Mr Ferriss is one of the proclaimed "New Rich" that this book is written about. He has experienced the "too much work for too little pay" lifestyle and he wrote this book as a means to an end; the end being the liberation of every person who reads the book from the dregs of an eight to five existence.
Isn't there more to life than this" My 60-hour job looks pretty good from here because it is helping people move forward into alternate energy. But telling people this doesn't sell books. To her money is nothing more than paper or authorization to take things out of the store. And that is how Mr Ferriss looks at this world.
I don't think it can work for most people, but maybe you can get lucky like the author did, and then you will have time to do what you want. Is this really something to be proud of" Is this achievement any less empty then earning a pile of money that you don't know what to do with" There is also a nice chapter about how to outsource work to virtual assistants in India and other places.
He offers common platitudes such as taking a learning mini-retirement, performing charitable work, and volunteering. By this time, readers might just be wondering whether the Ferriss way is really the smart way at all. If you really want to find inner peace and happiness: help others, take responsibility for your own feelings and actions, exercise your body and brain, and then maybe consider starting a part-time business. I ordered this book the moment I heard about it, and read the entire thing in three days. There are details in this but more details would have been helpful. This book can give a glimmer of hope, to those that need or want it. He hit on something here. I enthusiastically and TOTALLY agree with him on the point that we can live free lives today and not defer retirement.
Hopefully you'll be able to look past that and enjoy the book for what it is: a challenge to the way we as Americans think of retirement and money. The first 70 to 90 pages of the book are extremely engaging and well worth the price of the book.
Bottom line - buy this book if you are new to his work. Former fans of the four hour work week should save their money as they will find little/nothing new. These folks are the "new rich" the author is telling you to "join." 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 requires brains. People should plan and participate in the design of their life and not just take what comes along. However, reading this book was torturous.
Isn't there more to life than this" My 60-hour job looks pretty good from here because it is helping people move forward into alternate energy. But telling people this doesn't sell books. To her money is nothing more than paper or authorization to take things out of the store. And that is how Mr Ferriss looks at this world.
I don't think it can work for most people, but maybe you can get lucky like the author did, and then you will have time to do what you want. Is this really something to be proud of" Is this achievement any less empty then earning a pile of money that you don't know what to do with" There is also a nice chapter about how to outsource work to virtual assistants in India and other places.
He offers common platitudes such as taking a learning mini-retirement, performing charitable work, and volunteering. By this time, readers might just be wondering whether the Ferriss way is really the smart way at all. If you really want to find inner peace and happiness: help others, take responsibility for your own feelings and actions, exercise your body and brain, and then maybe consider starting a part-time business. I ordered this book the moment I heard about it, and read the entire thing in three days. There are details in this but more details would have been helpful. This book can give a glimmer of hope, to those that need or want it. He hit on something here. I enthusiastically and TOTALLY agree with him on the point that we can live free lives today and not defer retirement.
Hopefully you'll be able to look past that and enjoy the book for what it is: a challenge to the way we as Americans think of retirement and money. The first 70 to 90 pages of the book are extremely engaging and well worth the price of the book.
Bottom line - buy this book if you are new to his work. Former fans of the four hour work week should save their money as they will find little/nothing new. These folks are the "new rich" the author is telling you to "join." 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 requires brains. People should plan and participate in the design of their life and not just take what comes along. However, reading this book was torturous.
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