The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

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Customer Reviews:

Nonsense [Posted on 2008-07-16]
As someone who has worked toward and basicially succeeded at living the life promoted by this book, I can say that the book is largely nonsense. The problem is that we live in a competitive world, and any business with margins sufficient to let the owner work a few hours a week will compete with another company that charges less and the owner works half a week, and that company will compete with another company that charges even less and the owner works a full week. Yes, for those of us whose work involves sitting in front of a computer, the Internet can let us work from about anywhere--but we still have to work.

Great read, But Vaguely Suspect [Posted on 2008-07-17]
Great read, inspirational.

But in a sea of to-do's--many reasonable and beneficial tweaks in lifestyle and thought--I found myself feeling like I was trying to be "sold" something.

So in brainstorming/researching my "muse"--we all found ours because it's that easy, right guys?--I came to the conclusion I'd need to find a drop-shipping service as to remotely conduct my business.

Mr. Ferriss offers several recommendations in sourcing one's muse (e-business for those who haven't read this). "Finding Manufacturing or Products to Resell", which an everyday reader may be most partial to because it requires the least effort and you never see the goodies, lists several websites as resources.

Under this heading, Thomasnet is listed and seems interesting as a good start. Following that is dropshipsource (Worldwide Brands?), which seems vaguely fishy and charges approximately $500 for a lifetime membership--whatever that means. Who owns these websites? I used to do reporting and immediately feel suspicious when I just spent 19.99 on the book and am already getting more sales pitches.

But as this is the reviews section, I must be fair in my evaluation of the book overall: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich is worth reading as a motivator. No one deserves to spend their life in a cubicle (yep, I'm still in mine). I also like how Mr. Ferriss stresses that one's time and energy are sacred, and to be treated as such.

Thanks for reading!

Misleading [Posted on 2008-07-19]
This book, and the stellar, author-generated reviews that it has inspired, is misleading. The book itself is a basic sham, get-rich scheme from an Aleksey Vayner-style self promoter. This type of pretentious, vacuous writing should not be encouraged by buying this book.

Motivational Disappointment [Posted on 2008-07-20]
This book is yet another motivational 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' ploy, only this time being applied to on-line products. Mr. Ferris strongly advocates outsourcing work overseas. Great! More potential USA work lost to third world countries. And the pay rate for that overseas work really isn't that much different than it is here (has Mr. Ferris checked the current US minimum wage?). And his web-site? Just a big advertisement to buy his book. Just what the US needs, more Wal-Mart capitalism.

Don't rush the exercises, enjoy in small doses [Posted on 2008-07-20]
This is an excellent book which includes many, many details and suggested exercises. My suggestion is to read the book all the way through once, then start working on the exercises, slowly, otherwise it can be a bit too much to really get a handle on. Awesome, so worth the money spent to purchase it.

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