A Book Changed Me to Get on the Journey to Achieve Financial Freedom
Its ideas significantly transformed my life as I neared the age of 40.
Being an avid reader, I’ve been influenced by numerous impactful books throughout my life. However, if I were tasked with singling out a single book, my pick would be “The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich” by Timothy Ferriss (2011). The reason: it significantly altered the course of my life (for the better) when I was approaching the age of 40.
This is not a book review. Given its status as a New York Times best-seller, plenty of people have written reviews for this book. Here, I will talk about how it changed my life.
Before reading this book, as a sole-income earner of the family, I worked as a software developer (contractor) with a relatively good income. Like many, I dedicated myself to producing quality work and hope to get the contract renewed or find the next role. In that sense, I did pretty well, with nearly full employment (as a software contractor, not easy, as there were bad times, e.g. DotCom Burst and Global Financial Crisis). However, the quality of…
