Comments on: Tim Ferriss’ 4-Hour Work Week: Fact or Fiction

By: Marie

Marie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:11:42 +0000

As a small business owner/runner, I read this book hoping to get insights into how to better manage my own busy life. And since my business provides freelance executive-assistant and personal-assistant services to other small business owners, I was also interested in learning how else I could help my clients.

Unfortunately, I think this book is geared towards a product-based business. Many of his points and methods are for self-sustaining supply chains. I haven’t figured out how to adapt his ideas to a service-based company.

The use of contract assistants (virtual or otherwise), however, is a good one. For example, I had a client go away to Europe for a month, and I was able to keep the (product-based) company running. I also use assistants myself. But as Lee said in a comment above, it’s not always easy finding the right support team.

There’s a lot of work to get done before any type of decrease in work week hours is possible. But to his credit, I think Ferriss does put this across in the book.

By: Christos Constantinou

Christos Constantinou — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:32:38 +0000

I got a lot out of the 4HWW. However, like most of Tim’s blog posts, the book is only half the truth. Its a good read together with Good to Great which contradicts some of Tim’s suggestions based on an actual 5-year research. Tim does not cover how you handle change, which requires changing your business processes which seems to me impossible in a 4HWW. Its change or die. However, Tim is talking out of experience and unlike most authors, he gives unique value that you can only get from entrepreneurs that are also book authors. I enjoyed every single page of his book and has affected my mentality on how you can run a business. Still no implementation though… I have a one-year plan on how to start and run a streamlined web development company. We’ll see how that goes.

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By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:11:50 +0000

I read his book and like it. I found it a very helpful companion to books like Rich Dad Poor Dad that offer more spiritual advice. But Ferris offers very practical advice. However, Ferris states that any idea you have can be done by a VA. But when I tried to take advantage of VAs for my business ideas, I got shot down hard twice. They simply would not do what I needed or tell me who else I could go to. My ideas are a little out there, but I found this frustrating. I think the VAs have a much more rigid structure of what they will and won’t do than Ferris discovered.

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By: Lazy Man and Money

Lazy Man and Money — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:14:58 +0000

I started using a VA a month ago and thus far it’s been helpful. I just wished I could use it for more often.