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Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 304
EAN: 9780786168651
Edition: Unabridged
ISBN: 078616865X
Label: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Manufacturer: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Number Of Items: 6
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: May 01, 2007
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Studio: Blackstone Audio Inc.

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Tim Ferriss is an extraordinary young man on a mission. The twenty-eight-year-old serial vagabond and successful entrepreneur has been teaching a wildly popular course at Princeton University for the past four years: a how-to and why-to guide to throwing out the old methods for success (balancing life and work, retiring well, having a great nest egg) and replacing them with an entirely new way of living.

The Four-Hour Work Week explains what a lifestyle entrepreneur is and why you should want to become one. It teaches you how to kill your job and design a life, the 80/20 rule and how it increases productivity, how to replace your dreams with goals, and more. Listeners can lead a rich life by working only four hours a week, freeing up the rest of their time to spend it living the lives they want.




Rating: - Overall tricky and a let down
I lost my faith in the author only a few pages into the book. He grabbed my attention early on by saying he became the National Chinese kickboxing champion with only 4 weeks of preparation. I assumed this meant that he must have amazing ability and be able to learn new skills very fast. Being an athlete myself, I was impressed and wanted to learn more.

But then he explained how he did it: By exploiting the loopholes he found in the rules. He did not even try to legitimately ... Read More

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Rating: - Tips and tricks to make a better life
I just completed the 4 hour work week by Timothy Ferris not because as a senior manager I believe I could actually achieve a 4 hour work week, rather it was after reading Tim's blog that I became intrigued with many of his ideas and having a 14 hour flight to the US ahead of me I figured this would pass the time quickly. I am pleased say that I was impressed and the flight did go quickly. Being a bit of a self help junkie I have read many books in the genre because I recognize that there is always ... Read More

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Rating: - Thought provoking even if not practical for some.
This book is certainly worth a read although it is more of a manifesto from a bit of a self-obsessed, vaguely doubtful character. Because most people lack the freedom (kids, family, etc.) needed to put many of these ideas into action most can only read it and reflect. However if combined with some other ideas the book can be helpful.

First of all the net:
1. Don't think in terms of limits and think big. Less fear, more positive visualization. (Not much new there.)
2. Apply ... Read More

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Rating: - Simplistic at best
Let me start by saying I'm an entrepreneur, running a profitable internet startup.

The author neglects to mention that the vast majority of people who've achieved a 4 hour work week got there after years of working 70 hour work weeks.

The author's sexism was insufferable. He assumes all his readers are men, and there are many "in jokes" at women's expense. I put the book down when I got to the line: "practice picking up girls in order to build your confidence - even if you're ... Read More

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Rating: - Not as great as it's made out to be
I really have to wonder if the author has honestly spent enough time on anything to really gauge whether or not he has truly been successful using his mantra. Any new thing, if marketed correctly, will take off, but sooner or later depending on how much of a commodity it is, will fizzle out and die. Outsourcing is fantastic in theory - but does it really work? More than likely only for really huge corporations who can take a hit - the reason why? Nobody cares about your business as much as you do. Well ... Read More

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