Delegation Dangers in Pursuit of the 4-hour work week
Tim Ferriss advocates delegating personal stuff to an outsourcer or Virtual Assistant, in pursuit of creating more time to work more efficiently remotely so that you can take a mini-retirement to pursue a dream.
In my previous blog post, I explored some issues of using overseas virtual assistants and why it’s a false economy to engage cheap overseas VA’s.
When you delegate it’s also important to first filter the tasks you are delegating so you are paying to get done what you need to get done and not waste resources because of laziness on your part.
Tim Ferriss on Outsourcing and Streamlining
Many people dream of taking extended holidays, changing careers or pursuing their dream hobbies and Tim Ferriss’ book, The 4-hour Work Week sets out a plan exactly how you can achieve this through a series of mini-retirements and here’s my take on what he suggests.
The 4-Hour Work Week – Permission to dream granted
Tim Ferriss’ introduces the concept of the 4 Hour Work Week to achieve a series of mini-retirements. It turns on its head the norm of working 30-40 years only to find at retirement, you’ve either not got enough money to live out your ‘retirement’ or you’re not in good health anymore, having slogged your guts out or worst still both!
The 4-hour Work Week – Is It Possible?
My holiday reading this summer included Tim Ferriss’ The Four Hour Work Week, Escape the 9-5 and live anywhere and join the New Rich. The reason this book interests me so much is that Tim advocates outsourcing.