...Ferr_9780307465351_4p_01_r1.j.qxp 8/27/09 3:50 PM Page v The 4-Hour Workweek q E SC A P E 9 – 5 , L IV E A N Y W H E R E , AND JOIN THE NEW RICH Expanded and Updated TIMOTHY FERR ISS CROWN PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Ferr_9780307465351_4p_01_r2.j.qxp 9/2/09 2:37 PM Page vi Copyright © 2007, 2009 by Tim Ferriss All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. www.crownpublishing.com Crown and the Crown colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. The 4-Hour Workweek is a trademark of Timothy Ferriss and is used under license. Originally published in slightly different form in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2007. Grateful acknowledgment is made to David L. Weatherford for permission to reprint “Slow Dance” by David L. Weatherford. Reprinted by permission of David L. Weatherford. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ferriss, Timothy. The 4-hour workweek: escape 9–5, live anywhere, and join the new rich / Timothy Ferriss—Expanded and updated ed. Includes index. 1. Quality of work life. 2. Part-time self-employment. 3. Self-realization. 4. Self-actualization (Psychology). 5. Quality of life. I. Title. II. Title: Four-hour workweek. hd6955.f435 2009 650.1— dc22 2009021010 isbn 978-0-307-46535-1 Printed...
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...I PRAISE FOR The 4-Hour Workweek "It's about time this book was written. It is a long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle, and Tim Ferriss is the ideal ambassador. This will be huge." —JACK CANFIELD, cocreator of Chicken Soup for the Soul®, 100+ million copies sold "Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life, it's all here. Whether you're a wage slave or a Fortune 500 CEO, this book will change your life!" —PHIL TOWN, New York Times bestselling author of Rule #/ "The 4-Hour Workweek is a new way of solving a very old problem: just how can we work to live and prevent our lives from being all about work? A world of infinite options awaits those who would read this book and be inspired by it!" —MICHAEL E. GERBER, founder and chairman of E-Myth Worldwide and the world's #1 small business guru "This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended."—DR. STEWART D. FRIEDMAN, adviser to Jack Welch and former Vice President Al Gore on work/ family issues and director of the Work/Life Integration Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania "Timothy has packed more lives into his 29 years than Steve Jobs has in his 51." —TOM FOREMSKI, journalist and publisher of SiliconValleyWatcher.com "If you want to live life on your own terms, this is your blueprint." —MIKE MAPLES, cofounder of Motive Communications (IPO to $260M market cap) and founding executive of Tivoli (sold to IBM for $750M) "Thanks to Tim Ferriss, I have more time in my life...
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...I PRAISE FOR The 4-Hour Workweek "It's about time this book was written. It is a long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle, and Tim Ferriss is the ideal ambassador. This will be huge." —JACK CANFIELD, cocreator of Chicken Soup for the Soul®, 100+ million copies sold "Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life, it's all here. Whether you're a wage slave or a Fortune 500 CEO, this book will change your life!" —PHIL TOWN, New York Times bestselling author of Rule #/ "The 4-Hour Workweek is a new way of solving a very old problem: just how can we work to live and prevent our lives from being all about work? A world of infinite options awaits those who would read this book and be inspired by it!" —MICHAEL E. GERBER, founder and chairman of E-Myth Worldwide and the world's #1 small business guru "This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended."—DR. STEWART D. FRIEDMAN, adviser to Jack Welch and former Vice President Al Gore on work/ family issues and director of the Work/Life Integration Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania "Timothy has packed more lives into his 29 years than Steve Jobs has in his 51." —TOM FOREMSKI, journalist and publisher of SiliconValleyWatcher.com "If you want to live life on your own terms, this is your blueprint." —MIKE MAPLES, cofounder of Motive Communications (IPO to $260M market cap) and founding executive of Tivoli (sold to IBM for $750M) "Thanks to Tim Ferriss, I have more time in my life...
