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How to work as little as possible and live the way you want A life of blindly chasing money and running here and there. A life lived in compliance with the 'quantity-based measurement method', not only during commuting hours, but also by working overtime and on holidays. A life of working for the sake of working without asking or questioning whether it is effective or efficient, and putting the things you want and desire on probation until after retirement. This is a self-portrait of me, you, and all of us. “Why on earth do we have to live like this?” asks the author, who has achieved the freedom to live wherever she wants and work as little as possible in her one and only life. You don't need to work eight hours a day to become a millionaire, let alone accumulate enough wealth to live like a millionaire. Some say even 8 hours a week is too much. In doing so, the author clearly states the purpose of this book. It is said that while being free from time, income will be generated automatically. It's hard to believe, but the author only works four hours a week and enjoys freedom the rest of the time. I gave a lecture at Princeton University's entrepreneurship program about this completely un-Earthly way of working and living, and it was so well-received by young people that I even published it as a book. Immediately after its publication, it rose to the top of the Amazon, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestseller lists, and has been translated into 35 languages and sold over 1.3 million copies. It's been exactly 10 years. Readers who were skeptical of the story, calling it nonsense, sent me emails saying they had actually applied the author's methods to their own lives and had success. The author collects these cases and includes them as an appendix to I Only Work 4 Hours, and assures that the 4-hour workweek is still valid despite the passage of time, and that more success stories will follow in the future. The author, who first sparked the discussion about digital nomads and is still a successful internet entrepreneur, presents a four-step strategy, an acronym for "DEAL," and includes in this book all the methods for living the way you want while working as little as possible. Now it's your turn to be the main character. |
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index
introduction
Why you need this book
| Step 1 | You can earn more by working less
-D for Definition
Change Your Definition of Success 2
Are you a new rich person or a slave to work?
Rules that change the rules
All existing concepts are wrong
There is no happiness without action.
How to avoid fear and helplessness
Ask specific questions
Taking a clear stance on ambiguous matters
| Step 2 | Simplicity is the answer
-E for elimination
No more time management!
Working effectively
How to cut through information overload
The wiser you are, the more you ignore and move on.
The art of rejection
How to keep me from being disturbed
Step 3: Creating an Automated Moneymaking Tool: Muse
-A for Automation
Outsource your life
Leave the boring work to me and be happy
Import Automation Process 1
In search of the muse
Import Automation Process 2
Test the Muse
Import Automation Process 3
Management is not necessary
| Step 4 | Work when you want, live where you want
-L for Liberation
How to escape from the office
Work wherever you want
If there is no room for improvement, quit your job.
Quitting your job is the way to become a winner
Mini-retirement in the middle of life
Mastering the Traveling Lifestyle
Filling the void after losing a job
Breathe life into your life
13 Mistakes the New Rich Make
Last but not least, some important stories
Living on a 4-hour workweek
Must-read emails
Some important reading
Acknowledgements
Translator's Note
Why you need this book
| Step 1 | You can earn more by working less
-D for Definition
Change Your Definition of Success 2
Are you a new rich person or a slave to work?
Rules that change the rules
All existing concepts are wrong
There is no happiness without action.
How to avoid fear and helplessness
Ask specific questions
Taking a clear stance on ambiguous matters
| Step 2 | Simplicity is the answer
-E for elimination
No more time management!
Working effectively
How to cut through information overload
The wiser you are, the more you ignore and move on.
The art of rejection
How to keep me from being disturbed
Step 3: Creating an Automated Moneymaking Tool: Muse
-A for Automation
Outsource your life
Leave the boring work to me and be happy
Import Automation Process 1
In search of the muse
Import Automation Process 2
Test the Muse
Import Automation Process 3
Management is not necessary
| Step 4 | Work when you want, live where you want
-L for Liberation
How to escape from the office
Work wherever you want
If there is no room for improvement, quit your job.
Quitting your job is the way to become a winner
Mini-retirement in the middle of life
Mastering the Traveling Lifestyle
Filling the void after losing a job
Breathe life into your life
13 Mistakes the New Rich Make
Last but not least, some important stories
Living on a 4-hour workweek
Must-read emails
Some important reading
Acknowledgements
Translator's Note
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Having a million dollars in your bank account—is that even a dream? A dream is a lifestyle of unparalleled freedom, made possible by having a million dollars.
