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I don't have experience with that but I have friends who do and they all recommend reading The Four Hour Workweek - I'm in nursing so its not super easy for me just yet but I'm looking into doing something more tele based in the future, so I will be rereading that book in the near future.
Break ups suck even if they are not ugly. Sorry that it came to an end but it sounds like you have a great mindset and are sure of the decision.
We're all always here if you need to vent/talk :)
>There is no such thing being pushed. I think you may be referring to the idea of a 4-day work week
>These are for the most part scams.
If they are scams then the advertising mechanisms of YouTube do not seem all that concerned about their authenticity.
Your business may have outgrown the client(s).
Small clients tend to be the most fussy because the stakes on any given project are greater for them. If you have one product with one site, you have to get it right, and that's scary. But if you have ten products with ten sites, there's more wiggle room for failure.
That relationship works both ways though. When your client is small (needy), but they're one of you're only clients (you're small too), you can devote more bandwidth to them and that's much less stressful. If you have a lot of clients (you're big), the needy ones are much more stressful to deal with because you just don't have the time.
Tim Ferris talks about this in The 4-Hour Work Week (which is about optimizing your time, not actually working 4 hours/week). There's a good chance that your needier clients aren't providing the return on investment that the less needy ones are. They're also consuming time you would otherwise have to pursue more lucrative contracts with larger clients.
I've seen this happen in real life. We figured out that our smallest contract was opening the most support tickets, basically requiring one engineer to work for this client full time. This meant rolling out new platform wide updates (which benefitted all of our clients) took longer because we were always down one engineer. The ROI on keeping them just didn't make sense.
Anyway, you're not crazy. Figure out who the clients with the least net benefit are and, if they're hard to work with, replace them with better opportunities. Rinse and repeat as needed.
Check out Tim Ferris’ book, “The Four Hour Work Week”
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307465357/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_XY0Q2AVCCY1R3B31CFR2
It might not be for everyone, but he’s got some really wild ideas on how to take over more and more of your time, while even having a salary job depending on the situation. He talks about everything from hiring virtual assistants for anyyyy simple task in the world, to taking month (or longer) vacations regularly. Also talks about leveraging the ability to work from home more, and compounding that time.
Another thing you want to consider is where you want more income coming from. 'Earned Income' is the highest taxed income. What if you used your talents to create a product or provide a service outside of your current position?
You could work for a company, but really effectively and efficiently. Then on the side have a product you get income from, royalty income, rental income, etc.
That book is not only for people that want to cut down their work hours, or work remotely, but also for creating additional income streams.
lol
Anyway, you could look at the 4-Hour Workweek as a good starting point. It's maybe a little bit outdated at this point, but it could help guide your thinking.
I think your co-worker may be using the techniques in this book:
That was the premise of that book. Get jobs that you can outsource and make that money. I would not be surprised if your co-workers has at least one other side gig that may be presented as a full time job.
Fair warning...this book has changed everyone I've ever handed it too:
Don't let the title scare you. It's more about changing your thinking and examining your life and how you spend your time and finding better ways to maximize more YOU time and less hamster wheel shit.
https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357
This also works with books too sold and shipped by Amazon. I bought this book and it only cost me $3.30 hardcover. Note, there is another promo code 25offbook but don't know if you can stack since I already used it for another book. I also used my Chase Freedom.
I love/hate the 4 Hour Work Week book. It made me feel like I really could become rich, if I was more aggressive and manipulative. It is an interesting read, although the first three chapters are mostly just the author talking about how filthy rich he is and how fantastic his life is.
Sounds like you already know you want to live a little. Id say do it. Dont want to get old and regret not traveling. The house will be there when you get back.
If you want to get some ideas, grab the (Four Hour Work Week)[http://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Expanded-Updated-Cutting-Edge/dp/0307465357/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298542447&sr=8-1]. It's a little hyped but it gives some great ideas.
Do yourself a favor and read the 4-Hour Work Week. It addresses your concern with some very practical advice.
Sure, realizing that you only have a short time is one important insight.
But the really hard question is: how do you actually make good use of your time? And for this there is no short or simple answer. The best I know is: "Think!"
