In The 4-Hour Work Week, Timothy Ferriss provides a recipe to live a very different - and in his opinion much better - life. The contents of the book are quite varied but tied together in a common theme of working a lot less and living a lot more. You will find tips on living like a millionaire on a standard salary, freeing up your time by cutting out unnecessary tasks, obtaining more freedom at work and generating a semi-automatic source of income. A list of tasks and resources are also provided throughout the book to assist the reader to put Ferriss’ advice into action. For example, one chapter focusses on hiring a virtual assistant and includes a long list of different providers of virtual assistance with URLs and a summary of their advantages and disadvantages. While very few readers will take the concepts in this book to the extreme Ferriss has, there is enough scope for anyone to find something of benefit in his advice. Ferriss backs up his opinions and ideas with personal experience and experience mentoring others. The 4-Hour Work Week is one of those rare personal-development books that has the potential to make a tangible improvement in the reader’s life.

Recommended: Yes