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

323 Pages·2016·4.23 MB·English

by  Ferriss Timothy

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life, it s all here. Whether you're a wage slave or Fortune
500 C E O , this book will change your life!"
PHIL TOWN n) Hew York limeshestseling author of Rule ttl
The 4-Hour
Workweek
E S C A P E 9 - 5 , L I V E A N Y W H E R E
A N D J O I N T H E N E W R I C H
T I M O T H Y F E R R I S S
$19.95
(CANADA: $ 2 4 . 9 5 )
"It's about time this book was written. It is a
long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle,
and Tim Ferriss is the ideal ambassador.
This will be huge."
—JACK CANFIELD, coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul™
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" (slave—>
save—* retire) and instead mastered the new curren-
cies—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:
• 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 (pages 209 and 222)
• What automated cash-flow "muses" are and
how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks
• How to cultivate selective ignorance—
and create t ime—with a low-information diet
• What the management secrets of Remote
Control CEOs are (page 184)
• How to get free housing worldwide and airfare
at 50-80% off (page 232)
• How to fill the void and create a meaningful
life after removing work and the office
You can have it all—really.
T I M O T H Y F E R R I S S , serial entrepreneur
and ultravagabond, has been featured in the
New York Times, National Geographic Traveler,
Maxim, and other media. He speaks six lan-
guages, runs a multinational firm from wireless
locations worldwide, and has been a world-
record holder in tango, a national champion in
Chinese kickboxing, and an actor on a hit tele-
vision series in Hong Kong. He is twenty-nine
years old.
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WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS BOOK UNLESS
YOU WANT TO QUIT YOUR J O B
Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life p l a n —
there is no need to wait and every reason not to. Whether your dream is
escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-
figure i n c o m e with zero m a n a g e m e n t , or j u s t l i v ing m o r e a n d work ing
less, this b o o k is the blueprint .
This s t e p - b y - s t e p guide to l u x u r y l i fes ty le design t e a c h e s :
How Tim went f r o m $40,000 per y e a r and 80 hours per week to
$40,000 per MONTH and 4 hours per week
How to o u t s o u r c e your life to o v e r s e a s v i r t u a l ass is tants for $5
per hour and do w h a t e v e r you want (page 113)
How blue -ch ip escape ar t is ts t r a v e l the w o r l d wi thout quit t ing
their jobs (page 209)
How to el iminate 50% of your w o r k in 48 hours using the
pr inc ip les of a f o r g o t t e n Ital ian economis t (page 65)
How to t rade a long-hau l c a r e e r for shor t w o r k bursts
and f requent " m i n i - r e t i r e m e n t s "
P R A I S E F O R
The 4-Hour Workweek
"It's about time this book was written. It is a long-overdue manifesto
for the mobile lifestyle, and Tim Ferriss is the ideal ambassador. This
will be huge." — J A C K C A N F I E L D , cocreator of Chicken Soup for the Soul®,
100+ million copies sold
"Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life,
it's all here. Whether you're a wage slave or a Fortune 500 C E O , this book
will change your life!" — P H I L T O W N , New York Times bestselling author of
Rule #/
"The 4-Hour Workweek is a new way of solving a very old problem: just how
can we work to live and prevent our lives from being all about work?
A world of infinite options awaits those who would read this book and be
inspired by it!" — M I C H A E L E. G E R B E R , founder and chairman of E-Myth
Worldwide and the world's #1 small business guru
"This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended."—DR. S T E W A R T D.
F R I E D M A N , adviser to Jack Welch and former Vice President AI Gore on work/
family issues and director of the Work/Life Integration Program at the Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania
"Timothy has packed more lives into his 29 years than Steve Jobs has in his
51." — T O M F O R E M S K I , journalist and publisher of SiliconValleyWatcher.com
"If you want to live life on your own terms, this is your blueprint."
— M I K E M A P L E S , cofounder of Motive Communications (IPO to $260M market
cap) and founding executive of Tivoli (sold to IBM for $750M)
"Thanks to Tim Ferriss, I have more time in my life to travel, spend time
with family, and write book blurbs. This is a dazzling and highly useful
work." — A . J. J A C O B S , editor-at-large of Esquire magazine and author of
The Know-lt-AII
"Tim is Indiana Jones for the digital age. I've already used his advice to
go spearfishing on remote islands and ski the best hidden slopes of Argen-
tina. Simply put, do what he says and you can live like a millionaire."
— A L B E R T P O P E , derivatives specialist at UBS World Headquarters
"Reading this book is like putting a few zeros on your income. Tim brings
lifestyle to a new level—listen to him!" — M I C H A E L D. K E R L I N , McKinsey &
Company consultant to Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund and a J. William Fulbright
Scholar
"Part scientist and part adventure hunter, Tim Ferriss has created a road
map for an entirely new world. I devoured this book in one sitting—I have
seen nothing like it." — C H A R L E S L. B R O C K , chairman and CEO of Brock
Capital Group; former CFO, COO, and general counsel of Scholastic, Inc.; and
former president of the Harvard Law School Association
"Outsourcing is no longer just for Fortune 500 companies. Small and
mid-sized firms, as well as busy professionals, can outsource their work
to increase their productivity and free time for more important com-
mitments. It's time for the world to take advantage of this revolution."
— V I V E K K U L K A R N I , CEO of Brickwork India and former IT secretary of Banga-
lore; credited as the "techno-bureaucrat" who helped make Bangalore an
IT destination in India
"Tim is the master! I should know. I followed his rags to riches path and
watched him transform himself from competitive fighter to entrepre-
neur. He tears apart conventional assumptions until he finds a better way."
— D A N P A R T L A N D , Emmy Award—winning producer of American High and
Welcome to the Dollhouse
"The 4-Hour Workweek is an absolute necessity for those adventurous
souls who want to live life to its fullest. Buy it and read it before you sac-
rifice a n y m o r e ! " — J OHN LUSK , group product manager at Microsoft World
Headquarters
"If you want to live your dreams now, and not in 20 or 30 years, buy
this book!" — L A U R A R O D E N , chairman of the Silicon Valley Association of
Startup Entrepreneurs and a lecturer in Corporate Finance at San Jose State
University
"With this kind of time management and focus on the important things
in life, people should be able to get 15 times as much done in a normal
workweek." — T I M D R A P E R , founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, financiers
to innovators including Hotmail, Skype, and Overture.com
"Tim has done what most people only dream of doing. I can't believe
he is going to let his secrets out of the bag. This book is a must read!"
— S T E P H E N K E Y , top inventor and team designer of Teddy Ruxpin and Lazer
Tag and a consultant to the television show American inventor
The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour
Workweek
•ESC A P E 9 - 5 , LIVE ANYWHERE,
AND JOIN THE NEW RICH
TIMOTHY FERRISS
C R O W N P U B L I S H E R S N E W Y O R K
Copyright © 2007 by Tim Ferriss
AU rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the
Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
www.crownpublishing.com
Crown is a trademark and the Crown colophon is a registered trademark
of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ferriss, Timothy.
The 4-hour workweek: escape 9 - 5 , live anywhere, and join the new rich /
Timothy Ferriss.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Quality of work life. 2. Part-time self-employment. 3. Self-realization.
4. Self-actualization (Psychology) 5. Quality of life. I. Title. II. Title: Four-hour
workweek. III. Title: Escape 9 - 5 , live anywhere, and join the new rich.
HD6955.F435 2007
65O.I dc2 206038178
ISBN: 978-0-307-35313-9
Printed in the United States of America
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