If you have a story, please go to tim.blog/casestudy to submit it! I look forward to reading all of them.
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Quit my 9 to 5, sold my house, became a nomad for 7 years full time. Visited 40 countries living in many for 3-6 months. Met my wife and been running a digital business with outsourced teams ever since. This book was pivotal for me
3 weeks ago | 30
Currently working remotely in Buenos Aires thanks to you Tim! 🙌🏽 You’re the GOA
3 weeks ago | 12
Currently taking a “mini retirement” with my wife. We are 5 months into travelling from Canada. Currently in Indonesia and heading to South Korea next week! The 4HWW changed my mentality in so many ways it’s hard to know where to start.. But about 7 years ago after reading it, a few key points come to mind. 1. Time for money isn’t an ideal transaction. 2. You can live/travel anyway you want (Don’t be forced into whatever your society has force fed you. 3. Retirement shouldn’t be the goal. 4. Money isn’t what you want, it’s freedom. “What does a homeless person have that a millionaire doesn’t? Time…”
3 weeks ago | 5
This book encouraged me to completely walk away from my then dead end government job. 4HWW was my first real intro into marginal economic thinking. I approached the book with a get-rich-quick mindset but finished with a firm appreciation for time value and risk management. I can't say I ever put any of the tactics to practical use. In fact, all of my business ventures ended as fantastic failures. But I've been able to build on those core concepts over the past 15 or so years to great effect. Huge thanks and highly recommend for any starting entrepreneurs.
3 weeks ago | 7
47, working three four hour days between Tues-Thurs. income is up, personal life is peaking.
3 weeks ago | 6
Still the book I think about the most when it comes to my career choices, projects, travel plans, learning languages, jiu-jitsu... That new rich concept is and was at the center of many dinner table conversations on success. Thanks Tim 💕
3 weeks ago | 6
Oh yes Tim! Your books have had a profound effect on my life and career! I’ll be submitting my story for sure. Lots of love and appreciation from South Africa. 🇿
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The 4-Hour work week seeded a dream in me that led me to be a domestic nomad and later full global citizenry. I have 4 companies (all profitable and growing) that I operate from anywhere-on-the-planet-i-feel-like; Currently in Guatemala 🇬🇹 BTW, global citizenry is a cheat code to 100x the game of life fas
3 weeks ago | 2
I am in! I live in Ukraine, and the book had tremendous impact on my life for last 15-17 years.
3 weeks ago | 0
Tim!! I read this on holiday last week. And was inspired. I am desperately unhappy as a lawyer and want to find a way to generate £5-10k a month without lawyering so that I can follow my passion and dream to write fiction. The problem is that I don’t back myself. I don’t think I’ve got the onions to do it. Plus I have young family so I can’t be selfish. I know I need to be smart but I am struggling to find my muse. I guess I just need to identify the need and fulfil but where do I start in today’s age of over saturation! Argh help me!
3 weeks ago | 4
Taking my 2nd sabbatical by doing a 6-month trip to South East Asia. First one was a 6 month trip to India shortly after reading your book 🙂
3 weeks ago | 4
I was watching a drum teacher on here demonstrate some rudiment drills on a DIY practice pad made of a bunch of books. The stack was topped with the 4 Hour Work Week, and I thought that was pretty cool. Cuz if it's on top he's probably read it a bit, and maybe it's part of why he's working so frugally and efficiently, and inspiring his viewers to do the same 😎
3 weeks ago | 0
I bought the 4HWW in 2009 and it completely changed the trajectory of my life, I moved overseas and have lived the digital nomad life ever since. I didn’t use many of the actual techniques in the book, but it was a mindset shift. I’d share my story but I’m not really comfortable with the form you created.
3 weeks ago | 1
I gladly give this feedback anonymously. Your book had a huge impact on me in my early career as a lawyer. I strived to work less and enjoy more until I realized I had no savings and my friends who ground it out in government had pensions and bonuses. I think what I learned from your own experience was that 4 hours per week was unrealistic or at least unsustainable. I recall your story about the plaque an ex-girlfriend gave you and your own inability to work less. I'm not blaming you, I think this mantra worked well for you at a vulnerable time in your life. Post pandemic, I decided life was too short so I quit working Fridays so I would have time for art and to just breathe (let alone have groceries in the fridge). My life in no way resembles a 4 hour work week, but as a Gen Xer who will never see the same asset gains as my parents, fighting back against the machine that requires excessive grind still feels like a small victory.
3 weeks ago | 3
Tim Ferriss
Friends! Do you have any stories about how you’ve applied The 4-Hour Workweek to your life (building a business, lifestyle design [e.g., more time with family], mini-retirements, geo-arbitrage, and/or otherwise)? If so, I’m soliciting real-world stories for a new experiment. The book just needs to have had a large impact on your life; building something huge isn’t necessary. If you have a story, please go to tim.blog/casestudy to submit it! I look forward to reading all of them.
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