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Loading... The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (2007)by Timothy Ferriss
I tried reading this book. I really did. But I just couldn't go on after he went on about how he won some Chinese kickboxing tournament by basically cheating without technically breaking any rules (my eyes are still rolling over this one). The kicker is that he presents this to the reader with great pride, as if this were behavior that decent people should actually emulate. Really? I'm supposed to want to be like this guy? Sorry. Whatever it is that Tim Ferriss is selling, I want no part of it. (  ) kellerific | Apr 6, 2013 |  In the immortal words of Gertrude Stein, "There is no there there." Ferriss has collected a bunch of old information, spun it around and repackaged it in a breathless! seminar! sort of way. The writing is pedestrian at best, most of his grand ideas are either impractical or kinda loony. I think I learned all the salient points of this book years ago when I read the still best in class [b:Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence|78428|Your Money or Your Life Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence|Joe Dominguez|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1170943850s/78428.jpg|1509321]. I recommend that over this by at least one order of magnitude. ETA: I forgot to mention that Ferriss is a morally bankrupt bastard who lies as easily as most people breathe. ( ) satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 | I figure, having been unemployed most of this year, I'd see if there were any suggestions in this book that I could actually apply into the kind of career I actually want to do. Well, that and it was free on a holiday promotion. There are words to describe my opinion of this book, however most of them would break the terms and conditions of this site. Suffice it to say, it's one big sales pitch for being an egomaniac, passive agressive jerk. It boils entirely down to outsource or eliminate anything you can, any way you can, handwaves at "creating" businesses with no actual, practical advice on how to determine a market need (which is the hardest part of any business: Figuring out what's needed in the first place!), and then spend lots of your time places where the exchange rate makes you comparatively rich. Not even worth free. ( ) Jami_Leigh | Mar 31, 2013 | This was an entertaining book but not really a helpful one. The solution to all of life's problems seems to be "start a $10k a month internet business", and while I'm sure that works, if it was that easy the economic climate in America would look very different. I also kind of don't believe a word this dude says, because he seems to have only the most tenuous grasp on basic ethics. It wasn't a waste of time to read, but I would not spend a dime on it nor seek out his other work. (  ) JeremyPreacher | Mar 30, 2013 | Believable? Yes I can see how all of the information taken seriously you could end up doing exactly as he states and be working a four hour work week. Many naysayers may state otherwise, but you have to have a drive and commitment in yourself before you can finally take that leap. I may not have that drive currently, but if the opportunities present themselves then ill have Tim Ferriss' book to look at for guidance and proceeding to the next step. He's included numerous excellent resources and information to also look into so this book is just a cornerstone to achieving your dreams. (  ) capiam1234 | Dec 20, 2012 |
Forget “follow your dreams.” Ferriss recommends creating intellectual property by searching Writer’s Market for obscure magazines with 15,000-plus circulations whose readers spend money in the same consumer patterns as, say, bass fishermen, then asking the magazines’ advertising directors to e-mail you rate cards while you search back issues for repeat advertisers who sell directly to consumers via 1-800 numbers and Web sites. I’m not kidding. That’s Step 1.  The book's essential premise is that what Ferriss calls the "deferred-life plan" -- the path of working for 40 years to fund a 20-year retirement -- is both escapable and worth escaping.
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