“Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life, it’s all here. Whether you’re a wage slave or a Fortune 500 CEO, this book will change your life!”
–Phil Town
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Rule #1

Chapters: Chronology of a Pathology
Page: 13-17

Timothy briefly tells his exciting story in this chapter in a chronology style

1977 - born 6 weeks premature and given a 10% chance of living

1983 - nearly fail kindergarten because he refuse to learn the alphabet.

1991 - his first job as the lceaner at an ice cream parlor, and being fired after 3 days

1993 - volunteer for a one-year exchange program in Japan

1996 - manage to slip undetected into Princeton, despite SAT scores 40% lower than average

1997 - create an audiobook “How I Beast the Ivy League”, but zero sale.

1998 - develop a speed reading seminar, and close it after a boring 2 months

Fall 1998 - quit school

Spring 1999 - create a gym chain out of thin air at Taiwan, but get shut down by Chinese mafia. He went back to US, learn kickboxing and won the national championship 4 weeks later

Fall 2000 - return to Princeton, graduated and get a sales job

Fall 2001 - start a dietary supplement company

2002-2003 - earn $40k per month from his company BrainQuicken LLC

June 2004 - escape to Europe

July 2004-2005 - still staying overseas, but his company profit increase 40%

September 2006 - return to US, start teaching about “Drug Dealing for Fun and Profit”

Tim went from $40k per year and 80 hours per week to $40k per month and 4 hours per week!

My Story

1977 - born in a small town - Baling, Kedah - I’m the same age as Timothy Ferriss

1980 - move to Sungai Petani, central Kedah, Malaysia

1996 - score straight ‘A’s in SPM examination

2000 - graduated from University Technology Malaysia in Aeronautical Engineering

2001 - completed 1st solo album production, while performing full time as pianist and vocalist.

2002 - stay in the US with my wife

2003 - move to Penang, Malaysia and start self-employed in financial industry

2004 - launched 2nd solo album, and sell less than 1000 CDs

2007 - start blogging about money matters and music production, have a son.

Compare it to Timothy’s, my life so far seems not as exciting. However, I enjoy every part of it - family, work & music. But I am sure I’ll enjoy even more if I manage to get myself in the New Rich!

Previous 4-hour Workweek Posts

If you missed my previous post about The 4-Hour Workweek, here is the list:
The 4-Hour Workweek: Doubters Read This {Book Review}
The 4-Hour Workweek: My Story & Why You Need this Book {Book Review}

In short, this is one of the few books that hook me to read on just after the first chapter. I will be writing a series of the concept and ideas presented in this book on every Thursday. Stay tuned. If you can’t wait any longer, get your own copy of The 4-hour Workweek on Amazon.

(This book can’t be found in Malaysia, none at Popular Bookstores, MPH, Times nor Borders. If you really managed to get a copy of this book anywhere in Malaysia, please share with us in the comment.)

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