The New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Body shows readers how to live more and work less, now with more than 100 pages of new, cutting-edge content.
Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan–there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, or earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, The 4-Hour Workweek is the blueprint.
This step-by-step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:
• How Tim went from $40,000 per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per month and 4 hours per week
• 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 frequent “mini-retirements”
The new expanded edition of Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek includes:
• More than 50 practical tips and case studies from readers (including families) who have doubled income, overcome common sticking points, and reinvented themselves using the original book as a starting point
• Real-world templates you can copy for eliminating e-mail, negotiating with bosses and clients, or getting a private chef for less than $8 a meal
• How Lifestyle Design principles can be suited to unpredictable economic times
• The latest tools and tricks, as well as high-tech shortcuts, for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either
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… was hoping for but nevertheless it was still a good read. I have no desire to take a … This book wasn’t exactly what I was hoping for but nevertheless it was still a good read. I have no desire to take a mini retirement at this point in my life so I didn’t have much interest in those chapters. However, I relished the case studies he did of 2 online entrepreneurship start up businesses, it gave me ideas for my own business and answered questions I didn’t know I had. Overall, I learned a good deal from this book so I don’t regret buying it.
Get Rich Quick — Just by being Unethical and Lazy, while Outsourcing your Brain The book should be entitled, “Everything that’s Wrong with this Country.” All you need to do is cultivate ignorance, outsource everything, and never think for yourself. If you have absolutely no ethics whatsoever and want to con the masses, then you too can Get Rich Quick. Here’s how:Â
He claims his methods can be applied universally, but I’m not so sure. I had heard a lot of people rave about this book before I finally picked it up and decided to read it for myself. I’m glad that I read it, but I don’t think it was quite as life-changing for me as it was for some of my friends. Don’t get me wrong, Ferriss makes some excellent points and he’s got some really great tips and tricks in here, I’m just not sure how universal they really are.Â