The Myth of the 4 Hour Work Week
A few months ago I got a copy of Tim Ferriss’s The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich book because my niece recommended it. She’s quite a sharp cookie and is busying launching her couple’s travel lifestyle site with her husband. I love their videos about living in Germany, die videos sind wunderbar! This is a subtle hint to go check them out! While I like the idea of having a 4 Hour Workweek, I can’t seem to believe it. It sounds too easy to outsource things to cheaper labor and so forth. Working in the startup world I’ve learned that you have to do everything yourself. IF there’s something you don’t know, then you better learn it and FAST. I think before you can outsource anything, you need to really understand what that particular process is and figure out what parts can be automated (thanks Automate the Boring Stuff with Python ), what you should’nt give up, and whatever remains should be ‘outsourced’ to lower cost entity. ...