Life is fair in one sense - everybody only lives about 70-80 years x 365 days x 24 hours. How you use your time is up to you. But in a capitalist society like ours, you can literally 'buy time' from others, in the form of personal outsourcing.
Tim Ferriss has a whole chapter in his book about personal outsourcing, but the best example of personal outsourcing is summarized in this article by A.J. Jacobs.
I'm still searching for the perfect virtual assistant. My requirement would be:
- proficient in written and spoken english and cantonese
- skillful in doing web-based research
- good with tools like Google Calendar, Google Docs, Wikipedia, FTP, video conversion etc.
- cheap (below HK$50 per hour)
Elance.com and Getfriday.com are great for english-speaking virtual assistants, but I still haven't seen anybody who can handle chinese there. I guess the best solution would be to hire some college grads from ShenZhen, and combine that with a local courier company.
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