The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich | 
 enlarge | Author: Timothy Ferris
Creator: Ray Porter
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Category: Book
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Edition: Unabridged
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Pages: 200
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Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0786158964
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.1
EAN: 9780786158966
ASIN: 0786158964
Publication Date: April 9, 2007
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Product Description
Tim Ferriss is an extraordinary young man on a mission. The twenty-eight-year-old serial vagabond and successful entrepreneur has been teaching a wildly popular course at Princeton University for the past four years--a how-to and why-to guide to throwing out the old tools and methods for success (balancing life and work, retiring well, having a great nest egg) and replacing them with a whole new way of living. Readers can lead a rich life by working only four hours a week, freeing up the rest of their time to spend it living the lives they want.
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 Great read, But Vaguely Suspect July 17, 2008
Great read, inspirational.
But in a sea of to-do's--many reasonable and beneficial tweaks in lifestyle and thought--I found myself feeling like I was trying to be "sold" something.
So in brainstorming/researching my "muse"--we all found ours because it's that easy, right guys?--I came to the conclusion I'd need to find a drop-shipping service as to remotely conduct my business.
Mr. Ferriss offers several recommendations in sourcing one's muse (e-business for those who haven't read this). "Finding Manufacturing or Products to Resell", which an everyday reader may be most partial to because it requires the least effort and you never see the goodies, lists several websites as resources.
Under this heading, Thomasnet is listed and seems interesting as a good start. Following that is dropshipsource (Worldwide Brands?), which seems vaguely fishy and charges approximately $500 for a lifetime membership--whatever that means. Who owns these websites? I used to do reporting and immediately feel suspicious when I just spent 19.99 on the book and am already getting more sales pitches.
But as this is the reviews section, I must be fair in my evaluation of the book overall: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich is worth reading as a motivator. No one deserves to spend their life in a cubicle (yep, I'm still in mine). I also like how Mr. Ferriss stresses that one's time and energy are sacred, and to be treated as such.
Thanks for reading!
 Nonsense July 16, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
As someone who has worked toward and basicially succeeded at living the life promoted by this book, I can say that the book is largely nonsense. The problem is that we live in a competitive world, and any business with margins sufficient to let the owner work a few hours a week will compete with another company that charges less and the owner works half a week, and that company will compete with another company that charges even less and the owner works a full week. Yes, for those of us whose work involves sitting in front of a computer, the Internet can let us work from about anywhere--but we still have to work.
 Great Book! July 15, 2008
This is a very great book for those that are trying to find freedom and a lifestyle, that normally would have to wait until you retire.
You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It Too July 15, 2008
Hi Everyone,
Yes, the book is not perfect, it has flaws. But as a role model Timothy shows us that positive aggression, awareness and assertiveness can get us our needs met.
The main needs this book addresses is being liberated from a desk job so you can travel if you want, and being liberating from working like a slave. I have already been on a track of working for myself but this book was still helpful. I learned some good marketing techniques, and got to see insight on how to get a small online business up and running. I wouldn't hang on too tightly to the examples given of online businesses the concept of creating income creatively is what is more important.
Timothy is open to many possibilities for success and he teaches readers that you can live life according to a new set of rules. Why sit around and have a boring, unfulfilling life and waste time working. Rather, work effectively, take control, and live your dreams. What is great about this message is that Timothy shows us a method for doing this. Find a way to make money that doesn't require you. Be the boss. Probably the best tip from the book is to not waste time. Timothy emphasizes spending our time on where we are most effective, and not wasting our time wandering through life without intention.
I think this is a great book that will help many people switch to more pleasurable careers.
Ramiel Nagel author of Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent Cavities with Nutrition
Transform the way you think July 12, 2008
In this book, Timothy Ferriss gives us step by step process for reducing the amount of time we actually spend working. He makes a strong case for not waiting until retirement to travel and do the things you want to do, by promoting the idea of mini-retirements. He endorses the concept of outsourcing by giving simple instructions, including company names for outsourcing. His thoughts on lifestyle design changed the way I was viewing what is possible in my life.
Though this book is edgy and has caused many people to poke holes in his theory, it was well worth the time it took to read it. As a business coach, I am assigning this book to my clients and we are extracting the concepts that make individual sense, and creating execution strategies to implement them.
Even if you don't agree with every part of Tim's philosophy (and I didn't), you can gain by reading this book because it makes you re-consider what you thought to be true, and promotes uncommon thinking. This kind of thinking is what causes positive transformation in your life and your business.
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