Tim Ferriss’s book, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, has been around for just a short while but has already turned the business world upside down. The book has been a #1 bestseller on the lists of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek. It’s you-can-do-it approach has motivated thousands to take a closer look at their lives and change for the better.

I’m reading Tim’s book now, and he was some interesting thoughts on life and how he has built systems to give himself extreme personal freedom. Tim’s is an exceptional case, but while telling his story he does a great job of getting the reader to think about their own life and find ways to be more efficient.

This isn’t a book review, though. Instead I’d like to talk about Tim’s blog. It’s called The Blog of Tim Ferriss – Experiments in Lifestyle Design. On the site he talks about all different topics, most revolving around ways you can improve your life and live efficiently. In many aspects, the blog is an ongoing continuation of the book.

The best part of the blog is the ability it gives Tim to stray from the strict topic he stuck with in his book. With all the time and writing space he needs he’s able to dive into a number of different areas, and he does. Writing about how he gained 34 lbs. of muscle in 4 weeks or how to tie the perfect tie every time and everything in between Tim brings his personality out through his blog posts.

As an added perk, Tim has a special “reader only” section on is blog where you can access additional chapters, tools, tricks and other helpful articles. By buying The Four Hour Workweek, you get a password to the extra features, which I found to be very useful. For all the free content that Tim provides, this section is the diamond. It alone is worth the price of the book, and we’ve already talked about how dense the book is with great content. If this sounds good to you, you may buy the book here.

What I like most about the blog is reading the thoughts of someone who doesn’t take life too seriously and manages to completely enjoy it at the same time. He’s created systems to beat the system, which allows him the freedom to do anything he wants. This isn’t something everyone can do, but for those who want to try Tim Ferriss is someone to keep an eye on.