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In real life, this kind of superman usually scares people. Indeed, people don’t like to be proven that humans (just like them) can do incredible things when (unlike them) they strongly believe in it and aren’t afraid of failure.

Tim Ferris is this superman. This guy is probably going to remain my biggest inspiration for 2009 for mainly 2 reasons.

#1 : THE ART OF DECONSTRUCTING SKILLS

This man’s strength is to deconstruct any skill, job, talent, art into a set of rules and principles. This unique scientific analysis makes him able to become a world-class Tango dancer, martial art champion or excellent swimmer or to gain 34 pounds of lean mass muscle in 4 hours within a month (no BS).

This is something that I have been aiming for when facing difficulty at a task. In prep’ school for instance, I had a very hard time learning how to successfully sum up long, complex and subtle texts in a challengingly short amount of words. I started reading about dozens of methods and none worked. The last I applied got my prof. to wonder whether or not I was at heart supporting Hitler’s ideals

If a man can learn how to do it and be successful at it, it must follow fundamental principles that often the best in arts possess with long training but barely can convey. It takes years only for those who learn things with the traditional methods, and trial and error. I believe 80% of getting a skill can be learned in a scarily short amount of time shall there be time and effort spent on the analysis of why it works for people for whom it works.

Although there has been countless failures in the process of deconstructing skills, Tim blows pure oxygen on the burning fire off will to get there.

“The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed,
a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.” – Brian Tracy

#2 : THE TIME BUDGET VISION

I sadly realise over time that an overwhelming majority of people is convinced that life is inclusive of a work you are not particularly passionate about; “You just have to do it because you need to live”. Another popular misconception is that retirement is the beginning of the second fun part of life after childhood, and that it begins around age 60…in a nutshell when you cannot do anything anymore because you’re old, crippled, tired of a long and stressing obligatory work journey.

You want to believe in that. Fine with me, but like Tim Ferris I believe that time is your golden resource in life. Unlike money it is indeed unfortunately not a renewable resource.

Find yourself, follow your passions. Being good at what you do should merely reflect how passionate you are. Live out of your passions OR work hard at securing a long-term income and focus on what you enjoy rather than on what is necessary.

“Do your work with your whole heart and you will succeed;
There’s so little competition.” – Elbert Hubbard