“Effectiveness is far more important than efficiency… If you’re doing the right things, you can afford to be a little inefficient.” — Chris Guillebeau (@193countries)
Chris Guillebeau is a New York Times bestselling author of several books, including The Art of Non-Conformity, The $100 Startup, The Happiness of Pursuit, Born for This, and Side Hustle. By age 35, Chris had traveled to every country in the world (193 to be exact). Since then, he’s launched a daily podcast called Side Hustle School (downloaded 2 million times a month) and leads the incredible World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon every summer.
Highlights
In this episode, we talk about some of the most common questions Chris receives from his readers, the concept of anti-fragility, and how it’s better to do the right things poorly instead of the wrong things efficiently.
Behind the Scenes
Chris and I launched into a really honest conversation right away, so I didn’t press the record button until a few minutes in. So to preface this conversation… Chris is of course a very busy guy and so he shared that he often feels like he’s letting others down because there are so many moving pieces in his life and he feels like he’s often playing catch up (a feeling so many of us can relate to).
Who Should Listen?
If you’re not having the meaningful effect you’d like to have in your work and your relationships, or you want to implement anti-fragility in your own life, have a listen.
Questions
- What is anti-fragility and how can you implement the idea into your life in concrete ways?
- How do you structure your days so that your ADD brain works to your advantage?
- Are you constantly reinventing yourself, or constantly getting closer to the core of who you are as an individual?
- How can we discern the difference between the effective and the efficient?
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