When asked to define relentless it means: steady and persistent. It could just as easily be the adjective that describes Tim Ferris. Who else but Tim Ferris could ever conceive the notion of writing a book called the 4-Hour Workweek? Released in 2007, it’s a semi-autobiographical self-help book that gives you the freedom to Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. Tim Ferriss is an American writer, educational activist, and entrepreneur and he’s currently on tour right now in Austin, Texas to promote his second best seller “The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman.” Highlights include how to skip the gym and gain 34 pounds of muscle in 28 days by doing kettle bell workouts.
But what you may not know about Tim Ferris is that he never gave up. The 4-Hour Workweek was actually rejected by 26 publishers before someone decided to take it on. When asked why the 27th publisher finally said yes, they replied ‘no reason.’ They just figured he was the right guy to do something with it!
In The 4-Hour Workweek Tim uses the acronym DEAL for the four main chapters, Definition, Elimination, Automation and Liberation. He’s highly regarded in the world of publishing as the man who is on a mission to warn us against information overload, “selective ignorance” and has coined the phrase “lifestyle design.”
Timothy Ferriss he makes a lot of bold claims: “How do you create a hands-off business that generates $80,000 a month with no management? It’s all here.” Tim’s taken then literary world by storm from lessons learned through the Pareto Principle (80-20 Rule) and Parkinson’s Law: he streamlined both his business and personal life, eliminating distractions and automating systems until it was not only more profitable, but also took less of his time. Then he took a mini-retirement…
It no secret that everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Tim chooses to believe that everything rewarding and profitable comes from enhancing your strengths. What’s his philosophy? Emphasize your strengths, don’t fix weaknesses, he believes most people are good at a handful of things and miserable at most. What is more fun leveraging your strengths or attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor? The answer is quite obvious…
Tim Ferriss was virtually unknown before writing The 4-Hour Workweek. Like many, he had a soul-sucking sales job at a tech firm that wasn’t fulfilling. He thought he could do better by starting his own business [BrainQUICKEN out of San Jose, CA], but that too, left him drained. As fate would have it he decided to write a book that would be non-fiction. Funny thing was he became a first-time author who didn’t just write a book, but rather a bestseller. And then, the impossible happened, and a lifelong dream came true. He was simultaneously #1 on the New York Times and #1 on the Wall Street Journal business bestseller lists for 3 months.
I just love how he shatters conventional wisdom. He challenges people’s thinking by showing them ways to optimize their lives.
He’s a relatively young entrepreneur and author who became a multi millionaire before the age of 33. He teaches us how to reboot our lives. Challenging us how to think outside of the box he poses the question: “How is it possible that all the people in the world need exactly eight hours to accomplish their work? It isn’t. Nine to five is arbitrary.” Tim teaches us to use technology more effectively, and more importantly to make more effective decisions.
Tim announced that he would be donating 10% of all author royalties to educational charities such a www.Donorschoose.org online charity connecting you to classrooms in need. To date there are over 16,000 project requests currently in need of funding in the public school system.
Tim’s The 4-Hour Workweek has been sold into 35 languages. According to Technorati: he’s one of the top 1000 blogs in the world, Huffington Post is delighted to reveal: #1 most-linked-to blog in the world and of course Wired.com’s reveals that he’s the greatest self promoter in the world. Thousands of readers have shared their own amazing tools and tricks, producing phenomenal and unexpected results from his blog. The outpouring of “love” prompted him to revise and update a 2009 version to include case studies from families, students and CEO’s.
So go ahead and live out your dreams that you’ve postponed for “some day.” What’s the worst that could happen? Tim believes when you begin to see the infinite possibilities outside of your current comfort zone, you begin to soar. Afterall, Monopoly, Apple, Cliff Bar, KFC, Domino’s Pizza, Fedex and Microsoft were born in the recession. It’s time, my friends to get busy…
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