If you read my last article, you may think that I am far from living what Tim Ferris describes in The 4-Hour Workweek, and you would be right on some points. I recently began listening to the audiobook, and have a long road ahead of me if I were to implement all of the workplace related changes, but some of his philosophies on life I seem to already be living.

In the first chapter of the book Tim discusses a gold medal winning skier, who also ran a very successful and profitable business. Prior to them winning the gold medal, the skier’s coach told him that he was not practicing enough, and that he needed to drop the business while he focused on skiing. The skier didn’t think so, and besides the business was successful, so he didn’t want to give it up. Rather than choosing one or the other, he chose both. He moved to Australia, practiced with a more flexible team, and then won the gold medal. All the while, still running his business.

So when you look at all that I am doing, I am choosing “both” like the skier. I don’t want to give up work, or anything else at the expense of school, or vice versa. The topic of business school specifically is up for another debate, as I don’t think Tim has a high opinion of MBA programs.