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Habits & Productivity

The 4-Hour Workweek

Timothy Ferriss · 2007

Question the default settings — the 9-to-5-until-65 deal isn't the only one.

Summary

Ferriss reframes life around 'lifestyle design' instead of deferred retirement. The DEAL framework — Definition, Elimination, Automation, Liberation — challenges readers to define ideal lifestyle, ruthlessly eliminate low-value activity, automate income streams, and untether work from a fixed location. Some tactics have aged (cold-call outsourcing); the underlying mindset shift — that time and mobility matter more than money — has not.

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