{"id":732,"date":"2008-03-03T07:58:40","date_gmt":"2008-03-03T12:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/03\/the-4-hour-workweek-by-timothy-ferriss"},"modified":"2008-03-03T08:01:09","modified_gmt":"2008-03-03T13:01:09","slug":"the-4-hour-workweek-by-timothy-ferriss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/03\/the-4-hour-workweek-by-timothy-ferriss","title":{"rendered":"The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written Saturday, January 20, 2008, probably in Los Angeles (LAX)<\/em><\/p>\n

I got The 4-Hour Workweek<\/a> on Wednesday, and while finding out the company I work for had been acquired for a billion dollars, I proceeded to read this book to see what all the hype was about. Despite the busy schedule at the meeting, I managed to finish reading all 300 pages using in-between toilet breaks, and airport layovers. Its Saturday now, and am I any wiser?<\/p>\n

Tim’s book is great if you’re interested in starting an online retail business. Its interesting if you get turned on by the word drop-shipping. Its definitely interesting if you’re into hiring virtual assistants in 3rd world countries.<\/p>\n

The whole mantra that is sold in the book is to outsource your life. Hardly applicable to the career path I (or most of my open source loving hippie counterparts) can apply.<\/p>\n

Sure, there are some good general tips on reducing information overload. Reading less email. Becoming more efficient. However, its nothing new, per se.<\/p>\n

Would I recommend it? Probably not. But that doesn’t mean you can’t buy The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some select quotes follow.<\/p>\n

‘What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attnetion of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.’ – Herbert Simon, recipient of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, and the A.M. Turing Award<\/p>\n

A great example of perseverance: when Tim was in college, if he received less than an A in anything, he’d spend about 3 hours asking questions of his lecturers, to ensure that he understood his class, and to discourage the lecturer to ever want to provide him with a lesser grade, unless there was real reason to do so.<\/p>\n

‘The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.’ – Bill Gates<\/p>\n

‘If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.’ – chinese proverb<\/p>\n

‘I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.’ – Woodrow Wilson<\/p>\n

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