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Live From Studio 1A: The 4-Hour Workweek

Are you working too many hours? Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich, thinks so.He appeared on the show this morning (WATCH VIDEO) to discuss the ideas behind his book -- that people need to stop obsessing about work, constantly checking their email and feeling chained to their offices, and instead start using their work time more efficiently

Are you working too many hours? Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich, thinks so.

He appeared on the show this morning (WATCH VIDEO) to discuss the ideas behind his book -- that people need to stop obsessing about work, constantly checking their email and feeling chained to their offices, and instead start using their work time more efficiently and embrace the opportunity to work from home or anywhere in the world.

If people follow his plan and eliminate the myriad distractions in their work lives, Ferriss argues that they can cut their workweek down to a total of just four hours and still make a lot of money.

CNBC's Donny Deutsch debated Ferriss this morning, arguing that hard work and longer hours will always trump shortcuts and gimmicks.

Now that you've watched the debate and heard both sides of the argument, what do you think? Are you curious to know more about Ferriss's idea or do you think it's just a gimmick?