Tim Ferriss is the author of the bestseller The 4-Hour Work Week. I confess to being a regular visitor to his blog and find much of his writing inspirational.

If you would benefit from becoming more productive read his post The Practicality of Pessimism: Stoicism as a Productivity System. It features a 5 minute presentation in which he discusses what he considers to be the two most effective productivity techniques that he’s found since 2004. Considering the amount of success he’s achieved, it’s well worth considering the question he raises about whether defining your fears could be more important than defining your goals.

His blog provides plenty of motivational material which all falls under the umbrella of his aptly named ‘Experiments in Lifestyle Designs’. Instead of finding a niche to work in Tim has managed to create his own and when you watch his videos or read his writing you can see why!

David Risley who I referred to earlier in my post about Self Promotion Enthusiasts, is another good writer who likes to ‘tell it how it is’. His blog talks about his passions and lifestyle design through the use of the Internet. This lifestyle design thing is pretty big hey! Even though he says so himself, David does seem to have a great balance of knowledge in marketing, blogging and using social media.

Both Tim Ferriss and David Risley provide plenty of food for thought for anyone keen to shape their lifestyle design. They use the incredible power of the internet to convey their approach to online marketing and thoughts about life.