LitLiberation: How to Travel the World–and Get a Personal Assistant–for Free

Wow! Thats a wonderful thing you have going on there Tim. And I say that not just because of the opportunity it could offer someone, but moreso because of the opportunities that the litliberation will offer to others. A very noble task there sir.

Consider adding a link to the site in your post. Thanks! =)

Quick question..

Maybe I missed something,

what is the 10k club??

Thanks

@Bill

Go to the site mentioned in the video and click on the “Prizes” link. You will see the 10k club there.

Considering the randomness of the universe… if I didn’t read my 5 favorite books or have my splendid teacher or never read again… it wouldn’t matter!

There would be something else to replace it. An experience, a different teacher, music or a photograph instead or words. Breath is enough, brother!

…..May i add,

I would highly suggest posting this on myspace, as a lot of companies and people subscribe to the blogs here. There are a lot of people whom would be interested in this. I think it will yield some great results.

best

jose

Dugged 🙂

Tim as such a big fan it is so disappointing that all your prizes always require you to be a US Citizen could you please look to make future competitions have the ability to have a winner from any country even if that means that the winner has to pay to fly to US or whatever that may be I’m sure many people agree with me.

P.S- good luck with the literacy experiment, pitty the lack of the global inclusion though Tim. =-)

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Hi Poe! Two things: 1) Please still compete! I just can’t offer the material (concrete or $) prizes internationally, but the recognition (including from Google, Yahoo, SixApart, etc.) and such is all open to you guys international. 2) I only restrict the competitions for legal reasons here in the US. If it were up to me, and I didn’t care about the law, I would make it open to you guys. I’m working on other options for doing this.

Please compete anyhow, and thanks for the questions and support!

Tim

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Tim

How about 16K for condoms for the parents of the 30% and 1K for trees to cover the school site instead. No school needed.

Tim, I read your book during a flight to Florida a month ago. It is one of the books that changed my life. I have been living and working exactly as you suggest. I wrote a language book that helps people who know Arabic to increase their level of learning by reading it. It is a huge success in the military and makes me an income that I have been living on comfortably. Recently I started expanding the brand into other languages. With the work demands I needed help, and your mention of Brickwork India in the book was a welcome relief. I stepped off the plane in Florida with a huge sense of optimism and a list of things for a prospective Indian assistant. Unfortunately, it has been a major dissapointment so far.

I emailed the company that same night (one month ago) and received instant reply, but that was it! Since then the company has been extremely sluggish in processing my request and I still have no assistant. emails go unanswered, promises to provide are never fulfilled and it has been nightmarish. Maybe I feel so because I was really happy about it and now I am facing reality. Brickwork is the only company that said they would meet my requests.

I think that part of your excellent book should have been more thoroughly researched. I can provide you with a copy of the correspondence I had with the BWI people to see for yourself how inefficient and frustrating they have been.

[b]Envision the 5 books that have most impacted your life. How would your life be different if you’d never read them?[/b]

1. Illusions by Richard Bach

2. The 4 Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss

3. Catch – 22 by Joseph Heller

4. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

5. Atomic Dog – The Testosterone Principles by TC Luoma

I believe that every new relationship, whether with a book, a friend, a lover, a mentor, a child, or any number of experiences, can teach me something new that I can immediately implement to get more satisfaction.

Two notables:

I first read Illusions when I was 14. I learned about “being my own messiah.” I learned I could walk through walls (figuratively, for now…). I started to hold myself accountable for my happiness and my life.

I read Tim’s book earlier this year in 6 hours and made profound changes after number 7. I feel like I have so much responsibility without really feeling like I have any responsibility. Wrap your mind around that! I feel like Tim is the big brother I never had. I still read sections 4HWW at least once per month to refresh my self.

[b]Where might you be today if you’d never met the most influential teachers in your life, past and present?[/b]

Probably in Seattle.

Or selling pecans on the side of the street in a little Texas town.

Ok, really, I wouldn’t be anywhere close to where I am now. My mentors and teachers have shown me love – and what lies within me that I couldn’t uncover by myself.

Much respect!

[b]How would your options be affected if you could never again read a book, menu, or sign?[/b]

What options?

Illiteracy would devestate me.

Thanks for this challenge Tim. I look forward to being a part of it.

Cheers!

Nate Green

Great Job Tim,

glad to see you are still adding back to the world. Are you in still in Eastern Europe right now? As you said in the book, you can’t back every cause but you can make a difference in the ones that matter to you(my paraphrase).

I just liberated myself from a 4 year thankless job relationship and started a muse that should contribute 25 to 100k/mo. to my new 4 hour life. I had the idea before the book, but had no idea how I would do it. Half way through the book I brokered this deal and just like that…new rich life plan in action. I would like to thank you personally but will probably settle for this impersoal blog response, hopefully you will see it. The 4HWW has changed my life forever and I am truly grateful. I thank you and my kids thank you.

