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.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Fantastic Read:
The brilliance in this book stems largely from the macro concepts it addresses. Despite its initial appearance, this book shouldn't be used as a step by step, how to guide. It's most useful as a - wake up and smell the roses - sort of mental jumpstart.
Mind expanding, paradigm breaker:
I purchaced this book because I was preparing a presentation about time management. It almost messed up my presentation, because it messed up my brain.
I tell you, It can actually be done. Work only 4 hours a week. But you have to do a complete reformat of your brain.
The concept of taks elimination and putting yourself out of the equation to avoid bottlenecks is super.
I am not quite there jet, but, now I work less and make more.
I definitelly recommend this book to weight and... more info
Tim and the 4 Hour Work Week are Brilliant:
I was just looking at Twitter and for the first time I saw something remarkable: someone with lots of followers and is following no one. Tim Ferriss has 9,313 followers and is following absolutely no one. He does appear to post quite often, so I'm not sure how this figures in to his 4 hour work week, but his single-mindedness and focus is amazing. I don't quite understand the naysayers here. Do people really want to work more than 4 hours a week? 40 hours a week? 80 hours a week? For me, 4 hours per... more info
Blatant Lies:
I must admit I was taken by the concept of "geoarbitrage". It just sounds cool, doesn't it? I thought the concept was quite interesting and eagerly purchased the book. After reading past the introduction, I realized I'd been conned. The author's first claim, on page 13, is that he is a "no holds barred cage fighter, vanquisher of four world champions". This is a lie. There are online databases (such as sherdog's fight finder or mma.tv's fighter database) that hold the fight records of all professional... more info
