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

Timothy Ferriss

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0307353133 ISBN 13: 9780307353139

Publisher: Crown Business, 2007

Synopsis

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 world without quitting their jobs
· How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist
· How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and freuent "mini-retirements"
· What the crucial difference is between absolute and relative income
· How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it’s beyond repair
· What automated cash-flow “muses” are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks
· How to cultivate selective ignorance—and create time—with a low-information diet
· What the management secrets of Remote Control CEOs are
· How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50–80% off
· How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office

You can have it all—really.

About this title

Review:

"It's about time this book was written. It is a long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle, and Tim Ferriss is the ideal ambassador. This will be huge."
--Jack Canfield, Co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul(R), 100+ million copies sold

"This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended."
--Dr. Stewart D. Friedman, Director of the Work/Life Integration Project, The Wharton School

"Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life,
it's all here. Whether you're a wage slave or a Fortune 500 CEO, this
book will change your life!"
--Phil Town, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Rule #1

"The 4-Hour Workweek is a new way of solving a very old problem: just how can we work to live and prevent our lives from being all about work? A world of infinite options awaits those who would read this book and be inspired by it!"
--Michael E. Gerber, Founder & Chairman of E-Myth Worldwide and the World's #1 Small Business Guru

"Timothy has packed more lives into his 29 years than Steve Jobs has in his 51."
--Tom Foremski, Journalist and Publisher of SiliconValleyWatcher.com

"Thanks to Tim Ferriss, I have more time in my life to travel, spend time with family and write book blurbs. This is a dazzling and highly useful
work."
--A.J. Jacobs, Editor-at-Large, Esquire Magazine, Author of The Know-It-All

"If you want to live life on your own terms, this is your blueprint."
--Mike Maples, Co-founder of Motive Communications (IPO to $260M market cap), Founding Executive of Tivoli (sold to IBM for $750M)

"Tim is Indiana Jones for the digital age. I've already used his advice to go spearfishing on remote islands and ski the best hidden slopes of Argentina. Simply put, do what he says and you can live like a millionaire."
--Albert Pope, Derivatives Trading, UBS World Headquarters

"This engaging book makes you ask the most important question that you will ever face: What exactly is it that you want out of work and life, and why? Tim Ferriss is a master of getting more for less, often with the help of people he doesn't even know, and here he gives away his secrets for fulfilling your dreams."
--Bo Burlingham, Editor-at-Large, Inc. magazine and author of Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big

"Reading this book is like putting a few zeros on your income. Tim brings lifestyle to a new level-listen to him!"
--Michael D. Kerlin, McKinsey & Company Consultant to Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund and J. William Fulbright Scholar

"Part scientist and part adventure hunter, Tim Ferriss has created a road map for an entirely new world. I devoured this book in one sitting-I have seen nothing like it."
--Charles L. Brock, Chairman and CEO, Brock Capital Group; Former CFO, COO, and General Counsel, Scholastic, Inc.; Former President, Harvard Law School Association

"Outsourcing is no longer just for Fortune 500 companies. Small and mid-sized firms, as well as busy professionals, can outsource their work to increase their productivity and free time for more important commitments. It's time for the world to take advantage of this revolution."
--Vivek Kulkarni, CEO Brickwork India and former IT Secretary, Bangalore;Credited as the "techno-bureaucrat" who helped make Bangalore an IT destination in India

"Tim is the master! I should know. I followed his rags to riches path and watched him transform himself from competitive fighter to entrepreneur. He tears apart conventional assumptions until he finds a better way."
--Dan Partland, Emmy Award-Winning Producer; American High, Welcome to the Dollhouse

"The 4-Hour Workweek is an absolute necessity for those adventurous souls who want to live life to its fullest. Buy it and read it before you sacrifice any more!"
--John Lusk, Group Product Manager, Microsoft World Headquarters

"If you want to live your dreams now, and not in 20 or 30 years, buy this book!"
--Laura Roden, Chairman of the Silicon Valley Association of Start-up Entrepreneurs;Lecturer in Corporate Finance, San Jose State University

"With this kind of time management and focus on the important things in life, people should be able to get 15 times as much done in a normal work week."
--Tim Draper, Founder, Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Financiers to innovators including Hotmail, Skype, and Overture.com

"Tim Ferriss's book is about gaining the courage to streamline your life... But even more than that, it challenges the reader to seriously consider an essential-yet rarely asked-question: What do you really want from life?"
--Rolf Potts, Author of Vagabonding and Travel Columnist for Yahoo! News

"Tim has done what most people only dream of doing. I can't believe he is going to let his secrets out of the bag. This book is a must read!"
--Stephen Key, Top Inventor and Team Designer of Teddy Ruxpin, Lazer Tag; Consultant to "American Inventor"

From the Publisher:

The New York Times bestselling how-to and why-to guide to throwing out the old tools and methods for success and replacing them with a whole new way of living

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Business
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0307353133
• ISBN 13: 9780307353139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320