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| Author: Timothy Ferriss
Publisher: Crown
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  791 reviews
Sales Rank: 164
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0307353133
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.1
EAN: 9780307353139
Publication Date: April 24, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Modern-day Barnum promises "egress strategy" July 11, 2007
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
The real marketing trick that Ferris has accomplished here is the pretense that the lifestyle he promotes involves minimal amounts of time spent working. Despite the image he crafts, writing, promoting a book, running Google analytics on dozens of variations of product marketing pitches, posting regularly to a blog, doing the TV circuit, and pursuing image-aligned photo ops are work activities. It may be glamourous work, but it's work nonetheless.
I believe the nerve he's tapped isn't "get rich quick," it's some people's (mostly those who are actually motivated to produce) sense of anger at the way that their time and energies are wasted in so many workplaces on unproductive meetings, emails, and power games. Meanwhile they're struggling with finding time for family, an exercise program, and a life -- maybe even struggling to get real work done rather than make-work.
I know that's where he gets me.
Great concept- difficult follow-through May 3, 2007
23 out of 34 found this review helpful
I never knew who Ferriss was, but everyone's talking about what a bigshot he was, so I thought I'd give this book a try. He explains the principles of economics to one end: enjoying one's life more. Why be stuck inside a cubicle working for someone else your entire life- or a slave to your own business, when you can be on a permanent jaunt in South America? I noticed a lot of similarities between this book and How to Take Advantage, which also shows how to capitalize on the system. Morse talks about turning the tables on credit cards to make money on them, and Ferriss talks about how to turn the tables on this newly Flat World and live the life of luxury- even if you aren't wealthy. They both show that you can live a fun, luxurious life and make money on basically nothing. One caveat, though: you'll never be truly wealthy if you don't work your buns off (exceptions are made for lucky bums like lottery winners)! Do this while you can, though.
 4 Hour Workweek? Of course, and there also is a tooth fairy! June 15, 2007
23 out of 32 found this review helpful
I cannot quite decide which I find more annoying -- the fact that I wasted my money or that I wasted my time on this dribble. There are a few choice nuggets of useful wisdom that could be summed-up in a few pages. The rest is an absurd rant about everything from how to outsource your personal life (and personal relationships) to faceless 3rd-party correspondents in India to how you can become an instant success producing infomercials. In between are some useful commonsense approaches, like the notion of making more efficient use of your time, that are as unremarkable as they are old and re-used.
In fairness to Tim Ferriss, I was not expecting to read this book and really find a script for creating a life centering around a 4-hour workweek. Nonetheless, the model he preaches is very unlikely to work for the overwhelming majority of all people in my judgment, and certainly not for any who want a life that includes real human relationships and meaning. In short, if this really is the model for future happiness and success in life, heaven help us all!
Not impressed June 19, 2007
23 out of 27 found this review helpful
When not patting himself on the back and telling the readers what a "man" he is, Tim unveils amazing new ideas. Here is a quick review of the "revelations" uncovered in this book that guarantee to success:
1. Think up a great business that can run on autopilot.
2. Get it running and outsource everything you can to India.
3. Collect money and travel the world.
That's about it. No useful details.
He does provide a TON of good links to online resources though. Something for everyone.
 The Key is to Do What this Guy Does? September 1, 2007
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
The essential lesson of the book is to sell a product using outsourcing of your business' functions to others so that you only have to work 4 hours a week. He uses internet businesses as the one of choice. There are already a lot of businesses this can be done with. The other idea is not to wait to live your life or take vacations and do what you want. Nothing new here either. The reason this is a best seller is that America is a slave to work nation that doesn't recognize the value of time off and living life and thus everyone's dream is to work only 4 hours a week. Great title for selling a book. Since I've just told you everything in the book, why bother.
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