Oops I Maybe I Work More Than 4-Hours

Gadget from has written 1,020 comments

I made it to page 32, I have to take a break and watch a movie. I already took a break to walk around along the side of Lake Atitlan after this big storm.

Remember this for Photos: After is rains BIG, the sky is clear, and good for photos.

I think the first 32 pages explains the concept of passive income. I think he was receiving residual or passive income from his vitamin supplement business.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_income

Think and Grow rich is along the same lines so far, but Timothy has good stories and is easy reading.

I am for sure the "ultra super rich" in his semantics.

claptona from has written 13 comments

Isn't that the key to life - do something you love to do, and you never have to work a day in your life?
Phil Mickleson is the best example that comes to mind- he plays a game that he is good at, makes millions, loves the fans, loves the game - would you call what he is doing work? I do not think he does it anymore to prove he is a good golfer - he loves what he does, and is not afraid to say it in front of the cameras.
Good for you Andy, about writing a book. Saw a sign that stated - "A man who has knowledge shares his words" - not to be an egotist, but to share his knowledge - everyone has knowledge. It is up to people to decide whether they want that knowledge or not.
Your opinion of your life is good, but also realize that not every one views your life style as you do. Some want different things, they want to accumulate "stuff". Whether that is ego, lack of self worth, is really not up to me to judge.
What is up to me - is what to I want to do? Having traveled before on the cheap, there are good things and bad things. It is all how one views it all, how one copes with life.
Look forward to some info on your book.
Regards

Gadget from has written 1,020 comments

I think I am writing a book to people who want to quit their jobs, or just take time to think it over, maybe a way to force the epiphany to happen.

from has written 205 comments

"The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss,"..........

Sounds about 4 hours too long.

Asiabill from has written 260 comments

Well Put! "I cannot remember the last time I did something I did not want to do." is the NAME of the GAME of LIFE! I usually refer to "work" as "job" and have repeated my one liner, "If anything you do feels like a JOB, then it's time for a change" many times. I've always been hyper and energetic so keep busy and active doing whatever I feel like doing each day I wake up. Whenever my wife and I get bored we travel or create another building project with better R.O.I then any finance expert could advise us.

I think there was a recent change in the way economists calculate the standard of living for each country in the world referred to as the "quality of life index" which shows how much more important longer holidays, good health care, and available time for recreational and family activities. So your book will likely resemble the many "get rich" books with a new definition of "wealth" and new choice locations for retirement. Writing about each and every country where this is possible would be too bulky so explaining how to research such retirement locations with google or an index at the end of your book with helpful informative websites.

Hiding your luxury lifestyle moments / hours protects you from being considered a braggart but also makes your lifestyle seem less desirable to the majority. There are topics which would really interest a huge number of Americans but can not be broadcasted for obvious legality or liability reasons. But your popularity, readership and upcoming book buyers will welcome a few examples of your luxury lifestyle.

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The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss.............

Andy,
I hope your mid-west common sense can sniff this guy out.

Selling hyped information to those who don't have a clue.

He makes money selling this drivel not by practicing what he preaches.

If you read his Amazon.com reviews it is Highly rated !!!

BUT MOST HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW..... HIS !!! Just happend to only review his book.

still I almost bought it, but it only took reading a few paragraphs online to realize,

I have enough snake oil from Vietnam to start my own "4 Minute Workday book".

A review from Amazon that sums him up brilliantly....................................

""""Let me save you some time and money - here's this book in a nutshell...

A punk know it all kid fails first grade because he refuses to learn the ABCs. He gets fired from his first job at an ice cream store because he's so much smarter than the owner. He get fired from several more jobs and realizes he's a sociopath and can't work with others. So he sets out on several get rich quick schemes and finally succeeds in concocting a nutritional supplement for narcissistic body builders looking for a short cut. It turns into a real business and he starts making a lot of money. But the Peter Principle sets in and he ends up in way over his head. He's a least smart enough to realize this and outsources every part of the business that require brains. Low and behold - now all he has to do is cash the checks - thus the 4 hour work week.

So now he sets out to become a jet setting, tango dancing, champion cage fighter. I'm not kidding! This is what he claims. Well, at least he admits that he won the cage fighting championship by cheating. And that is essentially the theme of this book - cheat and lie your way to doing nothing.

The book is just ridiculous - some examples: to test your confidence, lie down on the floor in a public place or cruise the mall and ask hot chicks for their phone numbers. If your married, just throw the numbers away. Ask your boss if you can start working from home. If you follow Tim's instructions and your boss refuses to let you work from home - just quit your job, you're meant to be an entrepreneur - brilliant! Hire a personal assistant from India even if you don't need one. Use your PA to apologize to your wife for you. What?

So all you have to do is follow his blueprint and you can make millions working four hours a week!

CW

aw man chuck wow. that is so not what the book is all about. at least you could leave the ad hominem attacks out of your 'review' and attack the book legitimately. However, I love hearing attacks on that book, and I hear them often. Why? less competition, pure and simple. Competition decreases profit more than any other factor.

Andy is smart enough to read the book and judge it on its own merits. Actually, although Andy is just now reading the book, he is a perfect example of the type of lifestyle achievable with the 4HWW information and principles. While one doesnt need the 4HWW to achieve Andy's type of lifestyle, as Andy proves, it is a resource to help people toward that end.

I find it extremely ironic that you review the book as being bad, on a guys website who lives a successful 4HWW type of lifestyle.

I guess I seem like a fanboy, but I find a lot of value in the book.

Gadget from has written 1,020 comments

I think Chuck is qualified to be the NR - New Rich as described in the book. I know he is mobile and has a lot of time.

I suspect their are two perspectives:
1. People who are living outside their home country.
2. The people who want to live outside.

has written 11 comments

I loved that book. Tim Ferris is an interesting guy with a great message. I don't think it's meant to be a how-to book and you should not expect to instantly be a successful person working 4 hours per week. Most people are too lazy to implement his suggestions anyway.

I buy and sell things on ebay and make quite a bit of money doing it. Many times the person I buy something from tells me something like "you could make $500 by just reselling this on ebay". I ask them why they aren't doing it themselves and the answer is always the same "I don't have the time". They don't have the 20 minutes it takes to sell something on ebay and make $500? It's mind boggling how lazy most people are, they'd rather sit in front of the TV than be successful.

I define successful as spending large amounts of time doing things that are enjoyable. Similar to Tim's definition of rich.

That is Dr Simi!!

Sheeeshhh is Dr simi also in Guatemala??.. He is the image of mexican pharmacies.

I miss this dancing pharmacist guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am considering a trip back to Guatemala in September just to visit him.....

Thanks for the great post. Good advice! Work day to day can be extremely difficult. Is the answer to enjoy what you do or do what you enjoy? It's tough. Thanks for you insight though.

I stumbled upon this blog like I did yours. Though their insight on work was very meaningful: http://burisonthecouch.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/our-house/

Thanks for the post! I’d love to see more like it.