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Old 11-19-2007, 01:34 AM
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Default Re: Timothy Ferriss and the Four Hour Work Week

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Everyone,

You guys pride yourself on being logical thinkers, right?

1) Hire personal assistants to make your job easier.
2) Convince your boss to let you stay home from work because you are so much more productive with these personal assistants.
3) Your boss realizes that you are productive because of these personal assistants.
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What do you think happens next?

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He obviously doesn't tell you to tell your boss that. It would be retarded to do that and he'd probably fire you on the spot. There's a script in the book.

The outlandish claims about e.g. gaining 30 lbs. of muscle in a month are absolutely ridiculous and cripple his personal credibility. But the concepts in the book are pretty solid.

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The outlandish claims of gaining 20-30 pounds of muscle are not outrageous.


Especially in boxing, you'll see each fighter's weight the "night before" is drastically different than the weight the "day of" the fight.


It's not uncommon, in fact it is normally expected to see fighters baloon up 15-20 pounds overnight. It's a process of starving your body of carbs and water and then indulging it overnight.

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I have done that several times personally. That is manipulating hydration, not adding muscle tissue. Tim specifically claims gaining 34 pounds of muscle in four weeks. It's laughable. It's impossible with steroids. Anybody with more than a casual understanding of manipulating body composition knows it's a silly claim, like a poker player who says he never has a losing session.

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/200...cle-in-4-weeks/
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