Timothy Ferriss
From BookJive
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| Born: | 1977 |
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| Residence: | Wherever the whim takes him |
| School: | Princeton University, BA Asian Studies |
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A look into his MySpace page gives only the briefest of overviews—30 years old, self-proclaimed geek, astrologically a Cancer, single, and straight. A deeper look reveals interest in hard rock, mixed martial arts, wine, travel, breakdancing, language, rock-climbing…It all says very little about a man whose interests are as varied as the countries he has explored. Do not say visit, for Timothy Ferriss is at heart an explorer, not a tourist. Nor is he the average American over-achiever.
As purloined from his MySpace page, Ferriss was raised in East Hampton, New York, attended and graduated from St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire (a small, independent, co-educational private high school noted for its high academic requirements), and attended and graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Asian Studies and as a member of the Greek Fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha. The messages shown are primarily hellos and "how ya' doings" from around the world and are fairly impersonal. Ferriss admits in his profile that he has broken over 20 bones in his lifetime. This is not surprising considering the life he has led and the things he has done.
Besides being the author of the New York Times Bestseller The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, Ferriss’s accomplishments include:
- Princeton University guest lecturer in High-Tech Entrepreneurship and Electrical Engineering
- Cage fighter in Japan, vanquisher of four world-champions (MMA)
- First American in history to hold a Guinness World Record in tango
- Advisor to more than 3 world record holders in professional and Olympic sports
- National Chinese kickboxing champion
- Glycemic index (GI) researcher, Political asylum researcher and activist
- MTV breakdancer in Taiwan
- Hurling competitor in Ireland
- Actor on hit TV series in mainland China and Hong Kong
- Owner and CEO of BrainQUICKEN LLC, a dietary supplement company
Serial entrepreneur and ultravagabond Timothy Ferriss has been featured by dozens of media, including The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, NBC, and MAXIM. He speaks six languages, runs a multinational firm from wireless locations worldwide, has been profiled in The Success Principles, the New York Times bestseller written by Jack Canfield, and is a main character in the upcoming feature-length documentary As Seen on TV, produced by Emmy Award winner Dan Partland.
It is, however, his book, The 4-Hour Workweek that has brought Ferriss to the attention of the world. Part instructional, part autobiographical, and part philosophical, Ferriss outlines his personal lifestyle choices and pathways, offering up the results of interactions and interviews with the world’s New Rich, in a refreshing writing style and simple, but not oversimplified dialogue. The book, which provides the guidelines for eliminating the morass of flotsam from our lives and giving up the outdated American ideal of “working for work’s sake,” provides the reader with the specific course of action to take to enter into the lifestyle of the New Rich.
Since discovering the pathway out of the daily grind (He personally experienced the 7 day, 12 hour-a-day pursuit of career and financial success), Ferriss has unrepentantly pursued his personal dreams and interests. The 4-Hour Workweek is a platform for him to share his philosophical attitudes and beliefs on how people should live their lives:
“‘Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you…If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it and correct course along the way.”
“Once you realize that you can turn off the noise without the world ending, you're liberated in a way that few people ever know.”
“Even when you're not traveling the world, develop the habit of letting small bad things happen. If you don't, you'll never find time for the life-changing big things, whether important tasks or true peak experiences. If you do force the time but puncture it with distractions, you won't have the attention to appreciate it… Time without attention is worthless, so value attention over time.”
Entrepreneur, vagabond, dreamer, explorer…Timothy Ferriss is a young man on the move, and it is obvious that no one will prevent him from doing just that.
