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Timothy Ferriss

Author of 'The 4-Hour Workweek'

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Timothy Ferriss, nominated as one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business People of 2007," is author of the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek.

He has been featured by dozens of media, including The New York Times, The Economist, TIME, Forbes, Fortune, CNN, and CBS. He speaks six languages, runs a multinational firm from wireless locations worldwide, and has been a popular guest lecturer at Princeton University since 2003, where he presents entrepreneurship as a tool for ideal lifestyle design and world change.

What I'm talking about:

How and Why to Be Unreasonable

Case studies of how to think big and test assumptions to accomplish the impossible, whether launching a #1 bestselling product, setting a world record, or changing the world.

Comments:

Posted by: Mr. Twenty Twenty on 5th January 2009 22:51:30

Hey Tim, Your focus, energy, and message are all amazing. I am thankful for your continued sharing, and caring. You have inspired me countless times, and wish you the best. Your friend, Twenty Twenty

Posted by: Mike Smuts on 28th October 2008 12:45:26

Thanks Tim, Great insight as we have come to expect from your book, blogs and various other outlets. As a fellow South African I felt compelled to point out however that Oscar Pistorius is in fact South African and not Australian as mentioned in your speech. Thanks again, you have been a great inspiration in my own business.

Posted by: Tsiartsionis on 28th October 2008 03:51:52

Tim, I'm aware of your efforts in builing schools. Have you ever build a palace? Would you like to be a part of history? Sincerely and respectfully, N.

Posted by: Linda Barnby on 7th October 2008 02:37:47

I recommend your book to all who will lend me their ear. Just forwarded your DO talk to my daughter in college and to my daughter in high school - both do-ers. You have incredible gifts to enlighten and inspire. I am so glad you are on the planet and willing to do and share. Thank you!

Posted by: earthtax tom on 9th September 2008 23:00:00

before the DO lectures had even happened Tim had contributed massively to changing my perspective of the next few months of my life and he'd inadvertantly aided my descision to start living life for today and not waiting for tomorrow to come. tim did this by suggesting ralph potts book 'vagabonding' which is a quick, easy and massively inspiring read. thanks tim, you lead me to a book i'd never have otherwise read which has given me the kick up the arse to start doing what i want to do now, not later. not a bad talk either ; )

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The Dieline
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Signal vs. Noise
A weblog by 37signals about design, business, experience, simplicity, the web, culture, and more
Avant Game
The weblog of a games designer
Bubble Generation
Strategies for a discontinuous future
Experiments in Lifestyle Design
The blog of Tim Ferriss

Books

Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
Author: Rolf Potts
Description: This book is about taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own terms
ISBN: 0812992180
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
Author: Roger Lowenstein
Description: A biography of Wall Street Journal reporter Lowenstein
ISBN: 0812979273
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger
Author: Peter Bevelin
Description: A book on wisdom and decision-making written by a wise decision-maker
ISBN: 1578644283

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Room to Read
This is an organization dedicated to partnering with local communities throughout the developing world to provide quality educational opportunities by establishing libraries, creating local language children's literature, constructing schools, providing education to girls and establishing computer labs.
Donors Choose
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