I just finished making a video entitled In Praise of Laziness. It is a glorious, uproarious five-minute animation starring humanity's greatest thinkers stingingly rebuking the concept of hard work and embracing the power of laziness.
In Praise of Laziness is quirky, funny, delightfully shocking, and playfully profound. I hope you enjoy viewing it as much as we enjoyed creating it.
To view, please click here www.lazyway.net/movie.
For the maximum experience:
1. Watch until after the credits for a surprise ending.
2. Turn up the sound. The music specially composed for this video is superb.
3.
If you have a fast computer, the icon in the lower right-hand corner
(next to the speaker icon) expands the video to full screen.
Let me know how you like it.
Fred


Hey Fred - great to have you back to the world of blogging. You are a personal hero of mine and I mean that :-)
Hey you might like this - 10 Reasons Why Being a Lazy Dude is Actually a Good Thing
http://snurl.com/lazydude
I am off to check out your video!
Posted by: Seamus Anthony | September 23, 2008 at 04:49 PM
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Thank you so much for this great piece!
Posted by: Tish Berge | September 23, 2008 at 07:00 PM
I agree with Seamus... it's very good to have you back. :)
That was really enjoyable! Great quotes and I loved the playful animation. I'm just curious what kind of software was used to make it...
I especially enjoyed the surprise ending. :)
Posted by: Alyssa | September 24, 2008 at 01:39 PM
Entertaining video, and good to see you're still alive in the hammock.
Posted by: Benjamin | September 24, 2008 at 02:31 PM
Uncle Fred,
Been waiting to hear about your new golf book and this video was a beautifully charming surprise. If it's OK with you I will put a link to it on my new Fortune Flourishing Fun blog @ http://www.fortuneflourishingfun.com which has a lot of inspiration from the Lazy Way to Success.
Posted by: Rik | September 24, 2008 at 04:59 PM
I really enjoyed the video. Excellent job, Uncle Fred!
Posted by: Jay | September 24, 2008 at 08:12 PM
Hey Fred, when are you coming out with a paperback version of your book? I can't afford the hardcover.
Posted by: Kandra | September 25, 2008 at 02:37 PM
Fred,
Where do I begin. Now that you blogged again, I feel inspired to be Lazy!
Thank you!
Matt Long
Posted by: Matt Long | September 25, 2008 at 08:46 PM
I'm going to watch this soon, after blogging about being lazy. The Flash player already looks like it's one of the more beautiful I've come across.
Posted by: Torley | November 12, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Guys,
Don't be just lazy. You will get bored. Do something to get inspired. I visited this blog and found it very interesting with real life stories of success.
Lazy friends, click here
http://changeminds.wordpress.com/
Raviram
Posted by: Raviram | November 15, 2008 at 03:14 AM
Nice video!
Hey, I think I'm going to check out your book.
Check out my site when you get a chance:
http://www.theslackermethod.com
Posted by: The Slacker | November 24, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Great job on this animation. So good, in fact, I borrowed it to drive home a point in my own blog post this morning, thanks!~
Tony Camero
http://steamywonder.com/blog/
Posted by: Tony Camero | December 04, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Sir, I am sorry. I did not like it.
I loved it! Feeling all warm and happy now for having the true me affirmed as o.k.
In fact, I think I'll go now and watch it again, and turn up that music just a tad more.
Posted by: Jannie | December 06, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Very well designed video!
It's very inspiring to see the great people supporting the laziness. Is it OK to put a link to this movie on my site?
Please check out my site on fun ways to overcome laziness at http://www.Lazy2Work.com
Posted by: Lazy2Work | December 11, 2008 at 10:34 AM
What a brilliant video! I loved it and the music was perfect.
Im going to start now to live the lazy way- work smart not harder!
Posted by: Ian Wilson | December 28, 2008 at 05:22 PM
THE VIDEO WAS EXCELLENT AND THE MUSIC WAS AMAZING. I HAVE GIVEN AN EXAMPLE OF LAZINESS http://mathancts.blogspot.com/2009/01/example-of-laziness.html
Posted by: mathan | January 03, 2009 at 08:21 PM
Great post looking forward reading other post
Posted by: Gerardo | January 12, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Great video. I guess "smart laziness" is the equivalent really of "work smart, not hard".
Posted by: Jack Zufelt | January 27, 2009 at 06:02 PM
Hi Fred! ;-)
I love that video - especially all the cool "effects" that remind me of Monty Python... ;-)
Great lazy job done... ;-)
Many love and greetings from Germany! ;-)
André
Posted by: André Loibl | January 29, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Great video! Too bad I didn't have this in high school, this may have got the teachers off my back. My favorite quote was from WC at the end, great line! Happy Blogging
Posted by: Ambitiously Lazy | February 20, 2009 at 11:56 AM
People can spend most of the time at their work place and do absolutely nothing. But a clever and intelligent worker knows the tact to spend less time at work but at the same time do a great job. This is what is known as the lazy way to success.
