The Purpose of Tim Ferriss

The Four Hour Work Week has been a phenomenon. It is based upon a concept that nearly everyone who reads the book strives to attain, but few, if any, ever do. The goal seems so unrealistic that there is much doubt about the legitimacy of Tim Ferriss’s claims about his own “four hour work week” lifestyle. I’ve even written about my own skeptecism in the past.

As an entrepreneur, I and many of my friends have read the book. We often discuss the topic of the difficulties of achieving the four hour work week goal and the fact that many of us think that Tim Ferriss is a fraud.

I had held that opinion in my mind for quite a while, until the other day.

Because I had committed myself to restart my blog, I spent time reviewing blogs that have large followings to see what they are doing effectively; one of which was Tim’s Blog. While on Tim’s blog, I read the “Geek to Freak” post. I had read the post before and it seemed too good to be true. I conducted some Google searches and found that there are many people who shared my opinion.

However, I found some people who claimed it worked.

I spent time researching the topics of HIT and HIIT, and reading everything I could find regarding the “Colorado Experiment.” I then spoke to one of my friends who said he had just started the geek to freak program. That made up my mind, I was going to do it myself.

Right about the time I made that decision, it occurred to me: It doesn’t matter whether or not Tim Ferriss is telling the truth. His stories inspire people to try to achieve the goals he writes about. Tim Ferriss is an inspiration to a generation of people who don’t want to be part of the status quo. Tim inspired me to quit screwing around and start my own business, he inspired me to start a blog, and he inspired me to try to get back in shape. He’s done the same for countless other people around the world.

How does Tim Ferriss inspire people & get them to believe him?

Tim provides well researched and outlined strategies that people can follow. He provides something that is simple enough that people can adhere to (such as eat the same few meals every day), but he NEVER says that it is easy. It gets 4HWW followers to believe that if you don’t get the results that Tim promised, it’s most likely that you didn’t try hard enough – which is likely to be the truth.

Despite all of the disbelief surrounding Tim Ferriss and the 4HWW, he serves a very important role for Generation Y, and small business entrepreneurs in general: you need to step out of your comfort zone and try your hardest – then you can succeed.

Over the next few months, I will be interviewing people who have read the 4HWW and experienced varying degrees of success in its implementation. All are, have been, or are trying to be entrepreneurs.