Tim Ferriss has managed to be very successful financially, while ensuring that his businesses need very little of his attention. This has afforded him the opportunity to travel the world living a life of adventure and leisure. In this book, he claims that you can do it too, and if your primary motivation is to not work much, it may be possible to follow his advice successfully.

I agree with some of Ferriss's points. In particular, I agree that the American dream—saving up a bundle of money so that you can quit working at age 65—may not be the best plan. Instead, I love his suggestion of having a few mini-retirements while you are still young enough to do something adventurous and possibly life-changing. Having children makes that a little difficult, but as a personal example, I fully intend to take a couple of whole summers off while my kids are still living at home. One will probably be a cross-country road trip. The other...who knows?