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Brought to you by Penguin.

Do you dream of escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less?

This audiobook is the blueprint to make that possible.

In this fascinating audiobook, read by Ray Porter, Timothy Ferriss details his road to financial success and the steps he took along the way. His plan is simple to follow, easy to apply and relevant for anyone looking to make a change.

This step-by step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:

* How Tim went from $40,000 dollars per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per MONTH and 4 hours per week
* How to outsource your life and do whatever you want
* How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours
* How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent 'mini-retirements'

This edition also includes:

* More than 50 practical tips and case studies from readers who have doubled their income, overcome common sticking points and reinvented themselves using the original book as a starting point
* Real-world templates for eliminating email and negotiating with bosses and clients
* How to use lifestyle design principles to live ambitiously in unpredictable economic times
* The latest tools and tricks, as well as high-tech shortcuts, for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either.

Please Note: The audio references accompanying material that is not included with this audiobook.

© Tim Ferriss 2008 (P) Penguin Audio 2011

©2011 Timothy Ferriss (P)2011 Random House Audiobooks Career Success Motivation & Self-Improvement Personal Development Personal Finance Personal Success Time Management & Productivity Workplace & Organisational Behavior Workplace Culture Career Employment Inspiring Thought-Provoking Dream Success

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I like audiobooks that are narrated by the author. They are read in the same energy as how they were wrote; you begin to understand and keep track of the text when you feel someone is genuine about reading it to you. I'll still listen to it but I feel it'd have been more engaging if it was read by the source. But I guess that's what the 4 hour work week is all about :)

Good book but I wish Tim Ferriss was reading it

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A lot of links to website that are not up to date today, pretty much time consuming and worthless. A few interesting concepts but not as helpful as the author pretends them to be. Instead of useful advices (there are a few but this is it) the author speaks on how good he is, does not really help on how to be more productive.

Basic concepts of time management and how to delegate

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Wish I had read this book much sooner than I did, a real game changer.

Enlightening

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Life Changing talk right there. Buying the physical book this month too as there are very useful bits of info in here. Definitely recommend to those feeling ready to take time & money into their own hands.

Life Changing

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I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Given my profession, the whole lifestyle is not something which would be possible for me to implement. Many of the smaller lessons I will try to incorporate into my life and live by.

The narrator has a great style and tone which is relaxing but not boring, and reads clearly. This allowed me to focus on the meaning behind the words rather than deciphering what they were trying to say.

I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is of an entrepreneurial mind or is looking to make big changes in their life.

inspirational

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Would you try another book written by Timothy Ferriss or narrated by Ray Porter?

I possibly would but the links to external websites for tools and tips make it pretty awful for audible. I had to keep forwarding through it

What could Timothy Ferriss have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Leave out the above for the audio version

Would you be willing to try another one of Ray Porter’s performances?

Wasn't bad. You can tell when he reading through line after line of URL's that he is bored

Could you see The 4-Hour Work Week being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

No

A touch too Americanised

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Just the kick I needed!
A wealth of ballsy but practiced examples of how to bust out of the standard rat race formula.

Inspiring and exciting

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Great book for people thinking of creation their own business and how to automate some Of the processes!

Great for ideas on automated process

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This book by Tim Ferris is an absolute read to anyone. It will change your perspective on your work life and income generation.

Although I enjoyed the book itself, I wasn’t totally convinced by the choice of reader. The reader made the author sound obnoxious and arrogant, which Tim Ferris does not come across off in his videos and audio interviews generally.

Aside from that, a truly fantastic audio-book. A Must Read.

Great Book

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What made the experience of listening to The 4-Hour Work Week the most enjoyable?

Ray Porter certainly knows how bring this title to life, very easy listening. I often find with Audiobooks that I have to go back over maybe a 10 minute period as I've wondered away but I don't recall this happening once during my listen.

What other book might you compare The 4-Hour Work Week to, and why?

There's not many in this field that I've read, I actually brought this as a time management book YEARS ago and ironically never found the time to read it.

What about Ray Porter’s performance did you like?

His punctuality was perfect.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not moved, but I certainly got what I wanted from the book. It was almost a reassurance for the most part nut there are some great little tips and tricks you can incorporate from this book in your life now to make things a tad easier.

Any additional comments?

Slightly dated references, also if your listening to it I would advise skipping past the references altogether and going back as and when to the PDF.

Refreshing, but slightly dated.

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