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| Author: Timothy Ferriss
Publisher: Crown
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0307353133
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.1
EAN: 9780307353139
ASIN: 0307353133
Publication Date: April 24, 2007
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 Loved It! August 1, 2008
This book inspired me. It planted the seed for me to eventually create my own "deliverable product," a book (Lipstick Ghetto: The Girls' Guide to Escaping the 9-to-5 Rat Race). The 4-hour Workweek not only offers practical advice...but it also offers motivational tips on finally leaving corporate America behind. If you are serious about changing your work life, this book is a great resource. I highly recommend it.
 What about those 14 hour days for 2 years? July 30, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The premise of the book is that basically he was a screw-up that started a company and spent two years putting in 14-hour days to build the company. Then one day he had enough and decided to spend time in Europe. To his surprise his company flourished in his absence and now he can live the life of luxury needing only to spend 4-ish hours a week working.
Now Tim wants to share with us how we can follow in his footsteps. The only problem is that other than some history at the beginning of the book he seems to all to easily forget that he spent TWO YEARS working 14-hour days to build the foundation (a company) that supports his lifestyle.
Umm.. Tim, that's not exactly a unique idea. Building a company that provides automated wealth on a daily/weekly/monthly basis is pretty much what most entrepreneurs are attempting to do. And without those 14-hour days you would have never been able to only work 4-hour weeks. Again, not all that enlightening.
Sorry, I can't recommend this book.
 Good Concept/Make sure you have a parachute July 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After reading the book, I was eager to start using some of the ideas to create some additional income streams, to rev up my leisure time/travel plans. As a small business owner, I was already familiar with breaking out and starting up a business - all be it at 50-60 hours per week. But I wanted to outsource some of the day-to-day activities to free up some time.
Brickwork India: Contacted these guy about some web development work first. Their bid was high and timeline too long to be practical. Suspect they now have more work than they need since being mentioned in the book and have since jacked up their prices and are being selective on projects. Found much better pricing and faster turnaround with an outfit called Daffodil Software. [...]
SF Video: We used these guys to produce a "how-to" DVD we had developed last year. Although they were pleasant to work with, we later found better pricing and service with PacificDisc [...]
18 months later, I'm only working 20 hours a week and am trying to reduce that further by the end of the year. The book is very useful for someone already self-employed. As someone who still works in a cubicle in corporate America, this book is a scary read. Make sure you have a parachute before you jump!
Good luck out there
Profiting from globalism July 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The most important thing about this book is its relationship to the twenty-first century longevity revolution. As people increasingly live centenarian lifespans, and work past eighty years of age, the entire complex of ideas regarding retirement and education needs to be re-examined. Mini-retirements, which can also serve the purpose of retooling, education, and a replacement for permanent retirement, can help keep older workers happy and in the workforce productively for much longer. I know Ferris never deals with this topic, but it is germane.
His book is furthermore a powerful case for applying the lessons of globalism to your personal life. There is no reason that only big multinationals and governments should profit from globalization - everyday normal Joes and Joannes can too. Globalization is one of the most powerful profit engines on the planet right now, and anyone who does not take advantage of it is a fool, in my opinion. Wealth will, as always, come to those with daring and initiative. The majority who lack the strength to come out from under their sedentary, suburban rocks will become an impoverished commodity class.
Whether or not you can in fact achieve a 4 hour work week, there is great value in hypermobility and global nomadism, for people with the imagination, intelligence and flexibility to make it happen. The author perhaps overestimates the imagination of his audience at points in the book. It has always been clear to me that nomads are special people, and it takes a renegade mentality to make much of this work. Whether or not the specific entrepreneurial wealth engine that he details will work for you is irrelevant. There are ways, and this book should be viewed as a crack in the ice of sedentary convention. It is up to you to come up with your own technique.
I strongly recommend a career in IT contracting for people who want to possess unique control over their time. Every contract typically lasts from three months to a year. Every time your contract ends, is a good opportunity to take a break and explore the world. If you have a home with a mortgage you might not be able to do it. But if you live without mortgage and a high fixed monthly cost of living, as I do, you could. Explore the ways that conventional ways of living might not be helping you.
Interesting July 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Interesting, but I think many of the concepts are difficult to apply in corporate America.
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