Ignore Information and Get Ahead

According to this article in the NYT, Timothy Ferris, motivational guru and author of the best selling The 4-Hour Workweek, hires personal assistants in India and the Philippines to sort through and respond to most of his emails, and ignores the rest. In the last two months he has traveled to Scotland, Sardinia, Vienna and Bratislava, as well as Japan, all while technically “running” a modest sports nutrition company that he claims brings in a high five-figure personal income every month. And I decided to pay attention to information and become a librarian. Duh!