4-Hour Work Week

Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich

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4-Hour Work Week (2011, Penguin Random House)

416 pages

English language

Published Aug. 6, 2011 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:
9780091929114

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The New York Times bestselling how-to and why-to guide to throwing out the old tools and methods for success and replacing them with a whole new way of living

Tim Ferriss has trouble defining what he does for a living. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer:'I race motorcycles in Europe' 'I ski in the Andes' 'I scuba dive in Panama' 'I dance tango in Buenos Aires'He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the 'New Rich', a fast-growing subculture that has abandoned the 'deferred-life plan' and instead mastered the new currencies - time and mobility - to create a new way of living. Why wait a lifetime for your retirement when you can enjoy luxury now?Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing first class world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with no management, or just living …

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Subjects

  • Quality of work life
  • Self-employed
  • Part-time employment
  • Self-realization
  • Self-actualization (psychology)
  • Quality of life