So, is the 4 hour work week a valuable read? Because it looks a little scammy to me

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Worth a read- a lot of truths in this book and ideas to live by. But I don’t think many will work for only 4 years.

It’s brilliant to help develop an entrepreneurial, productivity mindset. What is the value of every hour worked and how to maximise that value. Goal is for that 4 hours you crank to create an additional 50+++ hours of passive income value.

Yeah but you work at EY so probably work at best a 40 hour week. Not saying thats bad but the goal of only doing 4 hours a week isn’t that realistic - certainly not as realistic (or even desirable) as the book makes out. That said it’s still really useful to read.

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Decent book at first read, but in hindsight, it’s quite cringy.
Writes a lot on productivity - in particular, on outsourcing and delegation. Nothing new, but good to learn how the author deploys them for his own use

I haven't tried to read it yet because I prejudged it for being a scam. A lot of friends told me otherwise so I am now considering it.

It’s solid.

Early Tim Ferris podcast was amazing; much better than his book - like the first 150 episodes or so. Now he seems to cover more spiritual and emotional health topics, which I appreciate but am on my own journey for.

This is a great book!

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