Book Reading - The 4 Hour Work Week (Timothy Ferriss)


Another book from a friend. Not sure i should read more, haha...cos Albert Einstein said:

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking
This book is about:
"Forget the old concept of retirement and saving for the future - there is no need to wait and every reason not do. 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 more and working less, this book is the blueprint."

Suggested step-by-step to 'reinvent' yourself:
  1. Definition - 'new rich' lifestyle
  2. Elimination of the unimportant, increase per hour results, selective ignorance, low info diet, etc. Result is to get be rich in time and how to accomplish more by doing less.
    "Doing something unimportant well does not make it important & Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important"
    "Being busy is a form of laziness- lazy thinking and indiscriminate action"
  3. Automation for more time and income.
  4. Refine rules and processes before adding people.
    "Using people to leverage a refined process multiplies production; using people as a solution to a poor process multiplies problems"
  5. Liberation for mobility, mini retirement, remote control and 'escaping' the boss, haha!