So, let's rephrase the question:
How can you live the completely free millionaire lifestyle without having a million dollars to begin with?
Over the past five years, I've been trying to find the answer to this question, and now I'd like to share it with you.
I'll show you how I separated my income from my time, created my own ideal lifestyle while traveling the world and enjoying the best this world has to offer.
How on earth did I, who worked 14 hours a day and earned only $40,000 a year, go from working four hours a week to earning $40,000 a month? —Page 15
The right to choose, the ability to choose, is true power.
This book will discuss all the ways to find and create this right to choose with the least effort and cost.
It may sound paradoxical, but you could make as much money, if not more, by doing half as much as you do now.
―Page 32
(I love money too) There's a lot to be said about the power of money, but having more money doesn't solve everything like we think.
Part of the problem is laziness.
Blaming yourself by saying, “If only I had more money…” is the easiest excuse to put off the serious self-reflection and decisions you need to make for a happy life now, not in the future.
We conveniently sacrifice money and are so consumed by work that we don't have time to spend our time in any other way.
"John, I'd love to talk to you about the deep emptiness I feel in my life and the sense of helplessness that seems to hit me every morning when I turn on my computer, but I have so much to do! I have to spend at least three hours answering random emails before I can call back the prospect who rejected me yesterday.
“I’m going to go out and see!”
You keep yourself busy in your daily grind of making money, pretending that this work is a panacea, and you cleverly distract yourself from how meaningless it is to you.
Deep down, you know that all of this is an illusion.
But since it's a game of Go-Stop where everyone is playing together, this fact is easily forgotten.
Fool, it's not about money! —pp. 41-42
The top is lonely.
Ninety-nine percent of people in the world believe they are incapable of achieving great things, and so they set their goals at average levels.
Thus, paradoxically, competition for 'realistic' goals is the most intense and therefore the most time-consuming and energy-intensive.
It is easier to raise ten million dollars than to raise one million dollars.
Even in a bar, it's easier to seduce one perfect 10-star girl than five 8-star girls.
If you lack confidence, know this.
That almost everyone else in the world is like that.
Don't overestimate your competition, but don't underestimate yourself either.
Because you are a much better person than you think.
―Pages 60-61
For entrepreneurs, wasted time can be a problem that arises from bad habits and mindless imitation.
I am no exception.
Most entrepreneurs were once office workers and experienced the 9-to-5 work culture.
So, whether they start work at 9 a.m. or not, and whether it takes them 8 hours to reach their target income or not, they adopt the same schedule.
Such a timetable could be seen as a social consensus, a relic of the outdated 'quantitative measurement of results'.
How can everyone in the world take exactly eight hours to complete their work? It can't be.
Nine to Five was just created arbitrarily.
―Page 87
The secret to breaking free from bondage is simple.
Instead of asking for permission, you can ask for forgiveness later.
'I spent 30 years of my life without ever traveling.
So why not do it now?'
This is what everyone should be asking themselves.
Why on earth can't we do it now?
So, let's rephrase the question:
How can you live the completely free millionaire lifestyle without having a million dollars to begin with?
Over the past five years, I've been trying to find the answer to this question, and now I'd like to share it with you.
I'll show you how I separated my income from my time, created my own ideal lifestyle while traveling the world and enjoying the best this world has to offer.
How on earth did I, who worked 14 hours a day and earned only $40,000 a year, go from working four hours a week to earning $40,000 a month? —Page 15
The right to choose, the ability to choose, is true power.
This book will discuss all the ways to find and create this right to choose with the least effort and cost.
It may sound paradoxical, but you could make as much money, if not more, by doing half as much as you do now.
―Page 32
(I love money too) There's a lot to be said about the power of money, but having more money doesn't solve everything like we think.
Part of the problem is laziness.
Blaming yourself by saying, “If only I had more money…” is the easiest excuse to put off the serious self-reflection and decisions you need to make for a happy life now, not in the future.
