{"id":21747,"date":"2020-12-25T09:55:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T13:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=21747"},"modified":"2023-04-05T15:16:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T19:16:37","slug":"4-hour-work-week-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/4-hour-work-week-book\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 Hour Work Week Book Helps You Dream Big"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is <em>The 4 Hour Work Week<\/em> book about? What does Tim Ferriss say about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/peter-drucker-time-management\/\">managing your time<\/a> and living a life you enjoy? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>The 4 Hour Work Week<\/em> book, Tim Ferriss explains that since we spend our whole lives working, we can&#8217;t even enjoy our time. By taking certain steps to free up time, we can start living our dreams now instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-enjoy-retirement\/\">waiting for retirement<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about <em>The 4 Hour Work Week <\/em>book and how you can take control of your time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-4-hour-work-week-book\"><strong><em>The 4 Hour Work Week <\/em>Book<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The 4-Hour Workweek | 10-Minute Book Summary\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lusMnh_vx2U?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.shortform.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people want to retire as millionaires, but they don\u2019t actually crave a million dollars; <strong>what they want is the millionaire lifestyle.<\/strong> They want to be able to travel, learn new skills, and spend their time doing whatever they want instead of working. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/two-schools-of-thought\/\">two schools of thought<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-achieve\/\">how to achieve<\/a> this lifestyle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Deferrers<\/strong> follow the conventional system of working for 30-40 years of their lives and then retiring. They use up the prime physical years of their life working, and either run out of money or run out of things to do with their money while they\u2019re traditionally retired.<\/li><li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/new-rich\/\">New Rich<\/a><\/strong> live the \u201cretired\u201d lifestyle throughout their lives, alternating periods of work and fun. Their goal is to spend as little effort and time to make as much money as possible.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The 4 Hour Work Week<\/em> book teaches you how to live the second lifestyle. <em>The 4 Hour Work Week<\/em> book (4HWW) lifestyle is a specific version of the New <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-live-a-rich-lifestyle\/\">Rich lifestyle<\/a> in which you create a business called a \u201cmuse\u201d that makes you money while not taking up a lot of time.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can achieve Time Ferriss&#8217;s 4 hour work week lifestyle by following a four-step process with the acronym DEAL: define, eliminate, automate, liberate.<\/strong> First, you\u2019ll define what you want to spend your time doing. Then, you\u2019ll free up that time by eliminating unnecessary activities and streamlining your 9-5 job and life. Next, you\u2019ll automate your 9-5 job and chores and create your muse. Finally, once your muse is earning you enough money, you can leave your 9-5 job and do everything you defined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-d-define-your-dreams-first-step-of-the-4-workweek-book\"><strong>D: Define Your Dreams<\/strong>: First Step of The 4 Workweek Book<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step in <em>The 4 Hour Work Wee<\/em>k book involves addressing your fears and defining what you want to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mitigating-fear\"><strong>Mitigating Fear<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you\u2019ve embraced the idea of the New Rich lifestyle, <strong>it\u2019s time to figure out what might hold you back\u2014for most people, it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/fear-of-uncertainty\/\">fear of uncertainty<\/a><\/strong>. People are so scared of the unknown that they choose to be unhappy instead, because at least they know what that\u2019s like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-define-your-personal-new-rich-lifestyle\"><strong>Define Your Personal New Rich Lifestyle<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, it\u2019s time to define what the ideal 4HWW lifestyle would look like for you. Do this with a <em>dreamline<\/em>\u2014a timeline applied to a dream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-e-eliminate-activities-that-waste-your-time-according-to-the-4-hour-work-week-book\"><strong>E: Eliminate Activities That Waste Your Time<\/strong> According to The 4 Hour Work Week Book<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The second step to living Tim Ferriss&#8217;s 4 hour work week lifestyle is to eliminate things that take up time you\u2019d rather use for something else. Stop doing unimportant things and learning unactionable information, and cut down on time spent on email, calls, and meetings. Finally, if you\u2019re an employee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/transition-to-remote-work\/\">transition to remote work<\/a> so you have full control of your own schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-do-only-important-things-efficiency-does-not-equal-effectiveness\"><strong>Do Only Important Things: Efficiency Does Not Equal Effectiveness<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of us probably approach our chores and tasks by managing our time, prioritizing, and finding efficient ways to get things done. <strong>However, the best way to save time is to only do things that matter, and stop doing everything that doesn\u2019t.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-automate-time-consuming-activities\"><strong>A: Automate Time-Consuming Activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The third step to living Tim Ferriss&#8217;s 4 hour work week lifestyle is to automate everything you don\u2019t want to do. 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Getting a VA teaches you to manage, teaches you the value of your own time, and reinforces step E (Eliminate)\u2014if you\u2019re waffling about eliminating something, you\u2019ll cut it loose once you have to pay someone to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-l-liberate-yourself-from-the-rat-race\"><strong>L: Liberate Yourself From the Rat Race<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The final step in <em>The 4 Hour Work Wee<\/em>k book is to achieve the dreams you defined in step D (Define). 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