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...Paths to success There are different paths and many theories that are helpful to get success. This paper discusses different paths of success such as 10,000 hour rule, Tiger mom and Tim Ferriss. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each success method. 10,000 Hour Rule: According to this rule, brain takes 10,000 hours to assimilate all that it needs to achieve true mastery. In views of Heshmat, (2011), the 10,000 hours rule translated into practicing 3 hours a day for 10 years, which is indeed a common training span for young people in sports. This rule suggested that success is the result of accumulative advantages. It is a function of persistence and willingness to work hard. It is because it is difficult to carry out any long-range plan and achievement of any difficult goal, unless people can make themselves persist at it. Advantage: The main advantage of 10,000 hour rule is that it leads to the perfection of people. It is because after spending 10,000 hours on a particular task, individuals build necessary skills and competencies that are necessary to do the job in a perfect way (Bell, 2010). Disadvantage: The main disadvantage of this theory is that it takes a long-term view of getting success. Concurrently, this rule also not describes the performance of a person, who spends less than 10,000 hours to a particular job (Martin, 2011). It also limits the growth of an individual, as he/she focus on a particular job for 10,000 hours...
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...“Employees enjoy switch to 4-day workweek High gas prices cause change” A spike in gas resulted in companies to switch from working a 5 day to a 4 day work week for many of their employees. Once the gas prices hit the $4/gallon price, employees actually started to request the change so that they could save money on fuel costs. After companies started to investigate pros and cons from switching to a 4 day work week, a lot of companies decided it was time to make the offer to their staff. Most manufacturing and operating companies are now working 4 days a week and 10 hours per day. The staff seem to really enjoy the change. This was helpful to the staff because they were able to cut costs on fuel and they were also able to enjoy an extra day off while still working their 40 hour work week. This helped the companies out because they were able to cut costs on energy and they also didn’t need as many supervisors. (Employees enjoy switch to 4-day workweek High gas prices cause change” Valerie Whitney –Business writer. Daytona Beach News - Journal, The [Daytona Beach, Fla] 20 Nov 2008: A.14.) I thought that this was a great article. They had great reason to make the change to a 4 day work week. I feel that this could be useful in my proposal paper. “Montco; eyes 4-day; week; A four-day workweek” [Derived headline] State and local governments are considering switching to a 4 day work week. The reason is not only to save employees on fuel costs but also the government as well. The...
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...efficient, we are restructuring our workweek. All full-time employees, including managers, will work 4 10-hour days each week and part-time employees will have their hours consolidated to 1-,2-, or 3-day workweeks depending on their workload. Our stores will be closed each Sunday and will open an hour later and close an hour earlier Monday-Saturday. These changes will keep your paycheck the same while maximizing your time to spend with family and friends. Name XCOM/285 Store Operations Messages - Letter to the Public Date Dear valued customers: Our company is always looking for better ways to serve you, our customer. While the recent turn in our economy has caused some of our competitors to close their doors we are pleased to inform you that none of our locations are shutting down. However, in an effort to be more fiscally efficient our current locations will no longer be open on Sunday. Also, our stores will open one hour later and close one hour earlier each day, Monday - Saturday. These changes will help us ensure that all of our locations can stay open to serve you, our valued customer, in the stores you have grown accustomed to. Name XCOM/285 Store Operations Messages - Email to Managers Date To: Managers Subject: Workweek Restructuring Managers, In an effort to save money on store operations we are restructuring the workweek for all employees. Full time employees, including managers, will work 4 10-hour days each week while part-time employees...
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...© département des relations industrielles, université laval - issn 0034-379X – ri/ir, 64-4, 2009, 555 – 574 555 Flexibility: Whose Choice Is It Anyway? Isik U. Zeytinoglu, Gordon B. Cooke and Sara L. Mann This paper examines whether flexible work schedules in Canada are created by employers for business reasons or to assist their workers achieve work-life balance. We focus on long workweek, flextime, compressed workweek, variable workweek length and/or variable workweek schedule. Statistics Canada’s 2003 Workplace and Employee Survey data linking employee microdata to workplace (i.e., employer) microdata are used in the analysis. Results show that more than half of the workers covered in this data have at least one of the five specified types of flexible work schedules. Employment status, unionized work, occupation, and sector are factors consistently associated with flexible work schedules. Personal characteristics such as marital status, dependent children, and childcare use are not significantly associated with flexible work schedules, and females are less likely to have a flexible work schedule than are males. Overall, results suggest that flexible work schedules are created for business reasons rather than individual worker interests. KEyWORDS: work schedules, non-standard work, work-life balance This paper examines whether flexible work schedules in Canada are created by employers for business reasons or to assist their workers achieve work-life...
