I really think in today’s day and age everyone I know  just works like freaks, life is too short to be somebody else’s slave, my mum died a few years back she was very young and it made me think we do not have much time on this planet and I want to enjoy every minute of it. Unfortunately to live life to some degree you need an income, but why should you work your life away when the skills you have and the knowledge you have can be put to good use and make you money in half the time it would working not so smartly. What I mean by smartly is to know your limitations, set yourself a timescale and goal and keep to it, and don’t be afraid to pass work on to the professionals. What you should ask yourself is what is your time worth?

You don’t have to be a computer techy to works smartly you just have to set your goals and worked to them in the fastest and most productive way. Tim the author points out things that can make you less productive such as Email he answers it once maybe twice a day freeing up his time to be more productive in other ways. The title of the book I think is a bit misleading I think it would be very hard and take a long time to ever reach a four hour work week, but the principle of a book to enjoy life and to create more time for yourself is solid and can be done if you just think more smartly.

I have taken on a lot of Tim’s ideas and really have changed the way I view work set yourself small goals, I need to earn so much this month to do this. Work on your salary on a month to month basis he explains, stop thinking of annual salaries just enjoy life and earn money as you need it. Tim’s Teaching may not suit all but the underlying principle of the book I think it’s brilliant for people who want to improve their lifestyle and work around their life and not worked their lifes away.

The book is a good read a lot of things in it are common sense, but it makes you think and that’s what I think the goal of the book is, to make you think about your life and how to improve it for the better. Remember don’t live to work, work to live.

The four-hour workweek is a must buy for everyone you can buy it from all good book stockist and pretty much worldwide in multiple languages this was the New York’s best seller for quite a while. Here is a link to Amazon.com where you can buy the book and have it delivered to your door.

The 4-hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich