This could be a life-changing book. It’s one I’ve heard about several times over the last few years, and with a new edition out I decided to bag a copy. It’s a US version so all the financials are in dollars, but it’s no less an illuminating read.
The basic premise (and I’m not giving anything away here) is that if you think about it, you don’t really want to be a millionaire. It’s a nice idea, but surely the nicer idea is to have the millionaire lifestyle. In other words, to have the kind of life that a million pounds (or in this case dollars) could bring you, without actually necessarily having the money.
Author Tim Ferriss lives that kind of life, travelling the world while remote assistants take care of his business activities. The upshot is that his working week has been shrunk down from 80-hours to just four, and yet he still earns $40,000 a month. Yes, a month.
This is the story of how he did it, how you can do it and what resources and sites you need to have in your toolbox to make it happen.
It’s pretty inspirational and I actually had to stop reading it in bed as it was keeping me awake. I’d put out the light after a dozen pages or so and then lie awake for more than an hour re-reading it in my head. Switching to reading it only on the tube fixed that.
This new edition has over 100 pages that didn’t appear in the original, with loads of case studies from people who have put the techniques to good use. The layout is great, although obviously that could change when the UK edition finally appears.
If you ever wanted to automate any of the niggling, repetitive, time-consuming tasks in your life then this is the book that will tell you how to do it and, in the process, become more productive and fulfilled.
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