This is a review of the book The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss.

I have to start by saying I really want to Love this book. Who wouldn’t want what this book promises? Work only 4 hours a week, Travel the World, and Live in luxury.

I have only made it to chapter 4 and I am having some reservations about this book. I am hoping he starts addressing my doubts soon. This is not going to be something everybody can do.

I will say that I am glad he doesn’t spend half the book trying to sell me on his Idea like a lot of other books do. His writing style is very direct and he is good a communicating his point.

So far the book is about Setting Dreams and cutting things out that waste your time. I can see his point on a lot of this, but I think you have to take it with a grain of salt. Many times I feel he is teaching or going to teach you how to be an Asshole and How to cheat your employer. Everything is this world is a matter of perspective and I can see what he is saying, but I am not sure I can feel good about doing it. For example: He explains How he won his fighting title. It was by exploiting the rules. And how he harassed his teachers to give him better grades in school. What he did was legally right, but dosen’t mean it was ethically right.

I will work on finishing his book and then apply some of his rules, but if I were to follow his rules I wouldn’t be blogging or reading any blogs.

I will keep You posted.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is Book 5 in the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling.

I am going to leave the Synopsis to Amazon and just give you my feelings on this novel.

I really had mixed feelings about this book. I love the Harry potter series and J.K. Rowling’s ability to immerse the reader in to this fantasy world and this book is no different. This book still had me laughing, blushing and screaming out loud with the characters. I really felt I was there along for the ride with them. This book was different in that it is the first HP book that I wasn’t saying that it was great and I love every minute of it. While I was reading it I was really enjoying it and I kept wanting to finish it. As I look back, I attribute this to Rowling’s great writing, but this book really doesn’t convey much to the potter story line. I feel that this book was more aimed at Rowling’s younger readers as the bulk of the book is about a tyrant of a teacher named Dolores Umbridge. We can all identify with this, but it really doesn’t move the story along. When you do reach the end that was climatic you are eagar to find out what this has all been about and I was disappointed to learn it really is just some of the back story as to why Potter is the “The Boy Who Lived”

In the end the story does progress slightly and I was anxiously waiting to read the next book Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Some of the story line does relate to the Half blood prince but not much. I can only hope that more from this book contributes to the 7th and Final book due out this year.

If you haven’t read the rest of the Harry Potter books I encourage you read them. They are great and way better than the Movies.

What Color is your Parachute? (2007) is a book by Richard Nelson Bolles; published by Ten Speed Press.

It has become the defacto book for job hunters and career changers. It is updated and republished every year. I half read the a copy in 2001ish. I was desperate for a Job at that time and ironically thought I didn’t have time to read it, I was to busy looking for a job in a terrible job market. I found a job eventually, but I had to struggle thru a few I didn’t really like before I found one that I did.

I have been at my current company for 3 years now. I really like my Company and my job. I get to travel all over the world setting up and managing call centers. I am always seeing cool places and doing unbelievable things, but the stress and working hours are getting to me. I look forward to settling down, buy a house, and starting a family. These things are not currently in line with my job. My job may change and allow me to have a home again, but that is not guarantee. I am now starting my back up plan.

I have picked up the latest copy of WCIYP? 2007. I have just started reading it and I plan to put thoughts and reviews of the book here online. There are many tasks that must be done in the book and i will also share them online.

I will also share what I have learned about the job market, working, traveling, and the world.