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Tim Ferriss on the New 4-Hour Workweek

Wed, Jan 6, 2010

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Marketing podcast with Tim Ferriss (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download – subscribe now via iTunes

For this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast, I grabbed a few minutes with Tim Ferriss, author of the newly released – The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated. The expanded edition features over 100 pages of case studies and anecdotes taken from people that embraced Tim’s Lifestyle Design theme and put it into action in their lives over the last few years.

Tim’s book was a surprise run away best seller when first released and landed him in the spotlight for those who garnered hope from his positive message of work less and live more. However, his message also created a camp of doubters that likely felt the message was unrealistic. I find it ironic that Amazon has his book selling in tandem with Gary Vs CrushIT message of work 80 hours a week until your eyes bleed.

I’ve always felt that Tim’s detractors fall somewhere in one of the camps of resenting his books sales, resenting his go get em sales tactics, or misunderstand the core message of the book. I wrote a post long ago called The Four Daughter Workweek that takes what I think is the message of this work and makes it relevant for me.

Hey, putting yourself out there as the 4-Hour Workweek guy is always going to have people questioning, it’s like saying your holy or the world’s best parent -if you do, your kids sure better behave in public :) Either way, hope you enjoy our conversation and I welcome your thoughts.

In this podcast:

  • Expansion of The 4-Hour Workweek
  • Applying the 4-Hour Workweek principles
  • Tim’s tech tool tips
  • Concept of selling around the product
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  • Jake G
    I’ve never commented on a blog, but that first book was such a crock, I have to say something. Yes, I get the message that you delegate everything other than what you do best and that makes sense. But one of his “accomplishments” was becoming a karate champion or something – all by finding a loophole in the rules. Not by actually succeeding at being good at karate. While reading the book, I got the feeling that the rest of the “4-hour” workweek is designed around the same shady tactics. The book title is one clever piece of copywriting that will not fool me again.

  • Jake – welcome to the world of blog comments – I alluded to the fact that Ferriss has fans and detractors so no surprise there. Any idea that get really popular usually does so with a strong enemy.

  • i loved this book. Whether it was practical or not, I’m not sure. I like the concept of getting maximum results from doing the least, but I am a firm believer in the bust-yo-butt work ethic. Anyway, Ferris had some great stuff in there and I really need to reread that book to pick upo some more great tips.

    God Bless!
    ELMO

  • markstewart
    I bought Tim’s book and thought it was a worthwhile read. While some of the things he advocates are far fetched the idea I got from it was there are ways to streamline your life so go ahead and do them.
    As for his talk it is basically a rehash of very old ideas. Read Dale Carnegie’s book “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”. The second chapter of the book deals exactly with this concept and has examples of business leaders and philosophers that have done this.
    That being said, Tim’s experience in using this technique is useful in getting the discussion going what accomplishment takes.

  • Hi wish u 2010, great post over marketing stretegies done a good deed all the tips you’ve shared very fine thanks.

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