Tim Ferriss Show - How to Avoid the Busy Trap
And other misuses of your time
Tim Ferriss Show - How to Avoid the Busy Trap launched on March 22, 2016 with 84 votes, #657 of 4,409 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
What it does
"A good man will not waste himself upon mean and discreditable work or be busy merely for the sake of being busy. Neither will he, as you imagine, become so involved in ambitious schemes that he will have continually to endure their ebb and flow.
“A good man will not waste himself upon mean and discreditable work or be busy merely for the sake of being busy. Neither will he, as you imagine, become so involved in ambitious schemes that he will have continually to endure their ebb and flow.” – Seneca Today’s episode is a bite-sized morsel for your brain and for your life. This is an excerpt from my favorite writing of all-time. This letter is #22, “On the Futility of Half-way Measures.” As usual, Seneca takes a little time in his preamble to get warmed up. That is his style. He seems to enjoy feeling out the recipient of his letter before jumping into the details. I love this letter because it…from tim.blog
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