It is still a great book though.

I have recently started blogging about my own experiments into living the four hour workweek (although they are still a bit longer than that)

It's funny because I am in a position now where I work from home and set my own hours. My income isn't automated yet but I can do what I want when I want. You know what I found… It gets pretty boring. My wife is at work and my friends and family are at work. At least when I had a day job I was constantly busy.

I agree that people don't want a 4 hour work week. I don't want a 4 hour work week. I want full time income, working whenever I feel like it.

I thought I'd take 2-3 months off afterwards to make up for all the time I'd spent at the start-up. The first two weeks were great, but after that I was completely listless and directionless, and fell into a funk. Looking back I can see I needed a plan and some goals even in my 'off' time, but back then it wasn't clear.

It's made me rethink my ideas on retirement and financial freedom for sure.

But I doubt very much that Ferriss worked 4 hours a week while he was writing his book, or promoting it. Try reading this, from Penelope Trunk: 5 Time management tricks I learned from years of hating Tim Ferriss.

But I do think generating small income streams “on the side” is doable for anyone, just maybe not on such a grand scale.

He wrote a book, knew people, got lucky, and now lives off the royalties. That's my take (I'm just talking out of my arse, by the way).

You gotta work HARD and SMART for quite a few years for the payoff to arrive. If it ever does.

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