Guest Author - Meg Meyer

The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss outlines how one can own a "hands off" business for less stress and more profit.

What most article writers and book reviewers do, when selling their book review articles to publications like newspapers and magazines, is just skim the book, submit a query to pitch the article, and then (maybe) read the book.

When I received MY review copy from Crown Publishing, a division of Random House, I cracked the cover and could not put it down.

The tone is conversational, even including the occasional "four-letter" word, and funny while delivering the message. Tim Ferriss tells his own tale of being an entrepreneur, developing and growing his nutritional supplement company to the point of working himself into a near-breakdown state. When the pressure of working more than 12 hour days, to call on customers all over the globe finally got to him, he booked a vacation to Spain and promptly... collapsed.

He goes on to outline his own experiments at re-working his company from one that needed him 12 hours a day, into one that needed him 4 hours a week. And a surprising side effect occurred. While he was overcoming the incessant addiction of checking email 10 times an hour, when he automated his system to work (mostly) without him, his company did BETTER.

Have you ever wondered if you could do it? Could you unplug and only check email and voicemail once per week? Ever get tired of taking a vacation, only to bring work with you? What would you do with all that extra time anyway?

I would surely recommend "The 4-Hour Workweek" to anyone who dreams of a life of adventure, entrepreneurship, and is humble enough to get out of the way of their own success. The story is inspirational. The tips are mostly useful. The voice is comical, as the author honestly pokes fun at his own human mistakes.

Two funny things seemed to happen, whenever I'd tell my friends and family that I was reviewing this book. First, they'd say something to the effect of, "you mean 4-Hour WorkDAY, don't you?" Second, they'd ask me to read it when I was done.

Whether you already are in business and think there's no way that this could work for you, or wish to start a business and wonder if Tim's ideas could work for you, I'd suggest you let "The 4-Hour Workweek" challenge you. Just get your own copy - there's a 4 person waiting list for mine!