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 enlarge | Author: Timothy Ferriss
Publisher: Crown
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  731 reviews
Sales Rank: 45
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
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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 You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It Too July 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
Review # 700 - Excellent! July 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is actually a course in time-management and e-commerce entrepreneurship. Tim Ferris is brilliant!
Tremendous Read July 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tim writes an amazing boook and provides great website links to at least get you started on your path to the "New Rich". This is a must read for anyone with aspirations to make a little bit more of their life.
Major word of caution... Be careful who you give this book to. If the wrong person (IE: Your Boss) gets their hands on the book, some tactics will become much less useful.
 Good ideas.. only if you had run your own business for a few years July 8, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
"Selling a dream" books usually sell well and I am not surprised this book sold well. Everyone wants to work less and earn more. Lose weight and look better.. etc.
But let's get real by just examining the title. You will NOT work for 4 hours only, if you work for someone else. Unless you want to get paid for 4 hours worth of work only. This alone will eliminate most of the working force.
You will NOT work for 4 hours if you just started a new business. You will pour sweat and blood getting the business started. Many of the ideas in the book are based on outsourcing daily tasks. You can't outsource anything until you learn how your business runs first and then get other people working for you. For the simple fact that you have to tell what and how to do it and you need to learn yourself first.
So eventually this leaves a tiny tiny percentage of the population who can pull this off. Really.. we need to be realistic first. Do you know any Billionaire or multimillionaire who works for 4 hours a week only?
The book has some good ideas which one can use. However I feel the author is going to extremes to outsource too many daily activities. The author mentions that he doesn't read the daily papers but instead learns about current events by hanging with people who would tell him. I don't know about you but if I meet with people and I know nothing about current events, I would feel stupid near them. I enjoy reading from physical paper. How long does it take to scan a paper?
I feel that the author is trying to squeeze every minute of his life to be more productive by mostly having other people do the work. This is not living like a normal human being. So the author now has all this free time.. to do what? To dance in Argentina?
Having fun is nice but a good balance between work and fun is what a human should be seeking and not concentrating on "how can I get someone else do this for me". It's OK to this but the author is overdoing it. The newspaper example I quoted is an absurd example of "outsourcing". The author should already have enough time to read the paper from all the outsourcing he has done already!
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