We conveniently sacrifice money and are so consumed by work that we don't have time to spend our time in any other way.
"John, I'd love to talk to you about the deep emptiness I feel in my life and the sense of helplessness that seems to hit me every morning when I turn on my computer, but I have so much to do! I have to spend at least three hours answering random emails before I can call back the prospect who rejected me yesterday.
“I’m going to go out and see!”
You keep yourself busy in your daily grind of making money, pretending that this work is a panacea, and you cleverly distract yourself from how meaningless it is to you.
Deep down, you know that all of this is an illusion.
But since it's a game of Go-Stop where everyone is playing together, this fact is easily forgotten.
Fool, it's not about money! —pp. 41-42
The top is lonely.
Ninety-nine percent of people in the world believe they are incapable of achieving great things, and so they set their goals at average levels.
Thus, paradoxically, competition for 'realistic' goals is the most intense and therefore the most time-consuming and energy-intensive.
It is easier to raise ten million dollars than to raise one million dollars.
Even in a bar, it's easier to seduce one perfect 10-star girl than five 8-star girls.
If you lack confidence, know this.
That almost everyone else in the world is like that.
Don't overestimate your competition, but don't underestimate yourself either.
Because you are a much better person than you think.
―Pages 60-61
For entrepreneurs, wasted time can be a problem that arises from bad habits and mindless imitation.
I am no exception.
Most entrepreneurs were once office workers and experienced the 9-to-5 work culture.
So, whether they start work at 9 a.m. or not, and whether it takes them 8 hours to reach their target income or not, they adopt the same schedule.
Such a timetable could be seen as a social consensus, a relic of the outdated 'quantitative measurement of results'.
How can everyone in the world take exactly eight hours to complete their work? It can't be.
Nine to Five was just created arbitrarily.
―Page 87
The secret to breaking free from bondage is simple.
Instead of asking for permission, you can ask for forgiveness later.
'I spent 30 years of my life without ever traveling.
So why not do it now?'
This is what everyone should be asking themselves.
Why on earth can't we do it now?
---From the text
Publisher's Review
#1 Amazon, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal bestseller!
5,000 Amazon reader reviews
A long-running bestseller, translated into 35 languages and selling 1.3 million copies.
A masterpiece by Tim Ferriss, author of Tools of Titans!
Whether you're a wage slave or a CEO
The ultimate guide to changing your life!
“It’s not a #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller for nothing!”
Digital Nomad Leader
A completely new way of working and living
After graduating from college, the author got a job at a venture company in Silicon Valley, working 14 hours a day and earning $40,000 a year.
After a year at that company, he finds out that he is the second lowest paid person in the company.
That's something I heard after I was fired.
He started a business without being swayed by reality, but he was faced with having to work 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
Isn't that natural since you started a business?
Unable to bear it any longer, he provides emergency treatment to keep the company running and escapes.
But instead, I ended up earning $40,000 a month by working 4 hours a week.
This may seem like an unlikely statement, but his life proves it.
The author was a pioneer in the still-unfamiliar concept of digital nomads, a way of working that allows people to freely choose their own time and place, thanks to the spread of the internet and advancements in technology.
This book boldly tells the story of the '4-hour workweek' that became possible.
If you read the book, you will believe it.
It really feels like it's going to happen. As ABC News commented, "There's a reason this book has been a bestseller in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Business Week."
“A 4-hour workweek is ridiculous!”
A man who works 4 hours a week and earns $40,000 a month
Tim Ferriss's 4-Step Strategy
If you want to be able to work only 4 hours a week, there's something you need to realize first.
The problem isn't money.
Blaming yourself by saying, “If only I had more money…” is the easiest excuse to put off the serious self-reflection and decisions you need to make for a happy life now, not in the future.
He also emphasizes that the right to choose, the ability to choose, is true power.
For example, if your annual income is 50 million won, it is impossible to live a luxurious life in Korea.
But in India? You might not live like a king, but you can certainly live like a noble.
Ultimately, by gaining choice in working hours and locations, you can change your lifestyle without changing your income.
Is it possible to manage your time freely while generating income on your own? The author presents a four-step process.
