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

Mr. Ferriss writes an interesting tale based on his experiences. The tale is interesting, but his ideas are not new. These ideaas have been echoed for a millennia; but what he does do is carve out one possible method of doing so in today's world. He posits an ideal of a worker freed from the bondage of the desk, and describes one method by which to do so. The book is indeed motivational, and it does offer some practical methods to make it happen; but it is not the only source or best source of the information. Nevertheless, it is a good and worthwhile read.

The brilliance in this book stems largely from the macro concepts it addresses. Despite its initial appearance, this book shouldn't be used as a step by step, how to guide. It's most useful as a - wake up and smell the roses - sort of mental jumpstart.

I purchaced this book because I was preparing a presentation about time management. It almost messed up my presentation, because it messed up my brain.
I tell you, It can actually be done. Work only 4 hours a week. But you have to do a complete reformat of your brain.
The concept of taks elimination and putting yourself out of the equation to avoid bottlenecks is super.
I am not quite there jet, but, now I work less and make more.
I definitelly recommend this book to weight and consider the techniques within.

I was just looking at Twitter and for the first time I saw something remarkable: someone with lots of followers and is following no one. Tim Ferriss has 9,313 followers and is following absolutely no one. He does appear to post quite often, so I'm not sure how this figures in to his 4 hour work week, but his single-mindedness and focus is amazing.

I don't quite understand the naysayers here. Do people really want to work more than 4 hours a week? 40 hours a week? 80 hours a week? For me, 4 hours per week sounds just about right. I've implemented much of his advice regarding delegation and continue to do so. Hoping to get to 4 hours/week in another couple of months.

Tim, you're awesome!

I must admit I was taken by the concept of "geoarbitrage". It just sounds cool, doesn't it? I thought the concept was quite interesting and eagerly purchased the book. After reading past the introduction, I realized I'd been conned.

The author's first claim, on page 13, is that he is a "no holds barred cage fighter, vanquisher of four world champions". This is a lie. There are online databases (such as sherdog's fight finder or mma.tv's fighter database) that hold the fight records of all professional and most amateur fighters, and no one with the last name 'Ferriss' is listed in any of them. Look it up for yourself. He claims on his blog that these fights were in Japan, but unfortunately for his credibility, Japanese MMA does not use a cage. The fights there take place in a ring, much like boxing.

He then claims to be a "National Chinese Kickboxing champion", a feat he claims to have accomplished (despite no formal background in the sport) by looking for "loopholes in the rules", one of which was that weigh ins were the day before the event. He claims to have dehydrated to the point of losing 28 pounds of water in 18 hours, then rehydrated after weigh ins. Loophole or not, this would not give him the advantage he claims, since weight cutting is utilized by virtually all fighters and, indeed, all athletes in sports with weight categories. He would have you believe that he invented the technique. Given his lies about his MMA record, and the improbability of winning a U.S. national championship in *any* sport after only four weeks of training, and the fact that he doesn't name or give any details that would allow one to look up the results of the tournament, it is overwhelmingly likely that he is lying about this accomplishment as well.

Given that the book starts out with two blatant lies (and his blog ... the lies there reach pathological levels), it becomes difficult to enjoy the rest of the 300 pages of anecdotes and advice. Most of the anecdotes are probably fabricated, so the credibility of the advice is tarnished. What's the point? It is also frustrating to know that your money went to such a person.

Buy 'Vagabonding' and 'The World is Flat' instead.