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24 alternatives to The 4-Hour Workweek

Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The 4-Hour Workweek launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The 4-Hour Workweek (Expanded & Updated Edition)▲95
Escape the 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The 4-Hour Workweek▲3
Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the▲3
The ultimate guide to lifestyle design by Tim Ferriss.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Productive Habits▲100
Learn how to work smarter, not harder, in four weeks
2016 · its alternatives →
5
The Long Walk▲60
A gruelling march at four miles per hour...
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Four Thousand Days▲70
A journey from prison to business success
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Frugal Innovation (AMA Today at 3PM)▲147
How to do more with less
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Less Doing, More Living▲64
Optimize, Automate, and Outsource Everything in Your Life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
80,000 Hours book giveaway▲65
Research-backed guide to a fulfilling career that does good
2016 · book.80000hours.org · its alternatives →
10
Faster, Smarter, Higher▲69
Managing your career
2016 · amazon.in · its alternatives →
11
The Seven-Day Weekend▲3
Changing the way work works
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
The End of Jobs▲98
Money, meaning and freedom without the 9-to-5
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Let's Stop Meeting Like This▲63
Tools to Save Time and Get More Done
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Get Some Headspace▲68
10 minutes can make all the difference
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Hello Tech Pros: How to Have a 4 Day Weekend Every Week▲61
by outsourcing the crap you don't want to do
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
16
24-Hour Bookclub▲61
Every few months, we pick a book and read it in one day.
2014 · its alternatives →
17
Peak▲73
How to acquire new skills + be at the top of your game
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Managing Oneself▲56
We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
19
A Sport and A Pastime▲72
Oyster's Book of the Week
2015 · its alternatives →
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Conquering the Calendar and Getting More Done▲63
Get more $#(* done with an ADHD mind.
2016 · its alternatives →
21
Startup Opportunities▲84
Know When to Quit Your Day Job
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
Mindset▲84
How You Can Fulfil Your Potential
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Overlap▲100
Start a business at your full-time job. A free audiobook.
2017 · edilangit.com · its alternatives →
24
Living at 100 Podcast - #15▲60
Books, being "you" and propelling to "Outer Space"
2017 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

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