Todd Pinkerton

Ok, so I’m a little late to the 4 Hour Work Week phenomenon. Tim Ferriss’s book describes how to eliminate the distractions in our day, focus on the most important tasks, and outsource the mundane — all in the name of freeing up more of your time to do the things you care about.

I’m not sure just how accessible all his techniques are — while I want to believe the ‘muse’ section, some of it reads like a get-rich-quick scheme — I do believe that he’s onto something. I find myself working more and more hours, harder and harder, in the hope of accomplishing more or meeting arbitrary deadlines and expectations. When the desirable thing to do is to create the most value from the least effort. Selling your time (as most jobs are) is not the way to personal freedom - whether you’re making $7/hr flipping burgers or $300/hr writing legal documents.

4 Hour Work Week is one of those books in the vein of Getting Things Done and Never Eat Alone — but 4HWW is uniquely compelling. While it’s not a panacea, I bet you’ll find something in it that applies to you.

I plan on implementing several of the 4hww techniques, including getting a “virtual assistant” — I’ll be sure to tell all about it here when it happens.