4 hour work week
Anyone read this book? Is it worth it?
Heres an overview from www.fourhourworkweek.com
“Whether you’re an overworked employee or an entrepreneur trapped in your own business, The 4-Hour Workweek is the compass for a new and revolutionary world.
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. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, high-end world travel, monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.
You can have it all—really.
Join Tim Ferriss, popular guest lecturer in entrepreneurship at Princeton University, as he teaches you:
- How to outsource your life and do whatever you want for a year, only to return to a bank account 50% larger than before you left
- 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 little-known European economists
- How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it’s beyond repair
- How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent “mini-retirements”
- What automated cash-flow “muses” are and how to create one in 2-4 weeks
- How to cultivate selective ignorance—and create time—with a low-information diet
- Management secrets of Remote Control CEOs
- The crucial difference between absolute and relative income
- How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50-80% off
- How to fill the void and creating meaning after removing work and the office
The 4-Hour Workweek also includes the sample e-mails, voicemails, and real-life deals (with dollar figures and all) you will need to master the new world of luxury lifestyle design.”
Here’s a few links that may be useful.
summary of the 4 Hour Work Week.
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on February 4th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I found your site on google blog search and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. Just added your RSS feed to my feed reader. Look forward to reading more from you.
- Randy Nichols.
on February 4th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
I read it, then gave it to a friend starting a company, then bought it and read parts again from time to time.
Biggest take-home- limit your information intake to only what you need to accomplish your goals. The rest is just noise.
on February 5th, 2008 at 4:45 am
I honestly try to stay away from books titled like:
“The millionare next door”
“Why we want you to be rich”
“Make a gazillion dollars instantly now today!!!!”
It just doesnt sound like a book with any real insightful information other than things you already know (be focused, do hard work, cut out the noise in your life, etc). Of course, this is just my opinion. If you want to learn some practical knowledge on starting a business or investing I would recommend the following:
Psychology of Trading by Steenbarger
Trend Following by Covell
The (mis) Behavior of Markets by Mandelbrot (HIGHLY recommended)
E-Myth Revisited by Gerber
The Successful Business Plan by Abrams
If you want something less specific and more in terms of just “ideas” I would always recommend Rich Dad Poor Dad, but I would NOT recommend any of his other books. They are basically junk in terms of providing any useful knowledge beyond the first.
on February 5th, 2008 at 4:47 am
I read that book ’bout half year ago. it was the best book i’ve read in a while at that point. it definitely changed the way i thought about a lot of things.
on February 15th, 2008 at 7:51 am
The youtube video reminds me a bit of Randy Pausch’s time management lecture.