Edit: This book might be of help:
http://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Expanded-Updated-Cutting-Edge/dp/0307465357/
Its not as perfectly relevant to software engineering as one might hope but you'll find some good ideas in here:
- https://fourhourworkweek.com/
- https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357
I don't think you can really escape the career goals conversations but just be clear that you are not interested in management and try to be honest about what interests you. The idea that you want to work less is going to be at odds with HR processes and how your manager has to work with that. If they are more "enlightened" they will be on the same page when your laziness aligns with goals of making work more efficient, more automated, not doing unnecessary stuff, keeping code simple because it is easier to fix and maintain. You have to find the places where being lazy is beneficial, focus on that, and leave the desire to work less hours unspoken. You can't ever completely level with your boss and say you don't give a shit as long as you get paid. You can be easy to please though in 1 x 1s though. "If you're happy, I'm happy." Try to make their life easier when they are noticing you but don't be noisy if you don't have to.
It is okay to not like meetings and make points about how smaller meetings are more effective and cost less man hours. Stuff like that.
What helped me the most was the promise I made to myself to expose myself to great material everyday. Even if it's just one Youtube video.
You are the sculptor and the sculpture. Every action you take towards your goal is a strike from the hammer and chisel. Whether you read a book, write in a journal, listen to an audio book, or just watch a Youtube video, you are changing yourself.
Nothing on the outside world changes when you read a book, but everything changes on the inside. You're taking years of someone's life experience and condensing that into a few hours of listening to an audiobook, or a seminar.
The book that forever changed the way I saw wealth was "The 4-hour Workweek" by Tim Ferriss.
The book that forever changed my approach to wealth was "The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire" by Deepak Chopra
If you don't mind me asking, what is your end-goal? I'd love to know where you are on your journey to give you a possibly better suggestion.
idk if u've read it, but I'd recommend reading the "4 hour work week" by tim ferris - he's an ENTP. Both ENFP and ENTP have tht hyperactive Ne, with crappy Si, so I found his advice to be very useful.
4 Hour Work Week - Time Ferriss (ENTP):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307465357/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
Here's also a couple of other books i found extremely inspiring:
Unscripted - MJ DeMarco (total guess: ESTP)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984358161/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
Courage - Osho (ENFP)
>Zawsze trzeba mieć własny umysł.
Zgadza się.
>Oczywiste jest, że książka ma zarabiać pieniądze, a sam tytuł to dla mnie metafora/przenośnia lepszej efektywność wykorzystywania czasu.
Może dla Ciebie to metafora, ale dla autora chyba nie:
https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357/ref=sr_1_1
"This step-by-step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:
• How Tim went from $40,000 per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per month and 4 hours per week"
Nie twierdzę że książka jest bezwartościowa. Po prostu nie jest szczególnie odkrywcza a sprzedawana jest jako przepis na wygodne życie w bogactwie. Jak zaczniesz się takimi rzeczami interesować bardziej to zauważysz że jest tego cała masa. Tim to wierzchołek góry lodowej, i to całkiem ładny. Większość tego szajsu nie ma nawet 10% tej jakości.
It does not have to be that way. it is up to you to create your life . Yes, this is the way most people do it . They are slaves to the system . You don't have to do it. There are Options https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=4+hour+work+week&qid=1577644210&sr=8-1
The Four Hour Workweek - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307465357/?coliid=I2XOSF2HX4QK6J&colid=2EZX4GSK51QNR&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
The E-Myth Revisited - https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About-ebook/dp/B000RO9VJK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530729478&sr=8-1&keywords=gerber+book
Anything You Want - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591848261/?coliid=I24ZZA0YSUWA8E&colid=2EZX4GSK51QNR&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
yes, virtual assistants. Tim Ferris discuss his experiences with some different ones in his "4 hours workweek" book ( https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357 ).
Have you read The Four Hour Work by: Tim Ferris?
I checked it out from the library. He lays out the steps to have the freedom you seek by establishing an automated income. Worth a read if you're interested. He's also done a TED talk.
The 4-Hour Workweek should answer this question for you in detail with some examples
I hear you! Positivity is a must! Some inspiring infographics at Funders and Founders.
I like Entrepreneur (not a blog per se) and Tim Ferriss’ blog. There’s a good list of business podcasts here.
Tim Ferriss’ 4 Hour Work Week book was a game-changer for me and many others. Highly recommended.
Ferriss is a protogé of Stephen Key, author of One Simple Idea. I don’t recommend it to everyone, but if you’re curious about patent development and licensing it can open up some possibilities. The TL;DR of the book is: file a Provisional Patent Application for $100 (only lasts a year but allows you to legally claim “patent pending”), then pitch it like crazy.
