by Timothy Ferriss
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What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this
controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer:
“I race motorcycles in Europe.”
“I ski in the Andes.”
“I scuba dive in Panama.”
“I dance tango in Buenos Aires.”
He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the “deferred-life plan” and instead mastered the new currencies—time and mobility—to create luxury lifestyles in the here and now.
Whether you are an overworked employee or an entrepreneur trapped in your own business, this book is the compass for a new and revolutionary world. Join Tim Ferriss as he teaches you:
• How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want
• How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs
• How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist
• How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and freuent "mini-retirements"
• What the crucial difference is between absolute and relative income
• How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it’s beyond repair
• What automated cash-flow “muses” are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks
• How to cultivate selective ignorance—and create time—with a low-information diet
• What the management secrets of Remote Control CEOs are
• How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50–80% off
• How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office
You can have it all—really.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Good ideas.. only if you had run your own business for a few years, 2008-07-08
"Selling a dream" books usually sell well and I am not surprised this book sold well. Everyone wants to work less and earn more. Lose weight and look better.. etc.
But let's get real by just examining the title. You will NOT work for 4 hours only, if you work for someone else. Unless you want to get paid for 4 hours worth of work only. This alone will eliminate most of the working force.
You will NOT work for 4 hours if you just started a new business. You will pour sweat and blood getting the business started. Many of the ideas in the book are based on outsourcing daily tasks. You can't outsource anything until you learn how your business runs first and then get other people working for you. For the simple fact that you have to tell what and how to do it and you need to learn yourself first.
So eventually this leaves a tiny tiny percentage of the population who can pull this off. Really.. we need to be realistic first. Do you know any Billionaire or multimillionaire who works for 4 hours a week only?
The book has some good ideas which one can use. However I feel the author is going to extremes to outsource too many daily activities. The author mentions that he doesn't read the daily papers but instead learns about current events by hanging with people who would tell him. I don't know about you but if I meet with people and I know nothing about current events, I would feel stupid near them. I enjoy reading from physical paper. How long does it take to scan a paper?
I feel that the author is trying to squeeze every minute of his life to be more productive by mostly having other people do the work. This is not living like a normal human being. So the author now has all this free time.. to do what? To dance in Argentina?
Having fun is nice but a good balance between work and fun is what a human should be seeking and not concentrating on "how can I get someone else do this for me". It's OK to this but the author is overdoing it. The newspaper example I quoted is an absurd example of "outsourcing". The author should already have enough time to read the paper from all the outsourcing he has done already!
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Interesting..... might not be working hard but smart from here on in., 2008-07-07
Just read the book not only will it help you it will help you help others. I hope I can reach his status or maybe even his type of life.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
The way we all should live our lives , 2008-07-06
Tim Ferriss hits the nail on the head with his ideas and approach to living life. We all get into the habit of thinking we should work 8 hours a day and sleep 8 hours a day, folks.............thats two thirds or 66% of your life, sleeping and banging away at a computer in a tiny cramped little cubicle, its disgusting. Break the habit, break free and live the life you are supposed to be living, the life you can live. Find a niche business, start a little online company, follow Tims advice and start building an automated life. Working is the WORST way to make money. If you want free, and to earn a living, and possibly become independently wealthy, STOP what you are doing, figure out a way. It may take time to build up a side business and get it automated, but at some point you can stop working, have money coming in, be doing hardly anything, and have 35% of your life back to do with what you want. Read his book, over and over it, take notes, visit all the websites. Take 3 months and put all other books away, study his material 2-3 hours a day, and you will get there. Peace and good luck.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 The 4-Hour Workweek, 2008-07-06
This order made 6/5/08 and has yet to be received one month later. I have sent emails to seller twice to request update and later to cancel order. No response and/or action taken to date. Very disappointed with failure to communicate and would highly discourage use by others.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4-Hour Work Week, 2008-07-05
I think I could write chapters about this book but I'll keep it short and to the point (Tim would like that); it has profoundly changed my life and lifestyle. I am deeply grateful for Ferris's work. Wow!
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