Why people recommend it
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss is a popular self-help guide that redefines traditional career paths and advocates for lifestyle design, outsourcing, and building automated online businesses. The book has been frequently endorsed on ChooseFI, where hosts Jonathan and Brad Barrett, alongside guests like Ava Wetrick and Jacques Hopkins, have repeatedly highlighted its profound influence. Hopkins shared that reading the book during his senior year of college inspired him to pursue his own online business ventures, while Wetrick recalled being encouraged by her father to read initial excerpts that sparked her interest in financial independence. Brad Barrett noted over a decade of listening to Ferriss that the book fundamentally transformed his life and served as the original inspiration for launching his online business endeavors. On The Diary Of A CEO, James Smith described how an unexpected recommendation from a stranger in a minivan led him to read the text, which ultimately became the catalyst for his move to Australia. Furthermore, Alan Donegan mentioned on ChooseFI that Ferriss's broader body of work, including his blog and podcast, significantly impacted his life and business philosophy. Across these discussions, speakers consistently praised the book as a powerful catalyst for breaking away from conventional employment norms and embracing entrepreneurial freedom.
Who recommended it
- Brad Barrett Recommended
- Chris Williamson Discussed
- Alan Donegan Discussed
- Cody Berman Discussed
- Ava Wetrick Recommended
- Jacques Hopkins Recommended
- Shaan Puri Discussed
- James Smith Recommended
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Discussed
- Dave Rubin Discussed
Brad Barrett — 4 mentions
“and and do this listen like I do this with you know Tim Ferris is the one who I've listened to for years over a decade now and and his book the 4our work week transformed my life”
“and because I was open to learning how to create a WordPress site and a drop ship site after I read the four-hour work week and you know all these kind of crazy things led me to this point”
“so you're reading the four work week which it's amazing how similar our Journeys are because that was the inflection point for me as well”
“uh I think the original Genesis of just having any idea of starting an online business was Tim ferriss's the four hour work week yeah I'm sure many of you out there have read if not highly recommend It's a Wonderful book you know”
Chris Williamson — 2 mentions
“only yesterday tim ferriss guy that wrote the four-hour work week and the four-hour chef and the four-hour body this unbelievably well-known new multiple times new york times best-selling author”
“i mean even tim ferriss on 50 50 with some of his work and others in the four-hour work week”
Alan Donegan — 1 mention
“uh he wrote the four-hour work week he wrote the four hour body and different books and his blog and his podcast have definitely had an impact on my life”
Cody Berman — 1 mention
“my mom had given me the four hour work week by Tim Ferriss to read and I was kind of going down the path of I really wanted to just make as much money as possible”
Ava Wetrick — 1 mention
“actually one really defining moments he made me sit down he made me read not even a chapter just a couple pages of Tim ferriss's uh the four-week work life and he was like you're gonna love it you're gonna love it”
Jacques Hopkins — 1 mention
“ever since reading the four hour work week I was a senior in college I was about to graduate in electrical engineering I had my job lined up already and I read that book”
Shaan Puri — 1 mention
“so I read the four hour work week when I was in college and I got yo before covid-19 there was the four hour fever”
James Smith — 1 mention
“and he goes can i recommend a book and he recommended the book four hour by week and i got home and i read through it”
Neil deGrasse Tyson — 1 mention
“so the 4-hour workweek yeah where were you trying to go with that that book”
Dave Rubin — 1 mention
“so the 4-Hour Work week I think was really the first thing that put you on the map in a in a bigger sense”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 3
“and for this week and next week we're doing the four hour work week by Tim Ferris”
“maybe to switch that over and actually do the four hour work week based on this episode”
“and let me tie this I guess back to four hour work week which was kind of an inspiration for both Brad and myself at varying levels”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- The 4-Hour Body
- Tools of Titans
- Armas de titanes
- Man's Search for Meaning
- The 4-hour Chef
- Tools der Titanen
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I also being in the creative space listen to chase Jarvis live when they first came out and that is when I found Tim Ferriss and I was aware of Tim Ferriss via the four hour work week but I never read it”
“I just recently purchased several of the Tim Ferriss books I will often go to the library now first to see whether or not I can get them for free”
“Tim Ferriss had written a book in 2008 the four hour work week there started to be various blogs around these topics”
“I know who he is the 5 Hour Work Week guy or whatever you know”
“he's also the author of several books including the 4-hour workweek of the 4-hour chef and tools of titans”