Working less, Earning more

I used to think the hardest thing about career development was working out what you want: once you have some realistic ambitions, achieving them is relatively easy. But it turns out there is something harder: mastering the art of earning more, while working less. It is an almost impossible trick to pull off, unless you are a NHS consultant, or unless, as I learnt this week, you are the entrepreneur Timothy Ferriss.

The 29-year-old American, who runs BrainQuicken, a sports nutrition company, says he has gone from earning $40,000 (£19,400) a year, working 80 hours a week, to earning $40,000 a month by working just four hours a week. Now, presumably with all the spare time he has on his hands, he has written a US bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, to teach us how to replicate his success.

Given that time is (not enough) money, a synopsis is probably in order…

Read atTimes Online