The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich | Timothy Ferriss

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich | Timothy Ferriss | If Reading This Makes Me Uncomfortable, It's Probably Good Information to Consider

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	The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich Timothy Ferriss Crown, 2007 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 752 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great to build entusiasm ...

I loved reading this book.

I, too, dream of renting villas in Tuscany, living out my dreams in foreign lands, and pulling in ten grand a month.

Not there quite yet.

The author's plan seems very doable, but then there is that marketing element. It's not so easy to sell $10,000 each and every month, automatically, even with a great product.

I tried to market Tiptoeing to Tranquility: The Parable for Finding Safety and Comfort in Dangerous Times, right after reading his The 4-Hour Workweek. To be honest, Wrist Locks: From Protecting Yourself to Becoming an Expert is still a much better seller. (I sort of wished that the author's method would have been 'the answer.')

Still, whenever I need a dose of enthusiasm that it somehow can be accomplished, I give this book a reread. Great fun.

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If Reading This Makes Me Uncomfortable, It's Probably Good Information to Consider

How's that for a title that grabs your attention? At times, the ideas championed in this book seemed terribly impractical and even ludicrous. At times, I found myself imagining a life of mini-retirements, vacationing in Europe, learning to play the Flamenco guitar, all while my $50 product is selling like hotcakes online. I'm just not sure how comfortable I am about hiring a personal assistant that lives in India and letting my employee make any decision that doesn't involve at least $500 without consulting me first. The book does have its share of valid points, if you're willing to "think outside the box", and I would agree that any automation of my current order processing would benefit me tremendously. It might take a few readings of this one before I am converted, but I have resolved to stop checking my email Inbox several hundred times a day. BTW, Ferris' life story/autobiography is worth reading on its own. Is he the guy who wrote the college application essay about making minute rice in fifteen seconds that got him into Princeton?

Kristian Strom

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Not the Panacea it Promises

While I'll concede that there are some good ideas in this book, many of the ideas presented by the author are not realistic for everyone's situation. Sure, many of us would like to be young and single again, without the inflexibility that comes with certain careers or a family. But for the many of us that can't pick up and jump from country to country arbitraging currency prices to get the most bang for one's buck, this book comes across as impractical. However, there are some valuable parts of the book. Among ideas worth considering is Ferriss's strong recommendation that dreams be not put on hold as you toil day in and day out at a job that you don't love waiting for retirement. Other innovative ideas also include the suggestion to outsource daily and mundane tasks at low prices freeing up time to focus on bigger projects or how to cut down on daily emails or meetings while in the office to make your time there as productive as possible. Overall, this book is worth taking a look at, but know that you'll still have to work much more than four hours a week when finishing it.

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