P.S. If you have a business or project idea, don’t forget about Fiverr. Incredible network of contractors for the normal-person budget.
I had many of the same issues you are having right now when I first started my current job. I wanted everyone to like me so I was way too nice and let people walk all over me.
My brother suggested I read the book The 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss (link to amazon or read the whole book here). Most of it will not apply to this situation but one section of the book goes over how to get people to stop wasting your time with what they think is important like their person IT issues (aka stupid fitbits). One passage in the book says:
> "THE FIRST DAY our new Sales VP arrived at TrueSAN in 2001, he came into the all-company meeting and made an announcement in just about this many words: “I am not here to make friends. I have been hired to build a sales team and sell product, and that’s what I intend to do. Thanks.” So much for small talk.
> He proceeded to deliver on his promise. The office socializers disliked him for his no-nonsense approach to communication, but everyone respected his time. He wasn’t rude without reason, but he was direct and kept the people around him focused. Some didn’t consider him charismatic, but no one considered him anything less than spectacularly effective."
Now you are at a disadvantage since you are already looked at as the nice guy that will do anything for anyone... anytime. This is hard to fix but how I fixed this was I stopped letting people start every conversation with small talk. You need people to realize you are busy have plenty of work to do. "I always try and pretend like i'm not stressed, overworked, busy etc and that they're important"... yeah stop that right now. They may be important but so are you.
Read this from page 22 of that link above:
> If someone does call your cell phone, it is presumably urgent and should be treated as such. Do not allow them to consume time otherwise. It’s all in the greeting. Compare the following: > Jane (receiver):Hello? > > John (caller): Hi, is this Jane? > > Jane: This is Jane. > > John: Hi, Jane, it’s John. > > Jane: Oh, hi, John. How are you? (or) Oh, hi, John. What’s going on? > >John will now digress and lead you into a conversation about nothing, from which you will have to recover and then fish out the ultimate purpose of the call. There is a better approach: > > Jane: This is Jane speaking. > > John: Hi, it’s John. > > Jane: Hi, John. I’m right in the middle of something. How can I help you out? > > Potential continuation: > > John: Oh, I can call back. > > Jane: No, I have a minute. What can I do for you? > >Don’t encourage people to chitchat and don’t let them chitchat. Get them to the point immediately. If they meander or try to postpone for a later undefined call, reel them in and get them to come to the point. If they go into a long description of a problem, cut in with, “[Name], sorry to interrupt, but I have a call in five minutes. What can I do to help out?” You might instead say, “[Name], sorry to interrupt, but I have a call in five minutes. Can you send me an e-mail?”
Sounds like it wasn't the right business.
When you're a real estate agent I imagine it's a lot harder to delegate 95%+ of your work and take off to do the things you like to do. Or run it from anywhere in the world off a laptop.
I'm 3 years in on my digital agency and just spent 3 months travelling around Europe. 1-2 hours per day in the morning is enough time to keep everything running smoothly. Now that I'm home it's back up to 5 hours per day because I really want to grow.
While I'm not freelancing, I'd recommend reading http://www.amazon.com/The-4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Anywhere/dp/0307465357 first. I do not agree with some ideas described there, but most of them make sense...
Haha, that's a deep question.
Well first I'm an entrepreneur so I'm a bit biased in my approach to goals but here goes...
First, read On The Shortness of Life by Seneca. You can find it online here, but Penguin do a nice little paper back that you can slip into your pocket.
As you read it ask yourself: what life do I want to live? Write down any ideas that pop up. Also take into account the top 5 regrets of the dying. The goal as a Stoic is to make sure we don't waste our lives so that we regret living.
These are two things I re-read often to make sure I stay on the right track.
Second, check out The 4-Hour Work Week. Ignore the cheesy title, the book is actually a call to arms to not waste your life doing b.s. things and actually get serious about your dream life, and strategies to do so.
Thirdly read about S.M.A.R.T goals online, check it out on wikipedia if a Google search turns up crappy blog articles. This is the go to strategy if you want to make your goal specific.
Look the point is to not have this huge life goal that you're going to chase, because the worst thing is to set a goal, it takes you 10 years to achieve, and you realise "Heck this is it? This is what I worked so hard for? Was it really worth it?". You can't predict what will make you satisfied, so why not do what a scientist does? Why not just experiment to find out what will make you feel awesome?
