 5y ago> Screw over your day-job if you have one The example I remember from the book is Ferriss would make sales calls in the morning and the late afternoon, because those were the times when people would actually be willing to make deals, and the calls the rest of the day were a waste. And (according to him) he made more sales than most of the sales team. Too many jobs are managed as "ass time in seat" vs any real measure of productivity.
- dvh1990 5y agoThat's one example in a very specific niche (sales), but this approach really underplays the value of being an active and present team member. But yeah, if your job is shit and you're just doing it for whatever money you are getting, then you may indeed be prone to find loopholes that enable you to do the minimum amount of work required.