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

What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer:

“I race motorcycles in Europe.”

“I ski in the Andes.”

“I scuba dive in Panama.”

“I dance tango in Buenos Aires.”

He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the “deferred-life plan” and instead mastered the new currencies time and mobility to create luxury lifestyles in the here and now.

Whether you are an overworked employee or an entrepreneur trapped in your own business, this book is the compass for a new and revolutionary world. Join Tim Ferriss as he teaches you:

• 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 its 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

You can have it all — really.

More than 100 pages of new, cutting-edge content.

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, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, The 4-Hour Workweek is the blueprint.

This step-by-step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:

•How Tim went from $40,000 per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per month and 4 hours per week

•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 frequent “mini-retirements”

The new expanded edition of Tim Ferriss The 4-Hour Workweek includes:

•More than 50 practical tips and case studies from readers (including families) who have doubled income, overcome common sticking points, and reinvented themselves using the original book as a starting point

•Real-world templates you can copy for eliminating e-mail, negotiating with bosses and clients, or getting a private chef for less than $8 a meal

•How Lifestyle Design principles can be suited to unpredictable economic times

•The latest tools and tricks, as well as high-tech shortcuts, for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either

Timothy Ferriss, serial entrepreneur and ultravagabond, has been featured in the New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Maxim, and other media. He speaks six languages, runs a multinational firm from wireless locations worldwide, and has been a world-record holder in tango, a national champion in Chinese kickboxing, and an actor on a hit television series in Hong Kong. He is twenty-nine years old.