Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan - there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.

This step-by step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:

* How Tim went from $40,000 dollars per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per MONTH and 4 hours per week
* How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want
* How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs
* How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist
* How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent 'mini-retirements'.

This new updated and expanded edition includes:

More than 50 practical tips and case studies from readers (including families) who have doubled their income, overcome common sticking points, and reinvented themselves using the original book as a starting point
* Real-world templates you can copy for eliminating email, negotiating with bosses and clients, or getting a private chef for less than £5 a meal
* How lifestyle design principles can be suited to unpredictable economic times
* The latest tools and tricks, as well as high-tech shortcuts, for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either.

Contents:
Step I: D is for Definition
Cautions and Comparisons: How to Burn $1,000,000 a Night
Rules That Change the Rules: Everything Popular is Wrong
Dodging Bullets: Fear-Setting and Escaping Paralysis
System Reset: Being Unreasonable and unambiguous

Step II: E is for Elimination
The End of Time Management: Illusions and Italians
The Low-Information Diet: Cultivating Selective Ignorance
Interrupting Interruption and the Art of Refusal

Step III: A is for Automation
Outsourcing Life: Off-loading the Rest and a Taste of Geoarbitrage
Income Autopilot I: Finding the Muse
Income Autopilot II: Testing the Muse
Income Autopilot III: MBA-Management by absence

Step IV: L is for Liberation
Disappearing Act: How to Escape the Office
Beyond Repair: Killing Your Job
Mini Retirements: Embracing the Mobile Lifestyle
Filling the Void: Adding Life After Subtracting Work
The Top 13 New Rich Mistakes

The Last Chapter: An E-mail You Need to Read

Last but Not Least
The Best of the Blog
The Art of Letting Bad Things Happen
Things I've Loved and learned in 2008
How to Travel the World with 10 Pounds or Less
The Choice-Minimal Lifestyle: 6 Formulas for more output and Less Overwhelm
The Not-to-Do List: 9 Habits to stop now
The Marging manifesto: 11 Tenets for Reaching (or Doubling) Profitability in 3 Months
The Holy Grail: How to Outsaource the Inbox and Never Check E-mail Again
Tim Ferriss Processing Rules
Proposal to work Remotely on a Contract Basis

Living the 4-Hour Workweek: Case Studies, Tips and Hacks
Restricted Reading: The few that matter
Bonus Material
Acknowledgements
Index