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The 4-Hour Workweek
by Timothy Ferriss
Hmmm. Mixed feelings about this book. Not a fan of the sketchy advice/examples offered as "short cuts" to become a member of the "New Rich". Also not a fan of the term "New Rich". However, I got more out of this book than I thought I would. Basically:
1) There is no such thing as a 4 hour work week. Ferriss followed his own advice and found a title that would entice exhausted/unsatisfied people to open the cover.
2) Our lives are filled with busy work. Definitely a first world problem, but that doesn't mean it's not a huge life-sucking problem that needs to be conquered.
3) The concept of a media fast is appealing. I'll definitely be implementing that soon.
4) Batching, eschewing multi-tasking, etc.--nothing new to see here, but the points were driven home a bit harder than I've seen before.
5) Ditching the attitude that life begins after retirement. It's nice to have "permission" so to speak to not be chained to your job and to live out some non-work related dreams.
If you're a business owner or entrepreneur (or you desire to be) then you'll find a lot of good stuff here. Thus this book definitely doesn't apply to everyone. Also, not everyone has the entrepreneurial spirit, and I don't think that's a bad thing. There are many people who enjoy doing clerical work and they don't all live in India. BTW--if you outsource your clerical work, please pay a decent wage. That really rubbed me the wrong way, that it's okay to pay cheap rates for someone to do vital work that is in order for you to do less work.
For the most part this is an aggregation of information that's already out there combined with constant pleas to visit his website, where I'm sure he's selling other products. He's definitely not only saying "do as I say" but he's also telling people to "do as I do". Which would have bumped this book up in rating for me, except for the inclusion of so much ethically questionable advice.
1) There is no such thing as a 4 hour work week. Ferriss followed his own advice and found a title that would entice exhausted/unsatisfied people to open the cover.
2) Our lives are filled with busy work. Definitely a first world problem, but that doesn't mean it's not a huge life-sucking problem that needs to be conquered.
3) The concept of a media fast is appealing. I'll definitely be implementing that soon.
4) Batching, eschewing multi-tasking, etc.--nothing new to see here, but the points were driven home a bit harder than I've seen before.
5) Ditching the attitude that life begins after retirement. It's nice to have "permission" so to speak to not be chained to your job and to live out some non-work related dreams.
If you're a business owner or entrepreneur (or you desire to be) then you'll find a lot of good stuff here. Thus this book definitely doesn't apply to everyone. Also, not everyone has the entrepreneurial spirit, and I don't think that's a bad thing. There are many people who enjoy doing clerical work and they don't all live in India. BTW--if you outsource your clerical work, please pay a decent wage. That really rubbed me the wrong way, that it's okay to pay cheap rates for someone to do vital work that is in order for you to do less work.
For the most part this is an aggregation of information that's already out there combined with constant pleas to visit his website, where I'm sure he's selling other products. He's definitely not only saying "do as I say" but he's also telling people to "do as I do". Which would have bumped this book up in rating for me, except for the inclusion of so much ethically questionable advice.