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Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Amanda White — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:23:21 -0000

I know it's an old post, but it seemed like the best place for my question...

I know you have your "nutritional day off" on Saturdays- I've done the same on Sundays for as long as I can remember. I also follow that you cheat occasionally- I do the same frequently. I was wondering- if you cheat on your diet on another day of the week- for whatever reason, maybe you had the opportunity to eat something great, maybe you felt you deserved a treat- do you then say "OK today is going to be my day off instead of Saturday," or do you just flat-out cheat?

D'avance merci!

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Jess — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:42:53 -0000

As Far as The Cosmo article,

I would be surprised if it wasn't on there!

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timferriss — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:06:36 -0000

Thanks, D!

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D Sanchez — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:21:51 -0000

Hi Tim,

Excellent post! It actually relates to what I am currently working on. I wasn't sure how else to contact you, but I wanted to let you know that your book was the final piece in the puzzle that helped me complete my newest entrepreneurial venture. See link related to this comment!

It just about answered all the questions I needed - I listen to chapters 6 - 12 at least once a week since October. I wasn't sure how to set up a lot of that stuff like the relationships between manufacturers and mailing services, your instructions were perfect! I love how you include estimated costs, that was something I was concerned about.

Thank you so much for printing when you did!

As for anyone reading this blog - BUY 4 HOUR WORK WEEK now if you want to succeed in business on the first go around!

D Sanchez

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

O. — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:00:32 -0000

Tim, I have to admit, your book has changed my life. Fortunately and/or unfortunately it also made me go into a depression. How? Why? I realized many things I have been doing wrongly in my life. Now, I'm the most effective person, I'm making the most money I have ever made and I'm working the least (about three hours per week for $60,000). I feel weird, my boss thinks I'm great employee and he thinks very highly of me. I only meet five minutes with him every two weeks to keep him updated and I have three business ideas going on. Yet, I feel that I don't know how to get excitment about life again. I know I should be grateful but I can't avoid feeling like in a limbo. Everything is working fine. I have beautiful women inviting me to go to other countries with everything paid and others want to settle down.

I guess I need to get use to the idea of transitioning to this new uncluttered person. I'm seing a psychologist .. he doesn't know why do I feel empty. Have you even felt this way?

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Hi O,

This is very, very common. Filling the void is the hardest of all. Please reread that chapter and search "Groundhog Day" on this blog for some great experiments people have done to address this.

Best of luck -- it's a battle worth fighting,

Tim

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Melody F. — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:38:51 -0000

It's already 5:30 AM on the 15th so V-day's come and gone but Happy Valentine's Day from the Land of the Rising Sun! (Did you know that men/boys RECEIVE the chocolate here on Valentine's Day...then on March 14, they are supposed to reciprocate with a gift of some sort like jewelry or a new purse? What a great marketing strategy by the candy companies!) BTW I just stopped by the LizLovely site upon your fab-o recommendation. Wish they shipped overseas...I can think of a bunch of folks who would go orgasmic over their baked goodies. But we're moving back to Texas after 4 FANTABULOUS years living in beautiful Kamakura (SOB SNIFF WHINE...so I guess I'll be hunting down LizLovely in my local Whole Foods and sending a care package back to Japan. Arigato gozaimashta...for sharing the love and knowledge!

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Arny — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:49:40 -0000

Chocolate Song!!

http://www.youtube.com/v/zq...

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Marcie — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:05:18 -0000

:P to Vanessa for tipping you off. I really could have snorted my water out my nose while perusing a Cosmo a few weeks from now while getting my pre-spring pedicure. pssht.

Seriously, that rocks. No explanation, just "The 4-Hour Workweek" I think that officially makes it an icon :)

~Marcie

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Mike — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:49:55 -0000

Just wanted to say that I completed Tim's 7 hour
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available today.

Great job.

Mike Smith
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Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Tim Ferriss — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:59:48 -0000

Hello Boys and Girls,

I'll get you the results here soon! Please be patient as I read your very, very amusing answers :)

Tim

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Anna — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:05:50 -0000

I love this!

First, I am a Liz Lovely Fan Club vegan cookie eatin' chocolickin' life lovin' gal! (the Ginger Snapdragons and the Cowboy Cookies are my two favorites!)

Second, I'm willing to share my cookie winnins' with less fortunate cookie eaters.

Third, I will now share with you a not-so-secret: You must find your way to 30, Rue Des Saints-Peres, Paris, France, where you will then enter the most lovely chocolate establishment...quite possibly in the world! Debauve & Gallais. Try the 99% cacao Chocolat bar. Oh my!

Thank you for your great blog!

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jessica d. — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:01:38 -0000

Sorry, don't know where else to write...

I have a HUGE idea, nothing like it out there,
found a patent attorney, helped me write up a patent application, submitted it and now trying to license or sell the idea - no one will even listen.

You said in your book you have helped people,
PLEASE give me a second of your time! I beg you!!

jessica

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Hi Jess,

Please search "Stephen Key" on this blog and you'll find the right concepts and people for licensing. They're the pros. Good luck!