The four strategies that utilize the word DEAL can be summarized as 'Definition', 'Elimination', 'Automation', and 'Liberation'.
'Justice' reveals new rules and goals for the game that completely overturn existing misconceptions.
The 'elimination' process completely uproots outdated, conventional ideas about time management.
I'll tell you the secret to reducing your 12-hour workday to just 2 hours.
The 'Automation' stage explains how to automate tasks and generate cash using arbitrage, outsourcing, and nondecision rules.
The final 'liberation' stage introduces the know-how to get work done perfectly while away from your boss and to live a carefree life by breaking the chains of bondage forever.
“Do I need to work like a slave to live like a millionaire?”
Remote work, information diets, income automation, mini-retirements…
How to live the way you want while working as little as possible
Life is inherently harsh. Is it really necessary to endure grueling workdays at the office in exchange for leisurely weekends and short vacations? The author proves through his own life that this need not be the case.
His approach is to break away from the rules, work more effectively than others, and get out of the office.
His approach involves a slew of cutting-edge, counterintuitive management techniques, including income automation, information diets, remote assistants, remote work, absence of management, intermittent mini-retirements, and even the outsourcing of one's own life.
The most important thing to emphasize is to focus on what's important.
In that way, I propose the following:
The 80/20 Rule: 20% of the inputs (time, employees, customers) produce 80% of the outputs (results, sales, productivity).
Find the core and focus on it.
Parkinson's Law: If you have 24 hours to complete a project, time pressure will cause you to focus solely on getting the job done and only do what's necessary.
If you're given a week to do the same task, you'll end up wrestling with something trivial and making a big deal out of it in six days.
Reduce your work hours to limit your work to only important tasks.
“Is it really a good plan to work for 40 years and then get paid after retirement?”
This book will change your life!
Baron, who lives in Seattle, read the book and applied the remote work arrangement to his own life.
After that, I went from working more than 9 hours a day and going on business trips once a week to working 4 hours a week and going on business trips once a month.
And at work, I received a $10,000 pay raise for doubling my productivity compared to the previous year.
Photographer Mark Capiro created a website that connected him with numerous photographers and sold his services.
This allowed me to make more money and gain more freedom with my time.
Like the author, I'm in the process of planning my first mini-retirement.
After reading this book, countless reader testimonials came pouring in.
Those who read the book and put it into practice all confess that they gained more free time by breaking away from the traditional 9 to 5 work culture and choosing freedom of time and space.
People don't want to become millionaires.
Swiss-style ski lodges, butlers, exotic travel, and the sound of waves crashing on the terrace while you lie in a hammock and spread cocoa butter on your belly... I just want to experience this life, the kind of life that only millionaires can enjoy.
But is it really possible only if you become a millionaire?
The author has found the answer to this question, and now he shows you how.
He details how he separated his income and time, and created a lifestyle he designed himself rather than one he was dragged through.
What's so great about driving a BMW after you've grown a belly and gone bald? If you want to live your dreams now, not twenty or thirty years from now, read this book.
5,000 Amazon reader reviews
A long-running bestseller, translated into 35 languages and selling 1.3 million copies.
A masterpiece by Tim Ferriss, author of Tools of Titans!
Whether you're a wage slave or a CEO
The ultimate guide to changing your life!
“It’s not a #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller for nothing!”
Digital Nomad Leader
A completely new way of working and living
After graduating from college, the author got a job at a venture company in Silicon Valley, working 14 hours a day and earning $40,000 a year.
After a year at that company, he finds out that he is the second lowest paid person in the company.
That's something I heard after I was fired.
He started a business without being swayed by reality, but he was faced with having to work 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
Isn't that natural since you started a business?
Unable to bear it any longer, he provides emergency treatment to keep the company running and escapes.
But instead, I ended up earning $40,000 a month by working 4 hours a week.
This may seem like an unlikely statement, but his life proves it.
The author was a pioneer in the still-unfamiliar concept of digital nomads, a way of working that allows people to freely choose their own time and place, thanks to the spread of the internet and advancements in technology.
This book boldly tells the story of the '4-hour workweek' that became possible.
