Being an insane ADDICT of a reader, I first heard about Tim Ferris, Author of the New York Times #1 Best-seller, “The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich” way back in November last year, when he did a brief (60-minute) albeit highly captivating interview with Yanik Silver.

 When I first heard Yanik with the opening intro announcement about Tim, I was like… wtf??!!

 Retire and work only 4 hours per week? Every week??!!

 Got or not??

 Can or not??!!

Sure or not??!!

But as I listened further, what Tim shared on the call, it made more and more sense to me, it was practical, most importantly it was DO-ABLE and it was then that I started scrambling out, rushing and frantically searching our local bookstores to get the book myself. MPH, Popular, Borders all boh-yong (useless) one-lah, all also sold out one cher!

“Oi, next time pandai-lah skit wei, all the ’nobody want to buy’ book you keep soo many, all the good one you order 1-2 only bek tutup kedaila woi… “

Tension.

Orang tengah syiok ni. Bedebah betul punya bodoh kedai… bek mati.

But really, who can resist not wanting to know:

• How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do   whatever you want
• How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs
• How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist
• How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and freuent “mini-retirements”
• What the crucial difference is between absolute and relative income
• How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it’s beyond repair
• What automated cash-flow “muses” are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks
• How to cultivate selective ignorance—and create time—with a low-information diet
• What the management secrets of Remote Control CEOs are
• How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50–80% off
• How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office

… that’s what you’ll be learning, and of course, so much more-lah!

(Eh, why-lah I like selling the book now ni… sorri sorri… too used to it d-lah sorry ler)

 It was only 4 months after that hair-pulling, tension of a cock experience, that I finally managed to get my claws on this book. And I’ve got to say, it was so, soooo worth the wait!

Some of his ideas about outsourcing and eliminating a lot of the noise in our lives (hours of reading non-critical emails, pointless meetings, immediately responding to anyone who cares to interrupt) are pretty sound.

What I think some people miss/ignore/don’t understand is that this book (and it’s described outcome) isn’t for everyone, and that’s OK.

Following Ferriss’ life/plan to the letter requires really flipping your current life, expectations and “reality” on their head, and re-writing it all from the ground up.

Clearly Ferriss is a *very* intelligent guy, and following along at his blog (http://www.fourhourworkweek.com) continues to show that he’s no slouch either.

Even assuming you’re *not* going to change your life and live like Tim, there are some great ideas, suggestions and tips in the book on how to be more productive, get things done, perhaps learn a little bit about getting important things done (not just staying busy) and even about how to negotiate and interact with other people.

Granted this kind of material is covered in different forms in many different books but I like his edgy style. I also appreciate that these kind of ideas scare people who like a lot of structure in their lives.

Seriously, go check it out, it’ll inspire your mind to take off into a million places on how you could do the same… I know I loved it, and I’m sure YOU will too!