The 4-Hour Workweek: As If

It amazes me that this article from Brazen Careerist is dated January 8th, 2009, but continues to this day to get comments--both in the form of kudos and criticism (in some cases, that last term is putting it mildly--to call some of the criticism "flaming" is like calling the crash of the Hindenburg an unfortunate incident).

I happen to know this article keeps on generating divisive comments because at one point, I commented on it, too. Bottom line: I am equally unimpressed with Tim Ferriss as Penelope Trunk is. And I think I speak for both of us (and many commenters) when I say: Tim Ferriss appears to be a self-centered jerk and his book, THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK is trash.

Now, I don't trash books as a general rule. I usually find something to recommend even in a mediocre book. But this isn't a mediocre book. It's simply a bad one and I have no clue why so many people seem to think it's brilliant.

And if you want to know why, just read the column I wrote earlier this year. And, yes, I reference and link to Penelope's article at the bottom. (Talk about recursive . . .)

So let the flaming begin.