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

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

by Timothy 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... (read more)

Top tags: business,  nonfiction,  time management,  productivity,  lifestyle (all tags)

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Amazon Reviews (5)
 

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Liked It

Bill M
  • Rated 5 stars

“This is one of those books that can make a significant difference in your life if you happen to read it at a significant "tipping point". This happened in my case. Highly recommended.”

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Didn’t Like It

Grace T
  • Rated 2 stars

“I feel like this book is impractical. I would love to commit to checking my email twice a week, but for most people, that idea simply doesn't make sense. Some of his practices seemed possible, but not anything I was quick to implement in my own schedule.”

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Community:
  • Rated 4.030612 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Dan1elle

    dan1elle said:

    “I like Tim's ideas. Some of them seem as terrifying to me as they did to the students he referenced in some of his stories. Have either of you started working from anywhere yet? As that is the main goal i'm taking away from this. Not just saving time, but using that saved time to go places. ”

    posted Friday, August 29 2008
  • Berimbauone

    berimbauone said:

    “I am reading this book and find much of the stuff usefull and other a bit cheesy. Like anything else, one analyses and takes what you can use. I am applying some techniques to my business. Have any other readers actually started a business inspired by this book? I'd be interested to know how the materal has tested in other people's situations.”

    posted Tuesday, August 26 2008
  • shelf

    shelf said:

    “ 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 ( | view 1 reply )
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