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Master Liu Tsai — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:42:29 -0000

* Because tardiness is next to godliness
* Because I need to slap more lard on my ass.
* Because I once had to sell pens for a living.

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Betsy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:17:12 -0000

Okay, So who won the Liz Lovely cookies, Etc.??????? Please tell us!!

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aaron — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:11:26 -0000

ok, when you get bored and want travel company for a trip just let me know. Interesting!

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autopolitica — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:57:05 -0000

Fess up: You outsourced those chocolate factoids, didn't you?

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Rita — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:50:14 -0000

1. I need to prove to my husband that vegan food can be delicious, and vegan cookies especially, can be knock-your-socks-off yummy. Bottom line: I want to buy the cookies, but my husband fears it would be gross and not worth the money.

2. My cat loves cookies and I want her to try these! She only lets me cradle her like a baby if I feed her something that makes her belly happy.

3. My home value has dropped over $250K and I need to eat away my woes.

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Brian Walker — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:43:08 -0000

Hi Again,

My last comment appears to be stuck in the process of moderation and I apologize if this post is redundant but I wanted to make sure my You Tube link shows up before the 5 pm deadline, so here it is again:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Thanks,

Brian

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Monica — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:28:10 -0000

Hi Tim!
Ready? Here goes...
1. I recently decided to quit my job and make a movie (which has been my lifelong dream)!!! My last day of work is tomorrow and Valentines day will be my first day of preproduction:-) I have the script done, the 3 main roles cast and so far everything is falling into place. I'm so stoked I actually find myself grinning randomly throughout the day! Chocolate would even enhance the high ;-)
2. On the other hand, this could very well be (que music..) the beginning of the end. I'll spare the boring details but given my present circumstances and the rediculously challenging nature of the film industry, I might have screwed myself just a little :-/ I already weighed this option and decided it was worth it because I've always wanted to do this, but it will still be on my mind come Thursday... and chocolate it the best thing for denial.
3. I'm single. Don't send it to a couple. They have eachother damnit.
;-)
-Monica-

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Juanita — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:20:19 -0000

Gingersnaps are spicy cool treats that are sooooo good for you

The Liz company is a true small business dream come true, they should be an example we can all strive to goal for.

Besides saving animals and being vegetarian, they are saving people by being so good for you and tasting so good for you, that every one what's to eat them:)

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Brian Walker — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:45:36 -0000

OK...I'm Back!

Here's the link to You Tube for the video I made this afternoon...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Phew! Man, what an adventure...my video camera is broken so I went to the closest store, which is Staples, to buy a new camera and every model that I wanted was out of stock! Not having a whole lot of time to get this finished I opted to use the video function in my Palm Centro Phone which I have never done before...quick trip to Trader Joe's to come up with an idea for a recipe on the fly, pick up a few things and then off to the beach to make the video. No cameraman, just me winging it, without even knowing if any of it was going to work (I've never posted to you tube before). Got it on the first take...it's not super-exciting but it's not bad for a first try! I had alot of fun just putting it all together and making things up as I went along.

I am re-posting my 3 reasons here in case it gets confusing:

Because...

* I can show you how to make Truffles or any other kind of Chocolate Delight with a little known Sweetener that Looks and Tastes Just Like Sugar, Has a Glycemic Index of Zero, has Zero Calories, is All Natural, and has Absolutely No Aftertaste whatsoever...(No it's not Stevia or Xylitol or any other thing you've probably heard of)

* I will give you a very generous quantity of this Sweetener for your own personal use and testing...and if you love it (which I think you will) maybe you would consider some kind of endorsement in exchange for an unlimited personal supply??? This product is actually my Muse...and who knows it might make a great case study as well...

* You can now be free to eat chocolate anytime you like (assuming it's the sugar that's stopping you) as well as adding true sugar-like taste and sweetness to anything else you want...

Ciao!

Brian

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Philip Ferris — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:35:48 -0000

* my wife is away for Valentine's Day and I have been looking for something extra special when we celebrate on her return

* it would be like outsourcing, while simplifying my choices at the same time

* I have some Oban Single Malt, one of the 6 Classic Malts, that would go really well with some of that chocolate.

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Jose Castro-Frenzel — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:08:02 -0000

......Liked this post,

Only thing I have to complain about Tim is that I had a terrible craving for chocolate after this post, Thanks!!!! There went the diet, I am having to go grapple twice now to get rid of some of these extra calories....LOL

Check out Nicaragua when you get a chance, they have kickass coffee beans...

Jose Castro-Frenzel

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

Nicole Fleysher — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:16:35 -0000

1) Because I'll out eat you and you'll be impressed

2) Because winning an extra 5 lbs of fat is way cooler than loosing it =)

3) I. Love. Chocolate. And you too, if that helps me win.

Re: Learn to Eat Chocolate with the Real Willie Wonka

lisa — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:52:27 -0000

#1. I have not received a valentines gift in 4 years...due to my never ending divorce...I deserve something...the ex-husband is a nice gift...but I would LOVE to have TREATS too!!!