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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

by Timothy Ferriss
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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... see complete book description

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  • c m

    c m says

    I was really inspired by this book as well. would you mind sharing how you changed your life?

    posted Sunday, January 13 2008

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    (c m’s previously rated this books 5 stars)

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    shelf says

    so it's not worth the $10 or whatever you paid? The title says it all, it's about how to achieve less working hours. And the tips do work, believe me. I assume you bought it to have less working hours? So I'd like to know where did you go wrong? You have to be brave to make the kind of moves outlined in the book, I would have thought that was clear. Fill us in on how it did not work the way you wanted. Maybe I can help.

    posted Thursday, November 29 2007

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    (shelf’s previously rated this books 2 stars)

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    shelf says

    Tim gives tips to save time and let you work from where you want to. It's a real challenging book that encourages you to make moves with "positive stress". There are many new tips on how to work better that really work.

    The book will annoy some people as it challenges the conventional ways of working, showing how lots of time (and lives) are wasted. You can choose to listen to it, or to make yourself feel better - dismiss the whole book and all of its ideas for some reason or another, as many do.

    In ref. to yardbird's review. While the review mentions what you can do with your free time, it's anything but "me", he makes you contribute to society as much as before, if not more, but do so working less. Tim just frees up your time and lets you work from where you want to. What you do with it, is up to you. He argues for donating your time and money to charities and recently donated $100,000 to a worthy cause. He recently said in a blog that giving is much more satisfying than pleasure seeking, and lasts much longer. His blog continues the book as an on-going " lifestyle experiment".

    posted Wednesday, October 10 2007

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