A Four Hour Workweek?

Submitted by Mike on Wed, 25/04/2007 - 12:40.

There are actually two blog posts worth here, but I'll roll them into on for brevity's sake!
The 4-Hour Workweek is a new book by author and blogger Timothy Ferris that has some significant reviews by significant people, click through to the amazon page.

The premise is interesting, break away from the mundane work week cycle punctuated by 2 week holidays if you can afford them, once a year.

The second part is the fact that a word of mouth campaign has pushed his book to the top ten in amazon.com sales ranks, and number 18 in amazon.ca. Check out his blog post here, yesterday...

Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog

AMAZON CHALLENGE: The 4-Hour Workweek has been hovering around #105 for four days on Amazon, and now it’s officially on-sale! Please help me break the #100 barrier — I can’t let The Official Guide for GMAT Review beat me! If you’re even remotely interested in automating and outsourcing your life, I guarantee you this book will open your eyes to some amazing new options: Please help me break the #100 barrier!

And in a day, he's jumped 90 spots in the rankings! The power of word of mouth and blogging!

Click the link on the right to get your copy of this book, or if you're in Canada, click here - The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich.

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Check out Darren Rowse's

Check out Darren Rowse's interview with Tim Ferris at Problogger, gets into Tim's head and thoughtspace.

Submitted by James CC (not verified) on Thu, 26/04/2007 - 08:00.

Some more links.... An

Some more links....

An mp3 of his presentation here of Tim's talk at SXSW (South by Southwest) conference is available. A written summary here.

The ethics of this concept seem a little odd, levering low paid staff in developing countries, if that's true, I'm sure that there will be people a little put off by the morality.

There must be a way to work say an 8-hour week and use skilled higher paid workers! Maybe I'll write a book about that!

Notwithstanding, the marketing and link to blogging is a remarkable success story, and Drren's interview conveys that side of the story well.

Submitted by Mike on Thu, 26/04/2007 - 09:03.

This book is really amazing,

This book is really amazing, hovering in Amazon, not at #7. This is a must read and a must buy book. This will be a great help to us, so give it a shot. You can order a copy at Barnes&Noble for they have faster delivery.

Submitted by Jasmine (not verified) on Mon, 07/05/2007 - 14:16.

Good evening. I'm about 40%

Good evening. I'm about 40% complete with the book, Four Hour Work Week. Pretty interesting so far. I've seen a ton of postings, blogs, articles, etc on this but not really a specific forum to share information and personal experiences. I'm really interested in other people's thoughts and what they've done with the info. So, I created a forum at Yahoo Groups. Please visit it using the link below and post your thoughts. Thank you - bkj

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/4hourworkweek/

Submitted by bkj (not verified) on Sun, 03/06/2007 - 18:19.

Tim Came to my Office (DivX,

Tim Came to my Office (DivX, Inc.) shortly before this, and we bought 50-100 copies of the book so I bet that helped!

I also personally bought one.

It's amazing what people will do when you ask them for help in an open and friendly way.

Submitted by Brian Piepgrass (not verified) on Fri, 05/10/2007 - 17:02.

This is a must read and a

This is a must read and a must buy book. It really helps you. utah bus tours

Submitted by Smith (not verified) on Fri, 21/12/2007 - 19:10.

Your blog looks interesting.

Your blog looks interesting. Thanks for the comment, I'll have to have a read of your articles.

A lot of these sort of pseudo-business/self help books really annoy me, but even though Tim's is one of the furthest from the norm, it offers something so radical it almost begs to be tried.

Submitted by Mike on Tue, 22/01/2008 - 08:01.

It provides real working

It provides real working resources you can use immediately to free yourself from mundane tasks and begin enjoying a better life now. I definatly recommend this book and philosophy, even if the some of the ideas seems unatanable.

Submitted by business brokers canada (not verified) on Fri, 25/04/2008 - 23:06.