Posted by: Sharon Wilson - Seeing You Soar & Shine in 2009 | February 25, 2009 at 12:19 PM
I'm your newest convert to laziness having just finished the Lazy Way to Success. Feeling euphoric with a silly grin on my face I wandered over here to see what else you have to say. I won't put too much work into telling you I loved the video, love the concept of laziness, and treasure the book.
Thank you,
Shane
Posted by: Shane McRae | March 07, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Heeey:)
Awesome video I really enjoyed it:)
I think the saying applies "Do what you love and you never have to work a day of your life"
I think that is the key to being happy and successful:)
Posted by: Diggy | March 20, 2009 at 05:51 AM
Raivo Pommer
raimo1@hot.ee
KfW Bank
Die staatliche KfW Bankengruppe hat 2008 einen Verlust von 2,66 Milliarden Euro verbucht. Ursachen waren unter anderem die Rettung der früheren Tochter IKB und die Pleite der amerikanischen Bank Lehman Brothers, sowie die Probleme in Island in Höhe von zusammen 0,7 Milliarden Euro, wie die KfW am Freitag in Frankfurt mitteilte.
1,2 Milliarden Euro verschlangen allein die Risikoabschirmung und der Verkauf der IKB. Insgesamt habe das Engagement bei dem Düsseldorfer Institut, das sich mit riskanten Wertpapieren verspekuliert hatte, damit 8,4 Milliarden Euro gekostet. Abschreibungen auf Wertpapiere belasteten die KfW 2008 mit 1,5 Milliarden Euro.
„Dieser Abschluss ist in Gänze überhaupt nicht befriedigend“
Bereits im Vorjahr war bei der Bank, die dem Bund und den Ländern gehört, ein Verlust von 6,2 Milliarden Euro entstanden. „Dieser Abschluss ist in Gänze überhaupt nicht befriedigend“, sagte KfW-Vorstandschef Ulrich Schröder.
Im operativen Geschäft sei die Ertragskraft aber hoch und das Geschäftsmodell müsse nicht angepasst werden. Das Betriebsergebnis vor Bewertung stieg auf den Rekordwert von 1,58 (1,36) Milliarden Euro. Von dem für 2009 geplanten Refinanzierungsbedarf von 75 Milliarden Euro habe die KfW bereits 37 Prozent gedeckt. Im laufenden Jahr wolle die Bank wieder „deutlich schwarze Zahlen“ schreiben.
Die KfW ging aus der Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau hervor und ist zu 80 Prozent im Besitz des Bundes. 20 Prozent halten die Bundesländer.
Posted by: raivo pommer-eesti. | March 27, 2009 at 04:30 PM
raivo pommer-eesti-www.google.ee
raimo1@hot.ee
Schwedische Börse profitiert von kompetitiver Abwertung und billiger kroner
Kaum ist der „großartige“ G-20-Gipfel vorbei, so fallen an den internationalen Finanzmärkten die Tarnkappen. Nachdem die makroökonomischen Ungleichgewichte und Währungen offensichtlich bei den Diskussionen kaum eine Rollen spielten, kehren die Anleger im Rahmen des in den vergangenen Tagen aufgekommenen Wirtschaftsoptimismus zu altbewährten Strategien zurück.
Sie lassen am Devisenmarkt mit den Yen und dem Schweizer Franken die üblichen Verdächtigen abwerten. Denn erstens haben diese Staaten ihre Zinsen schon immer tief gehalten. Zudem machen sie inzwischen mit „unkonventionellen geldpolitischen Maßnahmen“ deutlich, dass sie unbedingt schwache Währungen haben wollen, um den kompetitiven Status ihrer Exportbereiche zu wahren oder gar im Vergleich mit konkurrierenden Staaten zu verbessern.
Schweden macht vor, wie das gehen kann. Der reale effektive Wechselkurs des Landes läuft schon seit Jahren im Trend nach unten. Und in den vergangenen Wochen haben sie auf die globale Wirtschaftsschwäche, die sich im kleinen, stark am Export orientierten Land deutlich bemerkbar macht, mit massiven Zinssenkungen reagiert. Die schwedische Zentralbank hat den Leitzins mit massiven Schritten von 4,75 Prozent noch im Oktober des vergangenen Jahres auf zuletzt ein Prozent gesenkt. Genau das ließ die schwedische Krone gegen den Dollar um 30 und gegen den Euro um bis zu 20 Prozent abwerten
Posted by: raivo pommer-eesti-www.google.ee | April 04, 2009 at 11:41 AM