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...Part C Section Two: Structure and Written Expression 1. The role of the ear is acoustic disturbances into neural signals suitable for transmission to the brain. A) to code B) so that coded (C) coded (D) it coding 2. The imagist movement in poetry arose during the second decade of the twentieth century against romanticism, A) when a revolt B) as a revolt C) a revolt was D) that a revolt 3. Virtually species have biological clocks that regulate their metabolism over a 24-hour period. A) all there are B) all C) all are D) they all 4. According to United States criminal law, insanity may relieve a person from the usual legal consequences A) what his or her acts have B) of his or her acts are C) of his or her acts D) what of his or her acts 5. In addition to a place where business deals are made, a stock exchange collects statistics, publishes price quotations, and sets rules and standards for trading. A) being B) it is C) that which D) where is 6. The first inhabitants of the territories Canada came across the Bering Strait and along the edge of the Arctic ice. A) make up that now B) make up now that (C) that make up now (D) that now make up 7. need for new schools following the Second World War that provided the sustained thrust for the architectural program in Columbus, Indiana. A) Since the B) To be the C) The D) It was the 8. The soybean contains vitamins, essential minerals...
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...be an important thing because exist a current relationship with his father and does not eliminate him from having FMLA. “The FMLA allows an eligible employee with a total of 12 workweeks of leave during any 12 month period. In this case he wants to care for his father although he was absent for almost all Tony’s life eventhough if the employee’s parent has a serious health condition. So that he needs a leave for that. (Halbert- Ingulli, 2010, p 137).” We can note that Parent means a biological, adoptive, step or foster father or mother, or any other individual who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a son or daughter as defined in paragraph (c) of this section. This term does not include parents “in law.” 2. Does it matter whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether Tony is eligible for family leave under the FMLA? Yes, that matter because the fact is that this company has more than 50 employees that has effect in Tony’s eligibility. The FMLA applies to all employers with 50 or more employees on the payroll (including part-timers and employees on leave) in 20 or more workweeks (not necessarily consecutive) in the current or preceding calendar year. Under the current FMLA, covered employers must grant an eligible employee up to a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave during a 12-month period for any the “FMLA-qualifying” events. An “eligible employee” is an employee of a covered employer who: • Has been employed...
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...Labor standards | DOLE ADVISORY No. 02 series of 2004 | Memory Aid | | Implementation of Compressed Workweek Schemes I. Purpose and Coverage Coverage: Those who choose to opt to adopt a Compressed Work Week (CWW) Scheme Exceptions: a. Construction industry b. Health services c. Heavy manual labor d. Occupations exposed to: i. Airborne contaminants ii. Human carcinogens iii. Substances, chemicals or noise that exceed threshold limit values or tolerance levels for an 8 hour workday – prescribed by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) II. Objectives: a. Promote business competitiveness and productivity by lowering operating costs and work – related expenses b. Give employers and workers flexibility in fixing hours of work compatible with business requirements and employee’s need for a balanced work life c. Ensure safety and health of employees III. CONCEPT AND DEFINITION Normal Work hours - Eight (8) hours per day Overtime Work – Work beyond 8 hours provided that employee is paid for such work Normal number of workdays per week – Six (6) days NB: Without prejudice to firms whose workweek is 5 days only Compressed Work Week (CWW) Scheme – alternative arrangement where normal workweek is reduced to less than 6 days but the total number of normal work hours per week shall remain at 48 hours. NOTE: In effect, the normal workday is increased to more than 8 hours but it does not have...
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...1 Assignment #3-Employer’s Duty of Care Andrea Williams-Weston Strayer University LEG500-Business Law, Ethics & Legal Governance Dr. Boneita Campbell, Professor May 15, 2011 2 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” “Scope of employment is defined as actions of an employee which further the business of the employer and are not personal business, which becomes the test as to whether an employer is liable for damages due to such actions under the doctrine of respondent superior (make the master answer),” (LAW.COM, 2011). In this video, Jake is the service manager of the Rally Management Team. The company currently is advertising a special for free oil change. Jake is providing his customers with a basic inspection as well as the free oil change. Herman (employer) does not require Jake (employee) to do these inspections; however, Jake is a certified mechanic and must provide a duty of loyalty and care to his customers and to the business. In addition, once Jake has inspected these cars, he may find issues that may bring revenue to the business. 2. Explain whether or not Herman is responsible for Jake’s injury. Yes, Herman is responsible for Jake’s injury. “With the adoption of the Occupational Safety...
