The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris (also known as Four Hour Work Week, or 4/Four Hour Work-Week) is a New York Times Best Seller (and must be the book I've read the most times).
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Buy The 4 Hour Work-Week Here [ Ссылка ] [Amazon Affiliate]
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MEXICAN FISHING STORY -

An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The Mexican replied, “only a little while. The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish? The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs. The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”

The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.” The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”

The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”

To which the American replied, “15 – 20 years.”

“But what then?” Asked the Mexican.

The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions!”

“Millions – then what?”

The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”

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In general, I think it's really good. It's aimed mainly at 9 to 5 office dwellers and not musicians, but there is still something to learn from it.

It's split into four sections; Deliberation, Elimination, Automation and Liberation. Musicians would do best to focus on the "Elimination" section.

Basically, what I got from this book is that you should:

• "Focus on being productive, instead of busy" - saying you're busy is such a con, and doesn't even make sense. Make sure everything you do is productive, instead of thinking you're working when in actual fact you're just being busy #getbusyliving

• "What you do is infinitely more important than how you do it" - worry less about using productivity hacks and just cut out (eliminate) activities that aren't moving you closer to your goals - for example, checking social media etc.

If you do get the book, then check out these sections:

The 80/20 Rule/The Pareto Principle/Pareto's Garden (p70)

Batching (p111)(I'll hopefully upload a video about this in the future)

The Mexican Fishing Story (p252)(Also included above)

As I said in the video, I will not link to the full four hour work week audiobook.

Tim Ferriss also wrote The 4 Hour Body ([ Ссылка ]), The 4 Hour Chef ([ Ссылка ]) and Tools of Titals ([ Ссылка ]) - all Amazon affiliate links. I'd highly suggest these books, I've read them all. They're filled with great content and The Four Hour Chef and Tools of Titans are absolutely huge.

#fourhouryoutuber

#RFTD

4 Hour Work Week Review (Chris Anderson)
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Mentioned in the Video:

TED Talk, How to gain control of your free time | Laura Vanderkam ([ Ссылка ])

Mexican Fishing Story: (Above)

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Filmed on 8th February 2017 (The Depot, Edinburgh)

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Gear Used to Film and Edit:

iPhone 6
Final Cut Pro

That's about it...
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