4-Hour Work Week

Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich

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Timothy Ferriss: 4-Hour Work Week (2019, Penguin Random House)

464 pages

English language

Published Nov. 11, 2019 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:
978-1-78504-242-3
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4 stars (7 reviews)

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

Tim Ferriss has trouble defining what he does for a living. 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 that has abandoned the 'deferred-life plan' and instead mastered the new currencies - time and mobility - to create a new way of living. Why wait a lifetime for your retirement when you can enjoy luxury now?Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing first class world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with no management, or just living …

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Ferriss is a hustler aspiring toward being Tony Robbins, but that doesn't invalidate much of what he has to say. His thesis that enjoying life and retirement now rather than an indefinite someday by achieving remote work and mindfully approaching your work with an eye to automation holds true for any knowledge worker. Good reminder to me on the importance of maintaining personal goals and "dreamlines."

Subjects

  • Quality of work life
  • Self-employed
  • Part-time employment
  • Self-realization
  • Self-actualization (psychology)
  • Quality of life