The 4 hour work week
Key Takeaways
Okay not gonna lie, the first half of this book was good. But then it went downhill from there. But here are some notes I found beneficial
- Work smarter, not harder. Time is precious and you don't want to utilize it. Only half of the time in a workplace is spent working. The rest of the time spent usually consists of unecessary meetings and emails, which you can automate.
- Get your most important task done before 11AM
- Never automate something that can be eliminated, and never delegate something that can be automated or streamlined
- A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversation he or she is willing to have
- Do not multitask. Get one thing done at a time, and get it done right the first time
- Efficiency is important, but is useless when applied to the wrong things
- Check emails only once a day
- Respond to calls all at night
- Run all errands all at once every two weeks, or once a month instead of every week
- Only meet with people you really want to meet with or if you really have to
- Avoid meetings
- Emphasize your strenghts, instead of fixing weaknesses
- You can work, live, and travel anywhere if you set it up right
- Stop trying to compete with everyone at the same things
- Don't create a business as large as possible, but a business that bothers you as little as possible
- What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do
- A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have
- The question you should be asking isn't, "what do I want?" Or "What are my goals?" But "What would excited me?"
- Information is useless if it is not applied to something important if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it
