The 4-Hour Workweek is a semi-autobiographical self-help book written by Timothy Ferriss and is promoted by Stewart Friedman. Tim Ferriss is an American writer, entrepreneur and education activist. The book revolves around time and is a long-overdue program for mobile lifestyle. From outsourcing your life to mini retirements, this book has got everything for you. If you are an intelligent reader, surely you can dig out lot of useful ideas from this book by Tim Ferriss. This book is of a kind which you will like to read again and again.
The 4-Hour Workweek has four sections, DEAL, Definition, Elimination, Automation and Liberation. Definition is to determine what person desires, overcome fears, see society’s expectations and figure out what will it take to get what a person wants. Elimination is about time management which is achieved by applying 80/20 rule to concentrate on things which will give benefit and Parkinson’s Law which will reduce the time spent working. Tim Ferriss has focuses on effectiveness rather than efficiency throughout the book.
The third section is automation which is about building a sustainable and automatic income source with the help of techniques like automation, drop-shipping, outsourcing, Google Adwords and Adsense. The final section is all about successful automation of one’s lifestyle and liberation from a geographical location and the job. Tim Ferriss has very intelligently explained the way we can work to live and preventing our lives from making it all about life.
Tim Ferriss’s 4-Hour Fourweek says that the technology including emails, internet, instant messaging etc have made the life complicated rather than simplifying it. The book also promotes hiring of virtual assistants from developing countries in order to free up personal time. The book serves as your blueprint if you want to lead your life on your own terms. This book will be very effective for changing your life for a better.