4-Hour Work Week

4-Hour Workweek: Easier Said Than Done?

Friday, March 7th, 2008

First time here? If you would like to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Shortly after starting this blog, I decided I needed to extend the scope beyond the confines of The 4-Hour Workweek. I realized that the main […]

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I’ve Been Asked To Edit The 4-Hour Workweek!

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Yes, it’s true. Author Tim Ferriss has invited me to edit his best selling book The 4-Hour Workweek. Here’s the thing: he has basically extended this invitation to everyone! For those who wish to contribute, Ferriss is collecting ideas via an open wiki for the next edition of the book:
I want an improved and expanded […]

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Simplifying The Issue Of Time-Wasters

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Hilary Catherall, co-founder and the president of technology startup DOMITECH, L.L.C., a revolutionary web development company. DOMITECH’s projects so far include www.city-dweller.com and www.saneliving.org. Hilary still holds down her day job for now, and just started seriously applying the principles from The 4-Hour Workweek (4HWW) […]

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Interview With Mike Vardy

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Honestly, I thought his last name was Wallace! My interview with Mike Vardy, E.P.E. (part of the EffTD™ Interview Series) is now up on Effing The Dog. Mike and I discuss the “sillosophy” behind the 4-Hour Workweek, personal productivity, meditation and corduroy evening wear. Mike came out swinging and asked some pretty pointed, candid questions. […]

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Viral Marketing

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

What some people may not know about The 4-Hour Workweek is that the book itself is a case study in viral marketing. Take yourself back almost one year, and you would find that Tim Ferriss was virtually unknown to the general public. Ferriss was a first time author with no traditional advertising or public relations. […]

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Single Tasking

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

In a keynote speech to top CEO’s and government officials at the New New Internet Conference in Washington DC, 4-Hour Workweek author Timothy Ferriss makes the claim that people with the most time and the highest incomes are characterized by the ability to single task: focusing on the truly important, without interruption, to completion. Here […]

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Insidious

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

After quickly reading The 4-Hour Workweek over the holidays, I started to read the book again on the weekend. My plan is to do a more careful second reading, hopefully picking up on things I may have missed and also to follow the specific challenges and actions Ferriss suggests at the end of each chapter. […]

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Day Two

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Well, actually it has been five days since I bought the book that inspired me to start this journal, and three days since I started the blog. "Day Two" just sounds more exciting. One interesting activity when you have an idea is to see if someone else has thought of it first.  You will find […]

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A Holiday Miracle

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

It’s December 24th, and I am in Borders doing last minute Christmas shopping. There can be a certain panic associated with shopping on December 24th, and certainly because of the seemingly endless demands of my job, I have left too much of my holiday shopping until the last minute.  But the bookstore is a great […]

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