Since I’ve finished a few books last week, I’ve been searching for the best coffee table books. Here’s one I’ve read a few times and highly recommend reading.
The 4-Hour Workweek (Buy at Amazon
Shortly after reading this book from author Tim Ferris, I quit my day job, become a freelance PR consultant, vacationed in Argentina for a month, took two month-long Harley moto road trips, hiked five different national parks in Utah and have since become a photographer, video game writer, tee shirt maker, coffee reviewer and just all around happy guy.
It essentially teaches you to rethink the way you were taught to be “trapped by a cubicle” and how you value you money vs time vs freedom… which time is essentially freedom.
Here’s a quick overview:
Whether you’re an overworked employee or an entrepreneur trapped in your own business, The 4-Hour Workweek is the compass for a new and revolutionary world.
Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan—there is no need to wait and every reason not to. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, high-end world travel, monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.
You can have it all—really.
Join Tim Ferriss, popular guest lecturer in entrepreneurship at Princeton University, as he teaches you:
- How to outsource your life and do whatever you want for a year, only to return to a bank account 50% larger than before you left
- 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 little-known European economists
- How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it’s beyond repair
- How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent “mini-retirements”
- What automated cash-flow “muses” are and how to create one in 2-4 weeks
- How to cultivate selective ignorance—and create time—with a low-information diet
- Management secrets of Remote Control CEOs
- The crucial difference between absolute and relative income
- How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50-80% off
- How to fill the void and creating meaning after removing work and the office
What are some of your favorite coffee table books?
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This is an amazingly great book! I love how detailed Tim is about what to do and how to do it. Definitely becoming a part of the new rich!