Four Hour Work Week

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Bryce Campbell 12/15/13 Period 5 The Four Hour Work Week The four hour work week is more of a guide than a book. It teaches how to work smart and effectively. Each chapter in the book is a lesson or a challenge that trains the reader how to work smarter, not harder. A lot of these challenges require the reader to step out of their comfort zone and expand boundaries. The book is based off the author’s experiences with working and becoming rich through success. After collage he took a lifeless sales job at a tech firm, soon after he left to create his own lifeless business. He went from working forty hours for someone else to working eighty hours for himself. The pay was good, but the business left him drained every day. After learning about the Pareto Principle (aka the 80-20 Principle), he had a revelation: he updated his business, eliminating distractions and automating systems until it was not only more lucrative, but also took less of his time. He took a “mini-retirement”, and then decided to write a book about lifestyle design, teaching how to create a life that balances work and play, taking full advantage of the positives in both. Each chapter is a different step in achieving the 80-20 principle. They range from making goals to designing your job to increase mobility. The book is pretty much a modified version of the principal that he has made to fit the lives of the readers. It turns the average, hard working person into what is known as the “new rich”. I believe the book was helpful in the sense that I learned how to prioritize my goals and objectives. It helps with school just as much as with a career. The principle has helped me to decide what to accomplish in the order of value to my grade. I will be able to carry this lesson onto my collage, my career, and eventually my
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