secretGeek reviewed The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
Review of 'The 4-hour work week' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
80/20 principle all the things.
308 pages
English language
Published Oct. 11, 2007
The 4-Hour Work Week
4 stars
(11 reviews)
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (2007) is a self-help book by Timothy Ferriss, an American writer, educational activist, and entrepreneur. The book has spent more than four years on The New York Times Best Seller List, has been translated into 40 languages and has sold more than 2.1 million copies worldwide. It deals with what Ferriss refers to as "lifestyle design" and repudiates the traditional "deferred" life plan in which people work grueling hours and take few vacations for decades and save money in order to relax after retirement.
Eszter reviewed Die 4-Stunden-Woche by Timothy Ferriss
Review of 'Die 4-Stunden-Woche' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Die Tipps sind zwar zum Teil interessant, jedoch ließe sich der Inhalt in einem Blogpost wesentlich prägnanter zusammenfassen. Am Ende wirkt es so, als würde der Autor sich selbst in einem besonders guten Licht darstellen wollen und mit einem Titel wie diesen den Verkauf des Buches zu erhöhen.
Er schreibt selbst, man kann leicht ein Experte werden, wenn man mehrere Bestseller nimmt, diese zusammenfasst und daraus sein eigenes Buch macht. Das Ergebnis, so scheint es, ist dieses Buch.
Arindam Basu reviewed The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
Review of 'The 4-Hour Work Week' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Started rereading the four hour workweek.
First, a quick summary of the principles. The book talks about the New Rich (NR), people who abandon the deferred life plan (more traditional type of people for whom work now save for later is mantra of life) and emphasize an alternative view of life. A major premise of the book is, "outside of science and law, all rules can be broken or bent, and doesn't require being unethical". Not sure I either understand or subscribe to this ideal, but nevertheless I moved on to read this book. The second principle is the principle of "DEAL", an acronym that stand for Definition (who are people who defer life and who are NRs), Elimination (How to use the Pareto principle of 80-20), A for automation (which talks a lot about outsourcing life), and L (liberation or mobility or increased travel and movement).
Classical self-help styled …
Started rereading the four hour workweek.
First, a quick summary of the principles. The book talks about the New Rich (NR), people who abandon the deferred life plan (more traditional type of people for whom work now save for later is mantra of life) and emphasize an alternative view of life. A major premise of the book is, "outside of science and law, all rules can be broken or bent, and doesn't require being unethical". Not sure I either understand or subscribe to this ideal, but nevertheless I moved on to read this book. The second principle is the principle of "DEAL", an acronym that stand for Definition (who are people who defer life and who are NRs), Elimination (How to use the Pareto principle of 80-20), A for automation (which talks a lot about outsourcing life), and L (liberation or mobility or increased travel and movement).
Classical self-help styled book, each chapter starts with a story (his life story or others' life story Ferriss has actually laid out his life story out in the front chapter). The philosophy of an NR in Ferriss book is be "owner", not necessarily boss or the driver, a life of more quality and less clutter, and as it says, "the freedom and resolve to pursue your dreams".
