Above all else, Tim is a master self-marketer. I've always found it interesting that I'd never heard of BrainQuicken until he got his fame from 4-Hour Workweek

Above all else, Tim is a master self-marketer. I've always found it interesting that I'd never heard of BrainQuicken until he got his fame from 4-Hour Workweek. Granted, that fact alone doesn't mean the company wasn't successful when Tim was running it, but it is curious. IMHO, he comes across very much as a "famous for being famous" type of person and for that, I've never really liked the guy. Some of his ideas are interesting, but it's hard to take him seriously when he's practically Aleksey Vayner.