You may be returning to work after taking a few days off to celebrate your country’s birthday last week. Or, you may be trying to carve out some time to take a vacation.
My friend, Andy Wibbels, just posted a link to a USA article saying that Canada and the United States are the “no vacation nations.” That sucks.
In the spirit of carving out more time for yourself to live the life you really want, this week, I’m detailing all the things I’m doing to streamline my business after getting my hands on a book called The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss.
Ferriss encourages people through his book to do what you love and outsource the rest. Because of this, he has created a workweek where he only works for 4-hours on his business. The rest of the time, he’s travelling around the world. He only needs $125 per day to maintain his lifestyle. So although he’s not a millionaire, he answers to no one.
Has this book change my life? Indeed. So much so that I’m declaring it The 4-Hour Workweek on my blog. Every day this week, I will show you how I’m applying the principles covered in Ferriss’ book to create a workweek that is less busy and much more fun.
Applying Ferriss’ techniques has also helped me to appreciate social media alot more. I now have control over what I’m doing online based on some of the tips I learned in the book. I’ll share these with you over the next few days. In particular, here’s what I’ll share:
- Blogging an Hour a Week
- Do What I Love, Outsource the Rest
- Using a Feed Reader
- Checking Emails Once a Day
- Automate My Business
I will not only say what I’m doing, but I’ll also tell you how I’m doing it. If I’m using a specific tool, I’ll list it. That way, you can implement my tactic right away for your own business.
I will also ask you questions at the end of each post to find out how you can streamline what you’re doing. I invite you to leave your comments and open your own mind to the possibility of creating a 4-hour workweek. Seeing your comments published publicly will keep you accountable to a worldwide audience.
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So, are you ready? I am. My 4-Hour workweek begins Monday.
Hi,
The entire effort zeroes in on tradeoff between time and functions. If you’re seeking more time, then you’re bound to give up some of the functions you think are necessary. Michael E. Angier of Successnet suggests a matrix, Time-Function / Urgent versus Important, which could be accessed at http://www.analystzone.com/index_files/Page430.htm which makes it a lot clearer as to why you should chose to outsource few things, if not too personal ones. There are four quadrants and try to figure out those functions listed in different quadrants that could be could be outsourced. luckyly for some, it is possible to get very personal with their outsourcing startegies, for their financial situation allows them to do so. Work less and live more!
Deepak
You know I have heard of this book and have been interested in finding out more about it for some time now. So I am glad you will be showing us how you are using it. It can be a review of sorts for me as to does it really work.
I can’t wait to see how I can apply these techniques to my daily work load.