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and its pre-retirement advice, but faulted it for "formulaic writing" and that "nearly every idea taken to an extreme. No sense of work being anything more than a paycheck". Some reviewers noted that the book was quite lengthy and hard to read. Leslie Garner of
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noted that the book had a "punchy writing style" and that Ferriss had "struck a chord with his critique of workers' slavish devotion to corporations." Meagan Day of
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commented: "If it all sounds too good to be true, maybe it is. Or maybe not. Clearly, selective ignorance, farming out chores and applying the
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noted that Ferriss spends far more than 4 hours per week in blogging and self-promotion, which Ferriss describes as "evangelizing."
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supplement company, BrainQUICKEN. Frustrated by the overwork and lack of free time, Ferriss took a 3-week sabbatical to
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took shape during a series of lectures Ferriss delivered on high-tech entrepreneurship at
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was using Ferriss's ideas to do less work after not receiving a promotion.
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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
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criticized the book for advising readers to "become a fake expert."
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The book was featured on an episode of the podcast,
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Timothy Ferriss
Self-actualization
self-employment
self-improvement
Crown Publishing Group
ISBN
978-0-307-35313-9
OCLC
76262350
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
The 4-Hour Body
self-help
Timothy Ferriss
entrepreneur
retirement
The New York Times Best Seller List
sports nutrition
Europe
email
outsourcing
virtual assistants
workaholic
Princeton University
alma mater
The New York Times
USA Today
80/20 principle
Wired

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