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The Four-Hour Review
Dec. 27th, 2012 03:35 pmHi,
OK, so the review won't be four hours long, it's just a play off the title of the book, The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. I got it because I was thinking about getting a more recent book of his, saw that he'd written this and said "oh yeah, I was vaguely curious about that when it came out". It was for free at my local library so I scooped it up.
I read a lot of get-rich-quick books as a kid. Ah, the familiar old tropes. Mr. Ferriss's big idea is that you build up a business that provides a steady income stream while you fart off and go do whatever you really want. The way you do this is to have a really great business idea that lends itself to being entirely outsourced. Don't have such an idea? Well...tough. Although he contends that information (workshops, books, newletters, etc.) are the best because there's low overhead and the barriers to competition are too high (news to the software/music/publishing industry I'm sure).
It's kind of the worst parts of global capitalism rolled into one self-interested package. As he says in the book, "Get paid in dollars, live on pesos, and pay your people in rupees".
At least, he's an entertaining huckster. It was kind of a fun read -- perhaps nostalgic for me.
later
Tom
OK, so the review won't be four hours long, it's just a play off the title of the book, The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. I got it because I was thinking about getting a more recent book of his, saw that he'd written this and said "oh yeah, I was vaguely curious about that when it came out". It was for free at my local library so I scooped it up.
I read a lot of get-rich-quick books as a kid. Ah, the familiar old tropes. Mr. Ferriss's big idea is that you build up a business that provides a steady income stream while you fart off and go do whatever you really want. The way you do this is to have a really great business idea that lends itself to being entirely outsourced. Don't have such an idea? Well...tough. Although he contends that information (workshops, books, newletters, etc.) are the best because there's low overhead and the barriers to competition are too high (news to the software/music/publishing industry I'm sure).
It's kind of the worst parts of global capitalism rolled into one self-interested package. As he says in the book, "Get paid in dollars, live on pesos, and pay your people in rupees".
At least, he's an entertaining huckster. It was kind of a fun read -- perhaps nostalgic for me.
later
Tom
