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一周工作四小时不是梦 2013年08月28日 ?? 来源: 财富中文网 蒂姆?菲利斯曾经是全美散打冠军，如今不仅是位成功的投资人，而且是位掌握了生活艺术的大师。他的《每周工作4小时》登上了畅销书排行榜，他倡导的高效工作和生活方式深入人心。他告诉我们，生活原来可以更美的。 If anyone gets the entrepreneurs plight, its Tim Ferriss. The East Hampton, N.Y.-raised, Princeton-educated author once worked in sales at a data storage company before starting a sports nutrition supplement company and penning The 4-Hour Workweek in 2007. The controversial New York Times bestseller inculcated readers to Ferrisss lifestyle design principle, serving up ways to optimize the work day and increase quality of life. Its success established him as a self-help guru and paved the way for a follow-up in 2010. Last fall, he created a stir as the first major author to sign with Amazon (AMZN) Publishing to distribute The 4-Hour Chef. At the same time, Ferriss also kept his eye on the tech scene. To date, he has invested in and advises over 30 tech companies, from Facebook (FB) and Twitter to Uber and TaskRabbit. 本刊记者借数字时尚品牌InsideHook在旧金山举行发布会的机会和菲利斯共进了午餐。这位曾经的全美散打冠军（没错，他真的是散打冠军）谈到了他和亚马逊结缘的过程，解释了他为什么暂停投资活动以及他近期不会推出新书的原因。 Fortune caught up with Ferris at the launch of the digital lifestyle brand InsideHook in San Francisco, where the former national Chinese kickboxing champion (yes, really) reflected upon his Amazon flirtation, why hes on hiatus from investing, and why another book isnt coming any time soon. 《财富》：你之前曾经告诉过我，《每周下厨四小时》这本书被砍掉了250页。请恕我直言，我听说你对亚马逊不是很满意。是真的吗？ Fortune: You told me earlier that 250 pages were cut from the 4-Hour Chef. Feel free to disagree, but Id heard you werent happy with Amazon. Is that true? 菲利斯：有很多事情都让我满意的不得了，但我想大家都低估了大型零售商对Amazon Publishing做出的非理性激烈反应。这不是亚马逊的错，在这一点上我不怪亚马逊。当时我们知道有哪些风险。所以当机会出现时，我决定放手一搏，责任也由我来承担。亚马逊在数字领域执行的非常好。我们预计会遭到图书零售商Barnes Noble的抵制。但我们没想到塔吉特（Target）、好市多（Costco）和沃尔玛（Wal-Mart）这些零售商也会抵制我们。 Ferriss: There were many things I was more than happy with, but I think everyone underestimated the irrational backlash from big box retailers that would come of Amazon Publishing. That wasnt the