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|  | Author: Timothy Ferriss
Publisher: Crown
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Rating:  944 reviews
Sales Rank: 1407
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1ST
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 0307353133
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.1
EAN: 9780307353139
ASIN: 0307353133
Publication Date: April 24, 2007
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Condition: Jacket has minimal wear. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Pages are slighltly warped from storage. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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 Pragmatic and Wonderful May 7, 2007
Neal Desai
16 out of 23 found this review helpful
This book is great, and more importantly, useful, as Tim is both practical and inspirational at the same time. He has systematically laid down a framework for how to maximize life - and how to take the steps that ultimately lead to greater self awareness through self -development. All of this this cannot happen without first taking control of the time in your life, and Tim does a great job in showing us how to free ourselves from the daily routine so that we can actually live our lives the way there were meant to be explored. This book is a must read for anyone who is a dreamer, and for those of us that realize that dreams are great, but real life can be even better.
This book will change your life! May 7, 2007
J. FERRY (MI, USA)
32 out of 43 found this review helpful
This book is NOTHING LESS than incredible! If you want to change your life forever, then it is a must read. Buy it! I have purchased both the audio and print book (I first bought the audio book and was so impressed, I wanted the print version as a `workbook' to help work through the material.)
Why should I buy this book you ask? There are many reasons:
1.He provides a solution for taking back control of your life if you have the determination and drive to do so. It's that simple.
2.He illustrates a step by step plan for doing the above and provides a plethora of resources to use.
3.He doesn't just tell you (like many other books) that money will give you back control of your life. Instead he truthfully and accurately explains that it is your freedom, time and passions that fill you with life. As Tim says, "People don't want to be millionaires - they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy" (p.8). At the same time, for those interested, he provides ways and ideas to increase your financial resources by using more efficient methods - but the point is made clear that you don't need gross amounts of money to really enjoy the good things in life, including travel, nor do you have to wait until the golden years.
4.He gives you practical, useful tools for achieving what YOU want out of life; and these tools are immediately applicable. For example, how to go on the "Low-Information Diet" and eliminate unfocused, wasted time.
5.Much of what he teaches is applicable to your life in general, not just your career or financial future. From overcoming fear to focusing your efforts on truly important tasks, he provides REAL LIFE solutions. I love the way this guy thinks!
6.He reminds you to think with your OWN brain and not follow the crowd. To question everything and come up with your own answers and then test them to see what happens. That's what he did, so he practices what he preaches. Now granted, he's not the first person to do this, but he does it in a new way, one that caught my full attention and I think will catch yours too.
7.The proof is in the pudding (or in this case, in the kickboxing ring or on the dance floor). Tim IS and has proof that his methods work, if YOU work his methods. He provides case studies and examples.
Tim asks the question, "Why do it all in the first place? (i.e. work 9-5 or longer hours in the corporate world, save, wait, and then retire later in life when you are too old to really enjoy it). After examination and experimentation he concludes, "The commonsense rules of the `real world' are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions" (p.9). I happen to agree with him and have always dreamed of the lifestyle he shows how to live - not one where I'm just pursuing money to become a millionaire, but one where I have the freedom and resources to live a life of adventure and challenge WHILE I'm growing older - to travel, to do, to be what I want. I didn't know how to achieve this type of lifestyle. Tim shows you how. Thank you Tim, I've been searching for these answers for some time and now I'm going to seize the day!!!
Not fluff, an actual how-to May 7, 2007
Harold Mann (San Francisco, CA)
Normally I'm skeptical about these types of books. They typically have a "then just find a web site" or "then hire someone who" - but this is much more hands-on. Tim actually provides links and examples - he's clearly very comfortable with revealing the tricks of his trade.
The author is also not naive about the mindset of the reader. Most skeptical thoughts that I had while reading it were promptly addressed in a subsequent sentence. He knows how ludicrous these concepts sound to people who are used to working so much.
This was also a much faster read than I expected. You're propelled forward because you think "yeah, right, how exactly did you pull that off?" - and when he explains it, it makes sense.
I didn't really need the life stuff at the end, just the nuts and bolts of how he engineered so much time for himself to pursue what he wanted. Very impressive stuff. Even if I use 10% of the ideas in the book, I feel I got my money's worth.
Live Your Life May 7, 2007
Silvia Bridger (Watch the video on YouTube)
8 out of 21 found this review helpful
Prioritize and get your information under control so you can get your life in control.
An inspiring model for thinking and living outside the box ! May 6, 2007
Jo Ana Starr (USA)
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
Tim's book is unusual, but then Tim Ferriss is not in any way typical. His combination of sound business judgment and commitment to success is demonstrated in his business endeavors prior to writing this book, and that level of commitment shines through this book. His message, that time is all we have, and that the way we spend that time is critically important and within our control, is an important one. I hope many people "hear" him.
Getting paid for quality of work instead the time spent on the job, is the essence of the American entrepreneurial system, and to find ways to maximize time by outsourcing, only makes sense.
I highly recommend this book to those people who want more and who want it now, or pretty darn soon. Everything that Tim espouses is achievable, and frankly, organizing entrepreneurial efforts in a way that allows for Life AND Business to co-exist, can only be good.
Read this book....it's worth its weight in gold.
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