Overview
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 5080% off How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office You can have it all-really.
Timothy Ferriss is an American author and public speaker. In 2007, he published The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, which was a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. Ferriss grew up in East Hampton, NY and graduated from St. Paul's School. He received a degree in Neuroscience and East Asian Studies from Princeton University. Before the release of the 4HWW, Ferriss was an unknown. He marketed the book heavily through bloggers with whom he created personal relationships. He has since been praised for this technique. He has also taken the position that technology such as email, instant messaging and internet-enabled PDAs complicate life rather than simplify it. His teachings fit under the umbrella of what he calls "Lifestyle Design," which he positions as an alternative to the "deferred-life" career path where one would work a 9 to 5 job until retirement in their 60s.
Professional Reviews
" It's about time this book was written. It is a long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle, and Tim Ferriss is the ideal ambassador. This will be huge." - Jack Canfield Co-creator of
"Chicken Soup for the Soul(R)," 100+ million copies sold
" This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended." - Dr. Stewart D. Friedman Adviser to Jack Welch and Former Vice President Al Gore on Work/Family Issues Director of the Work/Life Integration Project, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
" Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life, it's all here. Whether you're a wage slave or a Fortune 500 CEO, this book will change your life!" - Phil Town #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of
"Rule #1
"" The 4-Hour Workweek is a new way of solving a very old problem: just how can we work to live and prevent our lives from being all about work? A world of infinite options awaits those who would read this book and be inspired by it!" - Michael E. Gerber Founder & Chairman of E-Myth Worldwide and the World's #1 Small Business Guru
" Timothy has packed more lives into his 29 years than Steve Jobs has in his 51." - Tom Foremski Journalist and Publisher of SiliconValleyWatcher.com
" Thanks to Tim Ferriss, I have more time in my life to travel, spend time with family and write book blurbs. This is a dazzling and highly useful work." - A.J. Jacobs Editor-at-Large, Esquire Magazine, Author of
"The Know-It-All
"" If you want to live life on your own terms, this isyour blueprint." - Mike Maples Co-founder of Motive Communications (IPO to $260M market cap), Founding Executive of Tivoli (sold to IBM for $750M)
" Tim is Indiana Jones for the digital age. I've already used his advice to go spearfishing on remote islands and ski the best hidden slopes of Argentina. Simply put, do what he says and you can live like a millionaire."
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"Albert Pope Derivatives Trading,"
"UBS World Headquarters
" This engaging book makes you ask the most important question that you will ever face: What exactly is it that you want out of work and life, and why? Tim Ferriss is a master of getting more for less, often with the help of people he doesn't even know, and here he gives away his secrets for fulfilling your dreams." - Bo Burlingham Editor-at-Large,
"Inc." magazine Author of
"Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big
"" Reading this book is like putting a few zeros on your income. Tim brings lifestyle to a new level- listen to him!" - Michael D. Kerlin McKinsey & Company Consultant to Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund J. William Fulbright Scholar"
"" Part scientist and part adventure hunter, Tim Ferriss has created a road map for an entirely new world. I devoured this book in one sitting- I have seen nothing like it." - Charles L. Brock Chairman and CEO, Brock Capital Group Former CFO, COO, and General Counsel, Scholastic, Inc. Former President, Harvard Law School Association
" Outsourcing is no longer just for Fortune 500 companies. Small and mid-sized firms, as well asbusy professionals, can outsource their work to increase their productivity and free time for more important commitments. It's time for the world to take advantage of this revolution." - Vivek Kulkarni CEO Brickwork India and former IT Secretary, Bangalore Credited as the
" techno-bureaucrat" who helped make Bangalore an IT destination in India
" Tim is the master! I should know. I followed his rags to riches path and watched him transform himself from competitive fighter to entrepreneur. He tears apart conventional assumptions until he finds a better way." - Dan Partland Emmy Award-Winning Producer"; American High, Welcome to the Dollhouse
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"The 4-Hour Workweek" is an absolute necessity for those adventurous souls who want to live life to its fullest. Buy it and read it before you sacrif
