The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek is a self-help book by Timothy Ferriss that challenges the conventional "deferred life plan" — work hard now, enjoy life later — and proposes a radical alternative centered on what Ferriss calls "lifestyle design." Originally published in 2007 and expanded in a later edition, the book lays out a concrete framework for escaping the traditional 9-to-5, automating income, and distributing leisure throughout one's working life rather than saving it all for retirement.…