The Four Hour Workweek
The Four Hour Workweek is several books in one. Usually this would be very annoying, but Timothy Ferriss’s smooth conversational writing style makes the book an enjoyable romp through his unconventional life.
The book is part auto-biography. Timothy is a very odd fellow. He’s competed in, and won, martial arts tournaments in Taiwan and tango dancing contests in Buenos Aires. In between such adventures, he’s managed to build a successful business which pays for all of his fun.
Another major part of the book is about how Tim runs his business — and how you can run a similar business. Tim has published a lot of details, including URL’s of suggested web resources and business partners.
The last major part of the book is somewhat more philosophical. Tim writes quite a bit about how people struggle with all of the extra time that the books strategies can enable them to possess.
The book has a lot of flaws, but these flaws are somewhat endearing. All wildly successful people have their own unique personality quirks. The books flaws reflect Tim’s. Tim loves the travel and talks a lot about it in the book. If your dream life does not involve travel, then those portions of the book will not interest you.
Overall, the book is very much worth reading. Skip the parts that bore you, enjoy the parts that interest you, and perhaps learn some of the secrets of the “new rich.”
