Timothy Ferriss Explains The 4-hour Work Week

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[TheGiantRobot]

Yeah, outsource and get unpaid interns to do it. I'm not too thrilled with this philosophy, doesn't fit with my ethics.

[P1ranh4]

Yeah, in short: Delegate everything you don't want to do.

[hleo2601]

If you are going to take anything away from the book, TIm Ferris wants people to enjoy life and do the things they want to do as opposed to working like a zombie... If you love your job then this book is probably irrelevant to you. However, fact is most people don't. :)

[podercreador]

If this guy doesn't believe that work 4 hours a week is possible then he wont! And I don't get why the interview if clearly is not convinced...

[liquidplastic62]

Don't work! Just get someone to sit at your desk for you mon - fri 8:30 - 6pm and pay them a quarter of the salary you get. They'll be happy cos they'll have a job and you'll get the lions share while doing nothing. But this model will eventually backfire when the boss realises that the guy doing your job has brothers who'll do the job for even less. Then he'll sack you and the cheap guy, employ the brothers and you'll be down the job center once again. Then you'll see a vacancy:

Must speak urdi

[ncurran1987]

@ridewave444 You should really read his book before you criticise him. Thats all I'm going to say. Its only £6

[ncurran1987]

I think Tim Ferriss defines work as things you dont like doing but have to for money. But like an author who loves writing and writes 14 hours a day isn't working because work is things you dont like doing but have to. Like Richard Branson considers his business ventures play because he loves doing them its not work to him. I think its a semantic diference

[hellman108]

@Meanstreak5150 he might not be "working" when he was writing the book. he probably just wanted to help people.

[Meanstreak5150]

how many hours did it take Tim to write the 4 hour work week and promote it ? probably not 4 hours a week.

[BlueOceanBelow]

Too bad this doesn't work for people who make minimum wage by the hour. I guess if you're ok living on $32 a week, minus taxes.

[fathead8489]

So his advise is to hire someone else to do your work for you? I think I will write a book about how you never have to drive again if you just take a taxi.

[EPRVa62]

@ridewave444 You should read the story in the book of how he won some wrestling tournament-I don't remember the exact details, but I do recall thinking that to call this guy dishonest would be a compliment.