Four Hour Work Week

[rosshill]

Get the podcast from http://2007.sxsw.com/blogs/podcasts.php/2007/03/19/the_4_hour_workweek_secrets_of_doing_mor

Then checkout his blog and buy the book at http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/

It is a must-read, so READ IT!

[Brendan]

Thanks ross, thats great.. a must watch/read for any aspiring Entrepreneur!

[Brendan]

I finally got a chance to listen to the whole podcast this morning on the train, I do agree with a lot of the things he said, but I can only see it applying for an already established business, is this sort of lifestyle feasible for a startup?

[rosshill]

It applies to everything, but some more than others. Tim talks about how you can start living a better lifestyle if you are an employee, so I would think startups have a head start on that.

The key, as with anything, is probably to take a few lessons from it instead of thinking that the whole book will apply to you. Tim is a very extreme case as you will see if you read the book and see some of the stuff on his blog.

I don't want to work 4 hours, a few more is okay :) There is plenty I can learn from it though, particularly on how to automate systems and how to think about different ideas. ie you dont' need to be a millionaire to do what most people think you need that much cash to do, $60k will probably be fine for most of it in fact.

[Brendan]

you dont' need to be a millionaire to do what most people think you need that much cash to do, $60k will probably be fine for most of it in fact.

Lol.. what do you mean by that?

[rosshill]

There are so many fun and cool things you can do on a small budget. If you want to drive a Porche you can hire it instead of buying it - you might hire one for a weekend to drive somewhere instead of waiting until you are a millionaire to buy one.

If you want to go on holiday somewhere go to Thailand instead of the Maldives, much cheaper but you still get a beach.

If you want to learn to cook or fight or paint or fly or write or talk french make time for it in your schedule today. You're not THAT busy.

Stop making excuses and work out how much money and time you really need to do the stuff you want to do and work towards that target daily income.

[Slade]

Interesting podcast, I like the idea of the virtual architecture.. I wonder how many businesses can actually use that today.

I have heard of virtual assistants quite a lot lately, when I am busy enough to pass them off some work I think I might just have to :D