If you read the book, you will believe it.
It really feels like it's going to happen. As ABC News commented, "There's a reason this book has been a bestseller in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Business Week."
“A 4-hour workweek is ridiculous!”
A man who works 4 hours a week and earns $40,000 a month
Tim Ferriss's 4-Step Strategy
If you want to be able to work only 4 hours a week, there's something you need to realize first.
The problem isn't money.
Blaming yourself by saying, “If only I had more money…” is the easiest excuse to put off the serious self-reflection and decisions you need to make for a happy life now, not in the future.
He also emphasizes that the right to choose, the ability to choose, is true power.
For example, if your annual income is 50 million won, it is impossible to live a luxurious life in Korea.
But in India? You might not live like a king, but you can certainly live like a noble.
Ultimately, by gaining choice in working hours and locations, you can change your lifestyle without changing your income.
Is it possible to manage your time freely while generating income on your own? The author presents a four-step process.
The four strategies that utilize the word DEAL can be summarized as 'Definition', 'Elimination', 'Automation', and 'Liberation'.
'Justice' reveals new rules and goals for the game that completely overturn existing misconceptions.
The 'elimination' process completely uproots outdated, conventional ideas about time management.
I'll tell you the secret to reducing your 12-hour workday to just 2 hours.
The 'Automation' stage explains how to automate tasks and generate cash using arbitrage, outsourcing, and nondecision rules.
The final 'liberation' stage introduces the know-how to get work done perfectly while away from your boss and to live a carefree life by breaking the chains of bondage forever.
“Do I need to work like a slave to live like a millionaire?”
Remote work, information diets, income automation, mini-retirements…
How to live the way you want while working as little as possible
Life is inherently harsh. Is it really necessary to endure grueling workdays at the office in exchange for leisurely weekends and short vacations? The author proves through his own life that this need not be the case.
His approach is to break away from the rules, work more effectively than others, and get out of the office.
His approach involves a slew of cutting-edge, counterintuitive management techniques, including income automation, information diets, remote assistants, remote work, absence of management, intermittent mini-retirements, and even the outsourcing of one's own life.
The most important thing to emphasize is to focus on what's important.
In that way, I propose the following:
The 80/20 Rule: 20% of the inputs (time, employees, customers) produce 80% of the outputs (results, sales, productivity).
Find the core and focus on it.
Parkinson's Law: If you have 24 hours to complete a project, time pressure will cause you to focus solely on getting the job done and only do what's necessary.
If you're given a week to do the same task, you'll end up wrestling with something trivial and making a big deal out of it in six days.
Reduce your work hours to limit your work to only important tasks.
“Is it really a good plan to work for 40 years and then get paid after retirement?”
This book will change your life!
Baron, who lives in Seattle, read the book and applied the remote work arrangement to his own life.
After that, I went from working more than 9 hours a day and going on business trips once a week to working 4 hours a week and going on business trips once a month.
And at work, I received a $10,000 pay raise for doubling my productivity compared to the previous year.
Photographer Mark Capiro created a website that connected him with numerous photographers and sold his services.
This allowed me to make more money and gain more freedom with my time.
Like the author, I'm in the process of planning my first mini-retirement.
After reading this book, countless reader testimonials came pouring in.
Those who read the book and put it into practice all confess that they gained more free time by breaking away from the traditional 9 to 5 work culture and choosing freedom of time and space.
People don't want to become millionaires.
Swiss-style ski lodges, butlers, exotic travel, and the sound of waves crashing on the terrace while you lie in a hammock and spread cocoa butter on your belly... I just want to experience this life, the kind of life that only millionaires can enjoy.
But is it really possible only if you become a millionaire?
The author has found the answer to this question, and now he shows you how.
He details how he separated his income and time, and created a lifestyle he designed himself rather than one he was dragged through.
What's so great about driving a BMW after you've grown a belly and gone bald? If you want to live your dreams now, not twenty or thirty years from now, read this book.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of publication: October 20, 2017
- Page count, weight, size: 368 pages | 476g | 147*210*18mm
- ISBN13: 9791185584454
- ISBN10: 1185584455
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