The 4-Hour Work Week
Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich
Published on 6. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-09-192911-4 (ISBN)
Description
Ready to escape the 9-5 and find a new way of living? Learn how to live more and work less with the revolutionary book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tools of Titans.
'This book will change your life!' Phil Town, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Rule #1
'The self-help hit of the decade' Men's Journal
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Forget the old concept of retirement and the deferred-life plan, there is no need to wait, especially in unpredictable economic times.
Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, building passive income, travelling the world or creating a remote-working lifestyle, this book will show you how.
In The 4-Hour Workweek, entrepreneur and bestselling author Tim Ferriss shares the practical steps he used to go from earning $40,000 a year and working 80 hours a week to earning $40,000 per MONTH while working just 4 hours a week.
This step-by-step guide to financial freedom reveals how to:
Outsource tasks and automate your workload
Eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours
Build more freedom, flexibility and work-life balance
Trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent 'mini-retirements'
This updated edition also includes:
Practical tips and case studies from readers who doubled their income and reinvented their lives
Real-world templates for eliminating email and negotiating with bosses and clients
Lifestyle design strategies for thriving in uncertain economic times
The latest tools, productivity hacks and high-tech shortcuts for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either
If you want more freedom, flexibility and control over your time, this is the blueprint.
'This book will change your life!' Phil Town, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Rule #1
'The self-help hit of the decade' Men's Journal
-------
Forget the old concept of retirement and the deferred-life plan, there is no need to wait, especially in unpredictable economic times.
Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, building passive income, travelling the world or creating a remote-working lifestyle, this book will show you how.
In The 4-Hour Workweek, entrepreneur and bestselling author Tim Ferriss shares the practical steps he used to go from earning $40,000 a year and working 80 hours a week to earning $40,000 per MONTH while working just 4 hours a week.
This step-by-step guide to financial freedom reveals how to:
Outsource tasks and automate your workload
Eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours
Build more freedom, flexibility and work-life balance
Trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent 'mini-retirements'
This updated edition also includes:
Practical tips and case studies from readers who doubled their income and reinvented their lives
Real-world templates for eliminating email and negotiating with bosses and clients
Lifestyle design strategies for thriving in uncertain economic times
The latest tools, productivity hacks and high-tech shortcuts for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either
If you want more freedom, flexibility and control over your time, this is the blueprint.
Reviews / Votes
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, co-creator Chicken Soup for the Soul * The book that has caught the imagination of overworked America * Sunday Telegraph * This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended. -- Dr. Stewart D. Friedman, Adviser to Jack Welch and Former Vice President Al Gore on Work/Family Issues, Director of the Work/Life Integration Project, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life,it's all here. Whether you're a wage slave or a Fortune 500 CEO, this
book will change your life! -- Phil Town, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of "Rule #1 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! -- Michael E. Gerber, Founder & Chairman of E-Myth Worldwide and the World's #1 Small Business Guru Timothy has packed more lives into his 29 years than Steve Jobs has in his 51. -- Tom Foremski, Journalist and Publisher of SiliconValleyWatcher.com 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. Jacobs, Editor-at-Large, Esquire Magazine, Author of "The Know-It-All If you want to live life on your own terms, this is your blueprint. -- Mike Maples, Co-founder of Motive Communications (IPO to $260M market cap), Founding Executive of Tivoli (sold to IBM for $750M) 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 Argentina. Simply put, do what he says and you can live like a millionaire. -- Albert Pope, Derivatives Trading, UBS World Headquarters This engaging book makes you ask the most important question that you will ever face: What exactly is it that you want out of work and life, and why? Tim Ferriss is a master of getting more for less, often with the help of people he doesn't even know, and here he gives away his secrets for fulfilling your dreams. -- Bo Burlingham, Editor-at-Large, "Inc." magazine, Author of "Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big"
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ebury Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
414 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-192911-4 (9780091929114)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Book
08/2020
Vermilion
€21.50
Available immediately
E-Book
08/2011
1st Edition
Ebury Digital
€14.99
Available for download
Person
Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business People" and as a Forbes "Names You Need to Know," and is the seventh "most powerful" personality on Newsweek's Digital 100 Power Index. He is an early-stage tech investor and advisor, working with Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Alibaba, and over fifty other organizations, and the author of three #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek,The 4-Hour Body, and The 4-Hour Chef. His podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, was one of iTunes's "Best of 2015," typically among the top 30 out of more than 300,000 podcasts. Tim has been called "the Oprah of audio" due to the sales impact of the podcast, and past guests include Jamie Foxx, General Stanley McChrystal, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward Norton, and more than a hundred others.