The 4-Hour Workweek

by Tim Ferriss

What 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

Our thoughts on The 4-Hour Workweek

Many people aspire to retire millionaires so they will have the time and resources to travel, invest in fine homes and cars, or visit with their friends and families. To achieve all of these things, though, you don't have to be wealthy. Even retiring is not necessary.

In The 4-Hour Workweek, businessman, consultant, and life coach Tim Ferriss demonstrates how anyone can live the lifestyle of a retired millionaire by starting their own company, automating it, and then taking the profits while living their dreams. 

Our favourite quote from The 4-Hour Workweek

For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. "Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it's important to you and you want to do it "eventually," just do it and correct course along the way.

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For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. "Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it's important to you and you want to do it "eventually," just do it and correct course along the way.

— Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek