Product DescriptionWhat 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.
What Others Say
Mind expanding, paradigm breaker
I purchaced The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich 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 The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich to weight and consider the techniques within.
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 week sounds just about right. I've implemented much of his advice regarding delegation and continue to do so. Hoping to get to 4 hours/week in another couple of months.
Tim, you're awesome!
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 and most amateur fighters, and no one with the last name 'Ferriss' is listed in any of them. Look it up for yourself. He claims on his blog that these fights were in Japan, but unfortunately for his credibility, Japanese MMA ... Read More
For Heartless Corporate-Drones only
I read about The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich in an in-flight magazine and thought it very much embodied my view of life: Don't delay your happiness or gratification until retirement. Seize the day and live it up now!
However, I was terribly disappointed. First of all, definitely heed the Warning printed on the back of the book. I didn't even notice the warning until it was too late. But there it was the whole time: "WARNING: DO NOT READ The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich UNLESS YOU WANT TO QUIT YOUR JOB"
I'm willing to quit my job, but you have to REALLY want to quit your job in order to do what The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich says. You also have to have a meaningless job that requires almost ZERO work. I don't keep myself busy with busy-work at my job. I am genuinely busy with ... Read More
I like the spirit of this book!
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich has a lot of positive advice that can be used. As with any other lifestyle books, it's not easy to take on everything the author says verbatim. It is easy, though, to take some of the aspects of this and apply it to life.
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich has a ton of inspiration! It definitely keeps a workaholic like myself, aware of just what I'm spending my work time on. It's help me to realize that some of the work I do can be outsourced. I've implemented that part of the book with satisfactory results.
Sharing his love for travel, I do agree that the traditional two weeks per year is unacceptable for vacation. With all the technology available today, it is possible to have "working gettaways". I've also implemented this ... Read More
