The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge Content.

by Timothy Ferriss

The New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Body shows readers how to live more and work less, now with more than 100 pages of new, cutting-edge content.

Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan–there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, or earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, The 4-Hour Workweek is the blueprint.

This step-by-step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:
• How Tim went from $40,000 per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per month and 4 hours per week
• 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 frequent “mini-retirements”

The new expanded edition of Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek includes:
• More than 50 practical tips and case studies from readers (including families) who have doubled income, overcome common sticking points, and reinvented themselves using the original book as a starting point
• Real-world templates you can copy for eliminating e-mail, negotiating with bosses and clients, or getting a private chef for less than $8 a meal
• How Lifestyle Design principles can be suited to unpredictable economic times
• The latest tools and tricks, as well as high-tech shortcuts, for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either

• ISBN10: 0307465357
• ISBN13: 9780307465351
• Publish Date: 15 December 2009 (first published 24 April 2007)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 30 July 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc
• Edition: Expanded, Updated ed.
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 448
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780307465351

Reviews

[Hillary]

 



 

I have a feeling me and Tim Ferriss would not get along. There, I was reading the book thinking he has some good productivity tips then I come across this line "when in a new place, get out and do something. Only read for an hour before you go to bed". I am like, but I like to read and write IN a new place. To each his own I guess.

In other words this is an entertaining book that explains how to live anywhere. It gives tips on how to break free from your 9 to 5 job, how to find  a place in a country that you can live in for however long you want to.

I did find some productivity tips that is useful. For example batch your tasks together to save time. Like I could do all my book review post in one day and then schedule them for the week. Or you could "batch" your landry or emails. The possiblities are endless.

If you are just looking for productivtiy tips borrow this book. If you want to live anywhere and still have a job then buy this book.

 

This review was originally posted on Adventures in Never Never Land

[adamfortuna]

I appreciate the premise: How do you do the least amount of work possible? For any developer that's a goal. That's not the goal because then you can take off though - it's so you can get more done. Most of the projects suggested in the book contribute nothing to society, and are usually self serving.