Four Hour Work Week

[Project_BelAir]

Anyone ever read it? Would you recommend it?

[Greatgatsby]

Have not read.

[Who?]

Sounds like BS.

[Uninspired123]

was that written before or after the economy crumbled?

[Project_BelAir]

Things the book is suppose to cover..

? 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 freuent "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

[mitternacht]

Originally Posted by Project_BelAir

Things the book is suppose to cover..

? 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 freuent "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

In other words:
1. How to become a flight attendant.

[bben147a]

i read it

good book... what he says is easy to buy into.

actually following through and doin it ? who does that ahahahah

he has a website with a blog that has cool stuff sometimes

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/

[SmarterChild]

hard to believe

[G-Profit]

if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is

just sayin...

[bigfunnyguy40]

sounds like itd be about someone who lives off donating sperm. ("four hour work week")

[kriya]

i've read it, great book

[SmarterChild]

Originally Posted by bigfunnyguy40

sounds like itd be about someone who lives off donating sperm. ("four hour work week")

its super hard to qualify to be a donor but if you do you can make bank

[sayso]

99% of the population would never be able to put it to use, but if you must know:

? How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want

- Get a mundane job such as data entry work, prove to your boss your more productive at home, then hire a collage grad from the Philippines to do all your work or start your own company that does data entry type services.

? How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs

- See above

? How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist

- Outsource all the tedious/repetitive stuff

? How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and freuent "mini-retirements"

- Outsource your ****

? What the crucial difference is between absolute and relative income

- Money earned vs. money made

? How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it?s beyond repair

- Convince your boss to let you work from home, or gut your company and outsource everything.

? What automated cash-flow ?muses? are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks

- Outsource some more ****

? How to cultivate selective ignorance?and create time?with a low-information diet

- I don't know wtf this is

? What the management secrets of Remote Control CEOs are

- Make your employees think they have CEO status so they work harder and manage themselves

? How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50?80% off

- Take up a job as a teacher in places like Japan, Germany, France etc. They usually give you free/90% free housing and travel.

? How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office

- CEO status on the beach

[Achilles87]

sounds like one of those 2 minute ab infomercials