4HWW Readers' School in Vietnam Opens its Doors — Time for a Trip?
Napping after lunch at the new Vang Lam preschool in Vietnam. So cute a lumberjack would cry. Remember LitLiberation, the social media educational experiment I ran with bloggers not long ago? With...
View ArticlePrepping for Warren Buffett: The Art of the Elevator Pitch (Videos)
The Oracle of Omaha, the world’s richest man. (Photo: Stephanie Kuykenal/Bloomberg News/Landov) It’s 1:33am in Omaha and I can’t sleep. Much like pre-Santa jitters as a 7-year old, I’m so excited to...
View ArticleTime Management Guru-itis: Mark Hurst vs. David Allen and Tim Ferriss
You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry. I once asked Po Bronson how he beats writer’s block. His answer was “write about what makes you angry.” It works like a charm. If I had writer’s block, this quote...
View Article4HWW Cover Story in Men's Journal (Plus: Be in a Movie)
“Nothing bothers me more than sloth. The objective is to fix mistakes of ambition and not make mistakes of sloth. I work my ass off.” -Tim Ferriss, from the new issue of Men’s Journal, Sept. 2008...
View ArticleRandom and Fun Announcements: Keynote with Mike Shinoda, Inc. 500, Madrid...
Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park: more than 50 million albums and counting. (Photo: norrelb) Rather than sprinkle these announcements around, I figured I’d just load up one post. Hope to bump into some of...
View ArticleCold Remedy: Free Flights Anywhere in the World
Where would you go if you had a free ticket anywhere? The island of Bohol in the Philippines? (source: WisDoc) Not long ago, I received the following comment — edited for length — from Ryan N.: I hate...
View ArticleCase Study: What Does a Real 4-Hour Workweek Look Like…With a Family?
Now that’s a happy kid. (Photos: Brandon Pearce) One common challenge for readers of The 4-Hour Workweek is the creation a “muse”: a low-maintenance business that generates significant income. Such a...
View ArticleThe 4-Hour Workweek Revisited (#295)
My first book, The 4-Hour Workweek, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. Thousands of you have asked me how I would update it today — and many have asked why I haven’t updated it since 2009. For...
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