The Four-Hour Work Week

I stepped out of the restaurant in Toronto with my friends Mark and Jerry. It had been almost twenty-five years since the three of us had shared a meal together in the same room. It felt good. Of course, we were all a little older, a little less-haired and a little wiser and we all required glasses to read the menu, but on the whole it was good to get together with the guys.

As we stood in front of the restaurant in the middle of the Bay Street district of Toronto at about 9:30 at night, I noticed a lot of suits coming out of office buildings still at that hour. A little voice inside of me felt sorry for these people who feel compelled to arrive early and work late in the pursuit of something more. I just wished I could have had extra copies of the book I was reading at the time to hand to the suits walking by at that ungodly hour.

Why would I want to do that? Sometimes I just run across a book that is so good I have to share it. "The Four Hour Work Week" by Timothy Ferriss is that book.

It's an incredible read. As a matter of fact, it has given me a whole new insight as to how we can all free ourselves from feeling trapped in the forty, fifty or sixty hour work week.

Here's a brief description:

Whether you are an overworked employee or an entrepreneur trapped in your own business, this book is the compass for a new and revolutionary world. Join Tim Ferriss as he teaches you:

• How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want
• How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs
• How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist
• How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent "mini-retirements"
• What the crucial difference is between absolute and relative income
• How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it’s beyond repair
• What automated cash-flow “muses” are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks
• How to cultivate selective ignorance—and create time—with a low-information diet
• What the management secrets of Remote Control CEOs are
• How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50–80% off
• How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office

You can have it all—really.

I encourage anyone in any job at any stage of their life to read this book. It will help free your attitude around feeling as though you are imprisoned by your work. There's a big difference between being busy and being productive. this book helps to to distinguish the two and set you on the road to finding more freedom in your day. Face it, when you feel freedom in your work, there's a whole lot more reward in it.

Read this book. Really!!