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 enlarge | Author: Timothy Ferriss
Publisher: Crown
Category: Book
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Rating:  788 reviews
Sales Rank: 181
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0307353133
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.1
EAN: 9780307353139
ASIN: 0307353133
Publication Date: April 24, 2007
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 Excellent November 17, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'll keep this short. Great book. First half: setting the mindset. Second half: a wealth of practical tips and resources.
This book opens up a whole new range of possibilities.
It's a must buy.
a great read November 16, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
i really enjoyed this book. It's a stimulant to get your bum and give your idea a crack.
 Easy and runny read about a hustler's get rich quick triumphs. November 16, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was a quick and easy read for a novice. The antecdotes were funny and I admired the author's tenacity. I think his point was that it is important to enjoy the ride and try to get rich doing it. Find something that you love and market the hell out of it on infomercials and internet retailers. I mean I guess it worked for him. I took his words as a little inspiration not a mathematical formula for happiness and success.
Can we all have it all? November 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Can we all have it all? I just don't know... this guy's story is amazing. The tips are priceless... I don't see my work week trimming down to 4 hours though, any time soon... Still, I loved his humor, his style of writing (which is witty and inspiring), and his lust for living.
Great resources, expands thinking, one caveat November 9, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was recently looking over my Amazon reviews and realised that the only time I bother writing a review is when I really love or really hate a book. This one falls into the "really love" category.
Although I am a business owner, I really do love what I do, so working four hours a week isn't really my goal. Giving myself the option of buggering off to Fiji or Buenos Aires or Vietnam and being able to run my business by remote control for a couple of (or few) weeks, however, really does appeal.
With that in mind, I found a ton of great ideas and insights in this book, and overlaying those insights and ideas onto my own goals and ethics, I have accomplished a lot.
I wouldn't have heard of Elance if it weren't for this book, and have now outsourced about 90 jobs to people who have done them better than I could have and let me spend my time doing the stuff I do best. In the book, much is made of how cheap many Elance suppliers are ($2 an hour an up), but I never had the stomach for hiring someone at starvation wages, so hire at higher rates.
I wouldn't have heard of many productivity tools - at least not some of the better ways to us them - like LogMeIn and Skype with SkypeIn and SkypeOut. These have been godsends when I work overseas and on holidays.
Finally, it just shook me out of the "it's my business, so I have to do it all myself" mindset. I've developed a sideline business that pretty much runs itself, have other people doing the non-core parts of my business, and have much sleeker communications options. Travelling is easier. Holidaying is easier.
As for Tim Ferriss, I will say he comes off in this book as something of an uber-selfish egomaniac. I'm pretty okay with that. As I said before, he's got a lot of good ideas and I'm willing to learn from anyone. I (and you) don't have to worship at the mantle of his apparent mindset, and have definitely found room for many of his techniques in my much different lifestyle.
I've given this book as a gift about 15 times, now, and that's the warning I always include with the book. The good news is that everyone I know that has read it has enjoyed the way it expands their vision about the options they have and the resources they have available.
So, with that one small warning in mind, I give it five stars.
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