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.
21st Century Snake-Oil Salesman First, I have to say that I was very enthusiastic about the first part of this book, as Tim suggests that people should consider other ways of living their life instead of working hard toward an eventual retirement. But later I realized after reading the book that the “live your life now, don’t wait until later” concept is not new, and has been preached by everyone from philosophers to life coaches for decades now. […].Second, while the advice he has for people who already have…
Get “old rich” writing a book about the “New Rich”! Ultimately I enjoyed the first half of Timothy Ferriss’ book The 4-Hour Work Week. It challenged me to evaluate my perspective on the cost and availability of my own dreams. However I couldn’t help getting the self-promotion stomach pangs while I read it. Hopefully you’ll be able to look past that and enjoy the book for what it is: a challenge to the way we as Americans think of retirement and money.The first 70 to 90 pages of the book are extremely engaging and well worth the price…
For Sale: One Bridge in Brooklyn –EZ Payments Well,Where to begin? I actually had fun reading this book, to be honest. It is, if nothing else, a bit inspirational and motivational. To the author’s credit he has (and I have emphasized this before) come up with a catchy title and gimick to sell you a book–good for him. What’s inside, though, are things that you can find better handled by other authors in other books.In the first part of the book one can’t help notice what a great guy the author is. We notice this…