Four Hour Work Week - Review Part 1
Posted on February 1st, 2008 in 4hourworkweek, kickthejob, lifestyledesign | No Comments »
OK, so there’s lots to do. Not least of which to post a bit of my history and ‘about me’ on this blog and try to find a cooler theme! However, in the meantime I wanted to post something that people could use straight away. So, here’s the top 5 points I got from reading the first half of Four Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferriss.
- Design Your Life!! Don’t accept what you’re doing and have if you don’t like it! Make the most of the time here and design your lifestyle the way you want it.
- Conquer your fears. A lot of people don’t like their jobs. So, what would really happen if you left it? What are the worst case scenarios and how can you address and overcome those?
- It’s all about relative cash flow. It doesn’t matter if you’re making $200kUS per year. If you’re working 70 hour weeks to get that, what is your real hourly rate and quality of life? Would earning $100KUS in a year, but only working on average 20 hours per week be better?
- Ruthlessly cut out non value add activities and stress inducing parts of your life. Eliminate useless information consumption. Increase your efficiency when earning $$ in order to free up time to spend on other activities you want in conjunction with your lifestyle design.
- Outsource! In the global economy, there is a lot of daily and weekly menial tasks that can be outsourced to save you time and headaches. What is your time worth and what can you have done by someone else for less than that amount?
That’s it for now. Stay tuned for more soon!