This felt like ’the Game’ for entrepreneurs. I do run a company spending ~4h a week, and I don’t think I’ve read so much bad advice in a single book before. Still, Tim Ferris’ sheer enthusiasm his own genius led to some ideas that actually landed.
The good: The Parkinson principle + the Pareto principle. A simple reminder that prioritization is important, and a decent formula to approximate why.
Being busy is a form of laziness.
Mini-retirements. Considering I took 2 years off after my last job, not surprising this resonates.
The bad: The author is so caught up in his own awesomeness, that he conflates everything he’s done with good ideas. He oversells what is possible substantially, and then dismisses any shortcomings of his strategies as ‘unimportant’.
I’ve never developed such a strong dislike for an author like I did while reading this book. He’s just trying so hard to fake it that he’s convinced himself he’s found the real deal.
Tons of morally dubious advice, as well as blatant advice on how to manipulate and essentially lie to take advantage of other people.