#836: The 4-Hour Workweek Principles — 13 Mistakes to Avoid, The Art of Mini-Retirements, and Navigating the Dizziness of Freedom

This time around, we have a bit of a different format, featuring the book that started it all for me, *The 4-Hour Workweek***.** Readers and listeners often ask me what I would change or update, but an equally interesting question is: what *wouldn’t* I change? What stands the test of time and hasn’t lost any potency? This episode features three of the most important chapters from the audiobook of *The 4-Hour Workweek*. The audiobook, produced and copyrighted by Blackstone Publishing, is available wherever audiobooks are sold. **You can find it on** Audible**,** Apple**,** Google**,** Spotify**,** Downpour.com**, or wherever you get your favorite audiobooks.** **This episode is brought to you by:** Gusto **simple and easy payroll, HR, and benefits platform used by 400,000+ businesses:** https://gusto.com/tim Momentous **high-quality creatine for cognitive and muscular support:** https://livemomentous.com/Tim  Shopify **global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business:** https://shopify.com/tim  Coyote the card game​**, which I co-created with Exploding Kittens:** https://coyotegame.com **TIMESTAMPS** - \[00:00:00] Start. - \[00:02:31] Mini-retirements: embracing the mobile lifestyle. - \[00:09:22] The birth of mini-retirements and the death of vacations. - \[00:11:03] The alternative to binge traveling. - \[00:16:14] Purging the demons: emotional freedom. - \[00:18:43] The financial realities: it just gets better. - \[00:24:24] Fear factors: overcoming excuses not to travel. - \[00:30:08] When more is less: cutting the clutter. - \[00:39:29] The Bora-Bora dealmaker. - \[00:43:11] Questions and actions. - \[00:44:22] Take an asset and cash-flow snapshot. - \[00:45:02] Fear-set a one-year mini-retirement in a dream location in Europe. - \[00:48:38] Prepare for your trip. - \[00:59:42] Adding life after subtracting work. - \[01:01:51] Depression and boredom: it's normal. - \[01:05:31] Frustrations and doubts: you're not alone. - \[01:12:01] The point of it all. - \[01:13:37] Learning unlimited: sharpening the saw. - \[01:17:24] Service for the right reasons. - \[01:20:05] Questions and actions. - \[01:22:46] Make an anonymous donation to the service organization of your choice. - \[01:24:05] Take a learning mini-retirement in combination with local volunteering. - \[01:28:42] The top 13 new rich mistakes. *\** **For show notes and past guests on** *The Tim Ferriss Show***, please visit** tim.blog/podcast**.** **For deals from sponsors of** *The Tim Ferriss Show****,* please visit** tim.blog/podcast-sponsors **Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (*5-Bullet Friday*) at** tim.blog/friday**.** **For transcripts of episodes, go to** tim.blog/transcripts**.** **Discover Tim’s books:** tim.blog/books**.** **Follow Tim:** **Twitter**: twitter.com/tferriss  **Instagram**: instagram.com/timferriss **YouTube**: youtube.com/timferriss **Facebook**: facebook.com/timferriss  **LinkedIn:** linkedin.com/in/timferriss See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.