Everything Is Great – Career Info Book Critique

This material is only loosely connected to the rest of the book anyway. Best bet: skim the book and pull out the bits and pieces that apply to your situation. Ferriss’s cynicism is alarming. He doesn’t seem to acknowledge the possibility of making money in a fun and meaningful way, and he certainly doesn’t give advice in that vein. He’s hood-winked us all and is laughing all the way to the bank. I agree completely with a previous reviewer who nailed it nicely: a get-rich-quick scheme for the shallow. This doesn’t include cooking and cleaning which is also technically work, or exercise, which is a form of work. I enjoy exercise, but I enjoy most of what I do to one degree or another so liking or not liking the activity can’t be the barometer for what is and isn’t work.

It is NOT EASY to come up with a good, profitable idea. The .com bust is evidence of that.

I didn’t even notice the warning until it was too late. You also have to have a meaningless job that requires almost ZERO work.

Don’t be one of those people, don’t buy this book. I actually had fun reading this book, to be honest. I’m a mid-level manager at a large non-profit organization. A lot of my job consists of interviewing children and adults for our programs.

You don’t have to recoup losses the same way you lose them – An interesting discussion of mortgages. I was well aware of drop-shipping before I ever read this book, but how do you find products that you can mark up 8-10 times to sell” It just sells you on the idea, and he does that very well. Until robots can run the world, the ethical implication is that it is OK for some people to work, just not Mr Ferriss or his readers. Finally, throughout the book Mr Ferris keeps referring to the New Rich.

With all that was taken out of context and twisted, it was clear that most of the 1-star reviewers either didn’t read the book or don’t have sufficient reading comprehension to be a critic of anything. I find this unfortunate since many negative-minded people read these reviews and respond with things like: “This was what I suspected, glad I didn’t waste my money.” Interestingly enough, the 80/20 principle also applies to this book. Twenty percent of the book contains 80% of the good ideas.

The negatives are self-evident when you think about the title “Four Hour Work Week”. Yeah, that’s realistic.

He doesn’t work four hours a week but he sure can talk a game. Anyway, I give the book 4 stars.

You’re just reading summaries that might have been written by a $5 an hour researcher in India. Blue Tufted Ottoman.