Kendall Giles

If you ever wanted to give up your 9-5 job, if you ever wanted to stop working for someone else, or if you ever wanted to live more of your life now, rather than wait until retirement, then you might consider reading Timothy Ferriss' new book The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich.

While certainly not for everyone, for not everyone is willing to give up their secure 9-5 job of working for The Man, I think anyone can pick up a few tips or strategies they might use to add some flexibility into their worklife. For example, the book contains examples of how an employee might convince their boss to let them work from home more often. For the bolder, the book gives examples of how a person can quit their 9-5 job entirely while realizing their own ideas for a new product or company. At a minimum it gives everyone encouragement to pursue their interests and hobbies, and gives examples of what is possible from Ferriss' own life. As an aside, I recently gave up a high-paying, secure job in industry to pursue a lifelong goal. Though I did this before reading this book, it certainly confirms that I made the right decision. The book is enhanced with secret codes that can be used to access additional information on the book's website, http://www.fourhourworkweek.com.

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