Table of Contents

Title Page 5
Dedication 6
Contents 7
Preface to the Expanded and Updated Edition 10
First and Foremost 14
Faq—Doubters Read This 15
My Story and Why You Need This Book 17
Chronology of a Pathology 24
Step I: D Is for Definition 29
Chapter 1 - Cautions and Comparisons: How to Burn
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$1,000,000 a Night
Chapter 2 - Rules That Change the Rules: Everything Popular
40
Is Wrong
Chapter 3 - Dodging Bullets: Fear-Setting and Escaping
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Paralysis
Chapter 4 - System Reset: Being Unreasonable and
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Unambiguous
Step II: E Is for Elimination 75
Chapter 5 - The End of Time Management: Illusions and
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Italians
Chapter 6 - The Low-Information Diet: Cultivating Selective
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Ignorance
Chapter 7 - Interrupting Interruption and the Art of Refusal 102
Step III: A Is for Automation 126
Chapter 8 - Outsourcing Life: Off-loading the Rest and a
127
Taste of Geoarbitrage
Chapter 9 - Income Autopilot I: Finding the Muse 155
Chapter 10 - Income Autopilot II: Testing the Muse 183
Chapter 11 - Income Autopilot III: MBA—Management by
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Absence

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Step IV: L Is for Liberation 228
Chapter 12 - Disappearing Act: How to Escape the Office 229
Chapter 13 - Beyond Repair: Killing Your Job 243
Chapter 14 - Mini-Retirements: Embracing the Mobile
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Lifestyle
Chapter 15 - Filling the Void: Adding Life After Subtracting
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Work
Chapter 16 - The Top 13 New Rich Mistakes 303
The Last Chapter: An E-mail You Need to Read 306
Last But Not Least 309
The Best of the Blog 310
The Art of Letting Bad Things Happen 310
Things I’ve Loved and Learned in 2008 312
How to Travel the World with 10 Pounds or Less 316
The Choice-Minimal Lifestyle: 6 Formulas for More
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Output and Less Overwhelm
The Not-to-Do List: 9 Habits to Stop Now 323
The Margin Manifesto: 11 Tenets for Reaching (or
326
Doubling) Profitability in 3 Months
The Holy Grail: How to Outsource the Inbox and Never
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Check E-mail Again
Tim Ferriss Processing Rules 333
Proposal to Work Remotely on a Contract Basis 342
Living The 4-Hour Workweek: Case Studies, Tips, and Hacks 349
Zen and the Art of Rock Star Living 349
Art Lovers Wanted 352
Photo Finish 354
Virtual Law 355
Taking Flight with Ornithreads 356
Off-the-Job Training 357
Doctor’s Orders 358
The 4-Hour Family and Global Education 360
Financial Musing 361

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