All my companies are internet companies.
All my companies are internet companies.
I love the internet.
When I was about to go to Necker Island for the second time in 2014 and Joe emailed me asking if I wanted to give a presentation, my ideas about Internet Fasting had crystallized much further.
Instead of disconnecting at 7 p.m., I was now sometimes only online for one hour a day.
For example, I would go online at 3 p.m. and then stop again at 4 p.m.
It felt wonderful to wake up and then have eight hours to work and live without distractions.
For me, it was the difference between night and day.
When I'm offline, I'm relaxed and laser-focused. When I'm online, I get distracted very quickly and I'm much more restless.
This is therefore not a book that will tell you that the internet is inherently bad for you and that it is best to never go online again.
Nor is this a book that will tell you to banish the internet and social media from your life or give up all the benefits. On the contrary!
The internet is one of the greatest inventions humanity has ever made.
I have even written a book literally called "Successful Thanks to the Internet."
So why now a book about limiting your internet use?
It's very simple: if you want to take full advantage of the internet, it helps to tailor your internet use to that end.
But you can also produce content for social media without even having to be online.
Instead of watching a YouTube video, you now make one yourself. Instead of listening to a podcast, you now record one yourself.
This is the difference between letting the internet work against you and letting the internet work for you.
You don't have to give up social media altogether, you just have to give up the aspects that work against you.
To produce instead of consume.
Hardcover.
I'll tell you what the philosophy behind Internet Fasting is and what lies at the root of our harmful internet behavior.
I'll also give you the practical tools you need to set up your new lifestyle.
In this book, I'm going to teach you how to be 100 percent offline and 100 percent online. But not something in between.
Chapter 7: How I do it
Chapter 8: My workarounds for epic focus
Chapter 15: How do I manage all that email?
Chapter 16: How do I manage my smartphone?
Chapter 25: But I earn my money on the internet!
Chapter 26: Can you still be successful on social media?
Chapter 27: Extreme Internet Fasting: the 100% rule
There are different ways to do Internet Fasting, and you can choose what suits you best. Rule 1: you set the rules.
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Between being a ok friend and a great friend.
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Between being stressed and relaxed.
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Between being distracted and productive.
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Between poor sleep and good sleep.
But beware: this book is not for everyone.
Internet Fasting is intended for the top one percent who are looking for extreme productivity. I also call this "peacefully prolific" or "winning while chilling".
For the "average" person, time is not the most valuable asset.
There is nothing wrong with that, of course.
I could never have been as successful as I am without the internet, and I am extremely grateful that it exists.
I was now sometimes only online for one hour a day.
In short: everything will change for you when you flip that switch.
And that switch is called Internet Fasting.