Comments on: The 4 Hour Work Week - Timothy Ferris

By: John

John — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:59:52 +0000

There are however a lot of ideas in the book that are possible and should provoke some thought in entrepreneurs.

Does Princeton University still have him guest lecture?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:47:15 +0000

I have an issue with Ferriss ethics, rather his LACK OF ethics. This guy is dangerous: he’s spreading false hope and questionable values without any concern about the lives he may damage. Many people have repeatedly asked Ferriss to back up his many dubious claims and to date, he either refuses to - or can’t - substantiate his claims. Just see the wikipedia article on Ferriss which raises a lot of questions about his claims. His publishers are also suspiciously quiet over this whole issue of Ferriss’s credibility. Neither Ferriss or his publishers have made any attempt to clear the air over his contentious claims. James Frey, anyone?

Joe

By: John

John — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:42:30 +0000

Interesting, though I think it’s still worth reading even if a lot of it does turn out to be hype/stretching the truth there’s still some ideas in there that should at least provoke people into taking a new look at their business and spotting some new opportunities.

34lbs in 4 weeks sounds rather unlikely, I don’t think even Arnie and pals have ever claimed anywhere near that much.

By: UKpreneur

UKpreneur — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:08:05 +0000

I was amazed to first hear about this guy, i watch an interview of him on CNN the day he released his book and i had to learn more. But the more i researched about this guy, the more i found out that maybe alot of his amazing claims were hype just to get people to buy his book.

Don’t get me wrong, im sure he only does work 4 hours per week, but his business is unique, not every business could adapt the same model:

For example:

Ferriss’ book was released to the public on April 24, 2007. On the very same day, Ferriss’ book received 17 five-star reviews on amazon.com written by first-time amazon.com reviewers, leading journalists to question the credibility of these early reviews.

On pg 284 of Ferriss’ book, he shares with his readers a poem that he claims to have received from a terminally-ill girl. The poem, titled “Slow Dance”, is actually taken from a well-known email chain letter that was circulated on the Internet in 1999. The said poem was originally written in 1991 by David L. Weatherford, an adult male child psychologist.

Ferriss makes a number of claims on his blog and in his book, including:

In an article on his blog, Ferriss claims to have gained 34lbs of muscle in 4 weeks (not substantiated). The claims in this article have been criticized as being misleading and deceptive.

I would say make your mind up about this guy, by all means read his book but if it sounds too good to be true …..