All the best,

Patrick McInnis

On it! Great idea!

Add to society’s open letter 😉

Being Poor Sucks!

To anybody who is starting a site on Room to Read, make sure you start a school for a country it supports: http://www.roomtoread.org/countries/index.html. I tried to start one for Afghanistan, and later realized it wasn’t on the list.

Eastern Europe? What is it?

Tim your book changed my life. There one question that I have for you. How would you do all that you do, with small children at home? I have a 1 year old daughter and another due in January, and I can’t find a way to do all the awesome things you mention in your book while still being with my kids that I love. Any advice?

Tim,

I just bought your book and I am diving into it heavy. I am almost certain that I can incorporate your genius “out of the boxness” to my business. My growing 3D animation/rendering company is the perfect ginny pig! I am familiar with elance and know the potential. However, I find that it’s difficult to let go of having 100% control. My goal is to overcome this obstacle and my plan is simple: read the book, apply the techniques and expect incredible results. Wish me luck.

Not really sure of the best place to post this, but here it goes anyway. I can’t open any of the calculators or worksheets on the resource page. Any suggestions?

Question: The Lit Liberation site references 4 weeks from their Sept 29th post as the duration of the challenge. Will they continue to accept donations indefinitely though?

Idea: For anyone interested in supporting rural education in developing countries and vagabonding at the same time, I can recommend OperationBootstrapAfrica.org (OBA).

When I was 16, growing up in small-town Iowa, I had more time than money to donate. So, I used other people’s money for a good cause and scored a ticket out of Iowa at the same time. Here’s the rundown…

I initiated a fundraising drive in my hometown to cover my travel expenses to Tanzania for OBA’s Rift Valley Walk. If I recall, this was accomplished primarily through a pancake breakfast.

Next, I made the journey to Tanzania with the small (around 10 of us in 1996) OBA group. We flew into Arusha (at the base of Kilamanjaro), and spent about a week safari-ing our way to the starting point of our walk near the Kenya border. It was, of course, awesome seeing the game preserves, etc.

Then, we began the 8-day 211 mile hike – covering a spectacular array of terrain as our elevation changed. The hike is primarily a publicity stunt – more on that in a moment. We wrapped up the trip with visits to OBA projects – including rural schools, hospitals and the first ever Masai girls school. (Masai boys have had access to education for many years, but the girls were not allowed by their elders to be educated until 1993).

For two years following the trip, I conducted slide show presentations for civic and spiritual groups in and around my community. I raised approx $15,000 total.

In the last couple of years, I’ve frequently thought about going back. OBA doesn’t do the hike every summer, but pretty close. I’ve even thought about leading a yoga retreat in conjunction with the OBA hike.

Tim, do you have any interest in such an adventure?

You mention traveling the world and relocating without fear of anything…Well I happen to be Muslim and I happen to also wear a full cover (except for the eyes)moving and living in other countries for 3 to 6 months might not only get me XRayed @ an airport, added to an arbitrary “no flight” terrorist list, but it can get me into a one way ticket to Guantanamo bay (which I hear is delightful compared to other options in other countries). What would you do in my case?

What happened?

Can you publish the names of the inners?

Definitely a motivational and thought-provoking article. I never had a mentor or book that I found “rocked my world” into transformative change until I found a health coach, Frederic Patenaude, http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/makealiving.html whose own life modeled success to cause me to want to “go raw” and achieve greatness doing what I loved. The teachers all taught that you had to follow traditional paths to be a success, but Frederic’s life (and now yours) speaks otherwise. You both are amazing models! I could spend all day reading your blogs.

First of all thanks to Tim on his eye opening book. What is most important is that he shows us that he has done it and so can we, if we so choose! I am working on changing my life to make my inner soul happy, and sometime it is so hard to get out of the box.

Anyways, the school idea is actually what i had been planning to do for my father’s hometown in china. i visited it a few years ago and was surprised at how lacking it was, just being an hour away from the nearest city. the problem was no paved road, so it was hard to get anything there.

anyways, i go through about 2 laptops a year and i have a million desktops and obsolete monitors/printers etc. why not start with a computer lab or basic things that people here pay others to throw away ? ask bill G to donate the OS or just use the old one. You dont even need the 1700 per person deal mentioned to make a difference.

i always thought that when i “make it big” i will build a school there, but thinking smarter allows more possibilities. After all, this is not a new idea and friends in my grad school have done it in India. American currency goes a long way in the middle of nowhere India, so any little bit helps a lot.

guess what i am going to do with my “void”? i simply cant believe people have problems filling the “void”. there are so many coool stuff to do if one’s time and location/fiscal dependency is removed.

Alas, I am still working on that one….

Helen (still stuck at work)

Wish I had gotten in on this. What a great idea.

Been trying to reach you Tim. Bought your book and have some questions.