It also really helps to find out the underlying drive behind your goal. Say for instance you want to become President of the United States, ask yourself, why? Is it because you want the recognition, or because you truly want to change the country?
If it's recognition, ask yourself if there's a cheaper way to get it and see if it scratches the itch.
I'm really big on asking yourself questions. Carry out a socratic dialogue with yourself and see what comes out.
Hope this brain vomit helps!
You could read The 4-hour Work Week. It's two bucks on Kindle. I'm not going to say it's convincing, but it's a place to start.
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To monazite it you can look at youtube ads, you can promote products as an amazon affiliate, you can set up premium content that you sell, you can build a brand and sell t-shirts or whatever. Lots and lots of ways. You should read The Four Hour Work Week [referral link] and the $100 Start Up [referral link] for ideas and systems you can use.
You might find 4-hour workweek by tim ferriss useful
http://www.amazon.com/The-4-Hour-Workweek-Anywhere-Expanded/dp/0307465357/
I'm halfway through and It's a great read. you'll love his emphasis on efficiency :)
Here is the manual on how to escape this.
I know it's a risk. I'm no spring chick in this business. However, this guy is pretty well vetted. He has several products that sell on the home shopping network, qvc, and lowe's. He lives nearby and we are meeting in person to discuss specifics.
He is also really old and really knows nothing about "computer stuff". If i can get my contracts in order, ask for a reasonable percentage, and install automatic payments, and other safeguards, then i don't see why i wouldn't accept payment from a revenue share.
Maybe i am in the wrong sub? I know i could checkout the business subs, but i was hoping for web design specific solutions. You know a lot of designers are working for revenue shares these days right?
Aim to have several revenue streams rather than just one.
Learn day trading and play the markets where and how you can, understanding that yeah it involves computers but it doesn't have to be the only thing you do, you don't have to do it full-time, and it's definitely not in danger of being a dying industry. If you can make it online gambling, you have the patience and self-restraint to net gains day trading.
Otherwise, invest some of your nest egg in a portfolio that pays dividends. Again, won't be enough on its own, but as one stream among many, helpful.
Hound government/health insurance/the state/etc. for long-term disability income, that's another potential one.
Youth sports referee, paid focus groups, mystery shopping, and other ideas/jumping-off-points available in this thread.
Also worth reading The Four Hour Work Week, again as a jumping off point, but there's lots of great ideas in there about stuff like steps to take to make yourself look/seem/be an "expert" at something that qualifies you to sell your services as a consultant, contribute paid online content based on your expertise, etc.
Ever considered going back to school for accounting, or aiming for investment banking?
Best of luck.
That one is nice, very specific. Four hour workweek is also good and quite practical:
http://www.amazon.com/The-4-Hour-Workweek-Anywhere-Expanded/dp/0307465357
This scenario is advocated by this book I read awhile back, so I don't know that it is too far from possible:
Check out 4 Hour Work Week. There are always options beyond a job.
>If only I didn't have a job
Watch to the end of this TED talk to get a good take on "if only..."
You need to read 4-hour workweek by Tim Ferriss and read his blog. This is exactly the kind of lifestyle he talks about and he describes exactly how to achieve it. He gives a lot of examples in his blog of people who have "followed their muse" to create a source of income, travel everywhere, and avoid the corporate world. It isn't easy though. You'll have to put some effort into getting things started well. If you do though you'll be able to have a great life. Read the comment below from merlaak carefully -- just going into it blind and not having a good plan will eventually lead to disaster. Going about it the way Ferriss outlines will lead to success.
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You can only teach or curate a museum with a history major but not with an undergraduate degree. You might win the lottery and land a gig with a big older corporation as a historian but not with an undergrad degree and probably not at all in a bad economy.
Having the degree box checked might get you on the waiting list for entry level positions in a corporation or small business but that might take years.
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I’m a workaholic at heart, too. I have to force myself to stop and spend time with my family, and even then, if I’m honest, it’s probably not enough. At different times in my life, I’ve developed good boundaries, like only checking my emails twice per day, but then I slide back in to old, bad habits. Your post is a good reminder for me! One suggestion is to check out “The 4-Hour Workweek” by Tim Ferris, if you haven’t. Not so much for the idea of really only working four hours per week, but for the good advice on creating systems and expectations at your job that reduce your hours, while also prioritizing what is truly important. I think I need to re-read it myself! Best wishes!
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