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... DRA NEKIA HACKWORTH KARLA ZALDANA JAN 30, 2012 INTRODUCTION The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave of specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had no taken leave. Eligible employees are entitled to: Twelve workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for: • The birth of a child and to care for the newborn child within one year of birth • The placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care and to care for the newly placed child within one year of placement; • To care for the employee’s spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition. • A serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her job. • Any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent is covered military member on “covered active duty;” Twenty six workweeks of leave during a single 12 month period to care for a covered service member with a serious injury or illness if the eligible employee is the service member’s spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin (military caregiver leave) • 1. Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act...
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...potential organizational changes might result from the acquisition by Amazon? I believe it has been beneficial for Amazon when they bought Zappos. First, Amazon can learn from Zappos. Zappos has a 365 day exchange and return policy, while Amazon’s return policy only lasts for 30 days. Amazon should gradually increase their policy to 45-60 days and so on. Zappos has free shipping. Amazon should lower the amount of money you need to spend in order to get free shipping. Zappos has created an innovative corporate culture that offers their employees full health-care coverage, a compressed workweek, they also make caring about the needs of their customers their number one priority. Amazon should make organizational changes that make them more similar to Zappos. 2. Why do you think Zappos’ approach is not utilized more often? In other words, what are the challenges to these techniques? I think Zappos approach is not utilized more in the workplace because their shipping is free. It is believed that is going to cost a company more money. But customers love free shipping, which is one reason that attracts new customers to Zappos. This is also why their loyal customers keep returning. Their dedication lies with Zappos. Another challenge to Zappos techniques are that Zappos has a 365 day exchange and return policy. This could be potentially dangerous for other companies because could return a product a year later and cost the company. The issue may be the product. Zappos sells clothing...
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...and 4 day work weeks Employees: Memo * Employees should be assured, they will not lose their jobs because of this change. * New schedules and hours need to be provided, emphasize shorter workweeks. * Message needs to be written so that employees do not lose their trust in the company, and continue to work hard. * Message also needs to be brief and to the point. Customers and Public: E-Mail * Message should be formal * They should be assured the quality of products and service will remain high. * New business hours should be explained. * Message should be sent to a local media outlet to help get word out. (i.e. Radio, TV station or newspaper) * Message needs to be short and direct. February 21, 2011 Jason Hain Store, Manager, Rickco Connections Mr. Hain, I am writing you today to inform you about the changes Rickco Connections will be undergoing in the near future, in all of our stores. As everyone can see the gas prices are rising and this has a direct effect on profits for the company, we are taking these measures to fight the rising gas costs and to save money on store operations with out having to close stores. Starting on March 7, 2011 store will start following a 6 days work week Rickco connections will no longer be open on Sundays, also store will open one hour later than before and close one hour earlier. All full-time employees and managers will now work a four day workweek, by working 10-hours per day. Part-time...
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...Business Writing Portfolio Business Writing Portfolio Jacky Baker COM/285 January 04, 2011 Kenneth Mack Part I: Business Writing Steps Planning Analyzing the problem, defining your purposes, and analyzing the audience. Brainstorming information, benefits, and objections to include in the document. Gathering the information you need—from the message you’re answering, a person, a book, or the Web. Choosing a pattern of organization, making an outline, creating a list, writing headings. Writing Putting words on paper or on a screen. Writing can be lists, fragmentary notes, stream-of-consciousness writing, incomplete drafts, and ultimately a formal draft. Revising Evaluating your work and measuring it against your goals and the requirements of the situation and audience. The best evaluation results from re-seeing your draft as if someone else had written it. Will your audience understand it? Is it complete? Convincing? Friendly? Getting feedback from someone else. Is your pattern of organization appropriate? Does a revision solve an earlier problem? Are there any typos in the final copy? Adding, deleting, substituting, or rearranging. Revision can be changes in single words or in large sections of a document. Editing Checking the draft to see that it satisfies the requirements of Standard English. Here you’d correct spelling and mechanical errors and check word choice and format. Unlike revision, which can produce major changes...
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