Comments on: Book review: 4-Hour Work Week

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Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:59:39 +0000

[...] the same genre as Tim Ferriss’s The 4-Hour Workweek (which Vagablogging has written about on more than one occasion), Work the System offers advice and anecdotes on how to manage one’s life [...]

By: traveler

traveler — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:45:38 +0000

Jeff, if you spend more time with your friends and family instead of working 60-80 hours a week and barely seeing them, isn’t that better all around? That’s the real point of the book: connections and fulfillment, not working all the time to have more stuff.

Here’s a living abroad and travel-related interview I did with Timothy Ferriss when the book first came out:
http://www.worldscheapestdestinations.com/ferris_interview.html

By: hobotourist

hobotourist — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:03:33 +0000

The book isn’t about making time for yourself at the expense of your kids and society.

It simply says the idea of working 9-5 is from era of Henry Ford-old and antiquated. It proves you can easily free up more time and use it to learn chinese or hang out with your kids or give back to society or whatever you please.

By: MH

MH — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:54:23 +0000

I agree with Geir’s views. Western societies, especially America, is all about the individual. ME ME ME ME….. Do what excites me, do what you want etc. etc.

Living life to the fullest and being a responsible member of society is more than just about ME. It entails giving back to your family via love and taking care of them when they grow old. It entails making certain sacrifice, e.g. your own time, to give back to society.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:59:54 +0000

this book works. i was able to convince my boss to allow me to move to a flexible schedule and work from home. implementing some of the tips in this book, i now work about 15 hours a week, get paid the same amount of money, and pick up my laptop and leave whenever the urge strikes me. i haven’t implemented much of the outsourcing yet, but the tips are solid, and achievable.

By: Geir

Geir — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:39:16 +0000

You write:

The book taps into the fact that life is about doing what excites you. Not when you are 60, but now, when you are young and able.

I despise the notion that life should this notion that life is not livable come 60. It’s a way of devaluing life at 60 – or at 40 or 20 – and undermines the fact of responsibility, which is just as important a part of life as doing “what excites you”. You can do what excites you because most people on this planet do what is responsible.
Give me rather a book that shows me how to live responsibly having fun while doing it, and if it’s travelling, lucky me!