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

Overview

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.

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Author Information

Bio of Timothy Ferriss

Tim Ferriss has used the principles of lifestyle hustling to explore the world far and wide while spending less than rent in the US. As a serial lifestyle entrepreneur and renaissance man, Ferriss has amassed an incredibly diverse and odd roster of credentials and experience for a 28-year-old. He gives a bi-yearly lecture at Princeton called "Drug Dealing for Fun and Profit"; is a world champion cage fighter; speaks seven foreign languages; holds a world record in tango; is a national Chinese kickboxing champion; and has appeared on a hit TV series in China and Hong Kong--and that's just to name a few of his accomplishments. Ferriss's writing has appeared in Maxim, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Blackbelt Magazine, Grappling Magazine, Powerlifting USA, Natural Muscle, MA Training, and Monster Muscle.

Customer Reviews

• Life Changing

  Posted September 09, 2008 by Warren Hales, Toronto

  I have this book in audible, eBook and hard copy. I have read/listened to it at least 4 or 5 times and I have had it less than a year. There is just so much good stuff to absorb.
  
  In a nutshell, this is a life changing book. It taps into your desire to live and gives you a game plan for leaving the 9-5 grind. This is not your typical self-help book or get rich quick book. This book will inspire you to take action and give you specific steps to get on your way.
  
  Buy it now. Seriously.

Additional Info

Imprint

Crown

Filesize

2.23 MB

Number of Pages

320

eBook ISBN

9780307394392