The 4-Hour Workweek
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| Author(s) | Tim Ferriss |
| Cover artist | Barbara Sturman |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Self-actualization, Self-employment, Self-improvement |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction, |
| Publisher | Crown Publishing Group |
| Publication date | April 2007 |
| Pages | 308 pp |
| ISBN | 9780307353139 |
| OCLC Number | 76262350 |
| Dewey Decimal | 650.1 22 |
| LC Classification | HD6955 .F435 2007 |
| Followed by | The 4-Hour Body |
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (2007) is a semi-autobiographical self-help book written by Timothy Ferriss, an American writer, educational activist, and entrepreneur.[1] It also remains the title of Ferriss' popular blog.
In the book's dedication, Ferriss announced that he would be donating "10% of all author royalties" to educational charities such as Donorschoose.org.[2]
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[edit] Synopsis
In the book Ferriss uses the acronym DEAL for the four main chapters.[3] It stands for: Definition, Elimination, Automation, and Liberation.
Definition means to figure out what a person wants, get over fears, see past society's "expectations," and figure out what it will really cost to get where a person wants to go.
Elimination is about time management, or rather about not managing time. This is achieved by applying the 'Pareto principle' or '80-20 Rule' (80% of your benefits come from 20% of your efforts) to focus only on those tasks that contribute the majority of benefit, and using Parkinson's Law (work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion) to limit the amount of actual time spent working. There's a difference, Ferriss says, between efficiency and effectiveness. The book's emphasis is on effectiveness.
Automation is about building a sustainable, automatic source of income. This includes techniques such as drop-shipping, automation, Google Adwords and Adsense, and outsourcing.
Liberation is dedicated to the successful automation of one's lifestyle and the liberation from a geographical location and job. Incidentally, Ferriss notes that if somebody has a regular job, the order of steps will be DELA, not DEAL.
The book asserts that technology such as email, instant messaging, and Internet-enabled PDAs complicate life rather than simplify it.[4] It advocates hiring virtual assistants from developing countries such as India and Philippines to free up personal time.[5]
[edit] Blog
For the launch of the book, Ferriss created a blog also titled TheFourHourWorkWeek.com. Though he has since written subsequent books, it remains the title of his blog and covers many topics besides those in the 4HWW. It now has more than 25,000 RSS subscribers.[6]
The release of his book moved Ferriss' blog to the Top 1000 on Technorati.[7] Ferriss stated, in a Fast Company interview, that 4HWW is read by many of the "top tech CEOs in the world".[8] The blog has since featured articles written by many entrepreneurs, authors and thinkers including Chip Conley, Neil Strauss, Ramit Sethi, Ryan Holiday. Noah Kagan of AppSumo, Chase Jarvis and others.[9] The resulting influence from such posts on book sales and other metrics has been dubbed the "Tim Ferriss effect."[10]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Ferriss, Timothy (2007). The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307353139.
- ^ Ferriss, Timothy The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich' Crown (2007) pg 'dedication'
- ^ Ferriss, Timothy The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich' Crown (2007) pg Index
- ^ Williams, Alex (November 11, 2007). "Meet the Press". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/fashion/11guru.html?ex=1352610000&en=c84216adfad48b9c&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg. Retrieved 2008-04-04. "Most fundamentally, Mr. Ferriss turned ruthless against e-mail. "
- ^ Ferriss, Timothy The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich' Crown (2007)
- ^ [http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/7-reasons-to-subscribe/ 7 Reasons to Subscribe
- ^ Technorati profile: 4hww
- ^ Dannen, Chris (September 2007). "Seven Questions with the 4-Hour Workweek Evangelist". Fast Company. http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2007/09/4-hour-work-week.html. Retrieved 2008-04-24."My blog is on the blogroll of some of the top tech CEOs in the world. "
- ^ http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/guest-post/ Fourhourworkweek.com/Guest Posts] [1][2][3][4][5][6]
- ^ http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelellsberg/2012/01/11/the-tim-ferriss-effect/The Tim Ferriss Effect: Lessons From My Successful Book Launch] Forbes.com
