I picked up this book recently over my brief vacation and read it over three days. This is nota get rich quick book. This book explains a way of living, a state of mind, a “lifestyle”, as it is referred to in the book. Tim is a successful, young, entrepreneur, and definitely worth emulating. He lives all over the world because he does not believe in grinding it out for 40 years, retiring and praying your money will last. Tim believes in living these experiences continually in chunks throughout your life.

   What gave this book value to me was that he used real examples. One example he uses is Doug Price. Doug Price aka Demon Doc has an online site trying to create a movement of open source music. On the site is a file with beats and loops that you can download called onliness. When trying to download this file initially i ran into a problem opening the file. I emailed using the link on that site and when I sat down to check it out again it was fixed. To me this shows Tim associates with good people.

   The focus of the book is automating you life. Turning your life into processes that can then be outsources to other people. And he means everything from birthday cards to product distribution. It is like looking at your life and turning it into a franchise.

   I can  not give specifics obviously , do not want to get sued, but a vital part of the 4 hour work week is having a business that can be automated. There are two important things here. One, you have to have a business if your are going to truly succeed. Its not to say you could not lead a happy fulfilling life, but you are working otmake someone else rich. Time can not be bought so it is priceless. Having a successful business will give you that freedom of time. I am not saying it will not take some work up front but the potential is infinite.

   Tim gives you an outline of the type of product you should create and how to build a business around your merchandise. He then writes how to go about setting up your business. The thing I really liked about The 4 Hour Work Week is that he gives you links and examples.  He talks about using Virtual Assistants to do tasks to free time for you to live life.

   I enjoyed this book, and definitely learned some new things. In my opinion it was worth the time to read. Remember people, there is no easy fix to your money trouble. If there was, I would have find it. Do what you can to continue to learn and put things into action. I think this is a pretty good blueprint of success. You obviously have to come up with your on idea but he gives you the steps and methods to action along the way.

Good luck!

~ Matt