Voyagner

It is roughly a year since I first read Tim Ferris’ 4 Four Work Week. It’s a great book and has been a catalyst for a big change in how I view life and the world. While it’s not without its flaws the most important concept I think anyone can take from the book is Lifestyle Design.

Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was a revelation; 150 years since its publication we can see that. While early on the concept was used to condone racism and other abominations now we realize there are far better ways we can apply it to things like business and personal development.

I’m evolving, hopefully it’s more of an intelligent design type of evolution, I can guide my evolution in a way that will ensure an improved lifestyle with natural selection taking its turn later on. It’s amazing how much of the change actually takes place in your mindset, I’ve come to realize that although I am currently an employee I’ve shifted into a more entrepreneurial mindset. The changes in mindset are important and necessary but we also have to change the things we do. An entrepreneurial mindset is nothing without entrepreneurial action.

My Evolution is a process of eliminating the undesirable, capitalizing on beneficial skills and learning more new beneficial skills. By eliminating my debt, an income tied to time, capitalizing on my web mastering and development skills and learning new skills that will be advantageous in a nomadic lifestyle, I can become a digital nomad.

The more I create, the greater the chance that some of my creations will survive and prosper. With research and testing I improve their chances of survival. By split testing, adapting and applying the 80/20 principle I make sure I don’t waste time of projects that will not work and nurture those that will.

While I can do my best to test and evaluate if a creation is worth pursuing, ultimately once I drop it into a real life environment natural selection will take over. Some will die, some will thrive. This is especially true of my recent foray into Adsense sites. There is a lot I can do to increase my sites chances of survival but hypothesizing while useful doesn’t compare to conducting an actual experiment.

Hopefully I wont be eliminated from the gene pool and will find my place in the food chain. Anyone even aware of the concept of lifestyle design is at somewhat of an advantage, if lifestyle design is going mainstream we would do well to take advantage of that now.