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My grandparents worked like crazy all their lives. Never went on holiday. Finally after decades of this grind and ONE year into retirement my Grandad was playing tennis. He had a heart attack and sadly passed away. My grandmother was left over 25 years alone. Never assume your next day is guaranteed.

I’ve been a freelancer all my life. Here in Germany everybody is telling each other how long and how hard they work. I discovered those are lies necessary to be respected in a performance society. I reduced my schedule to 6x45min each day, on 5 days a week. Within these 45min I work focused on clearly defined tasks. I achieve anything I need to match my goals.

Once you realize time is the ultimate currency you radically change your lifestyle and habits.

Meditation, study, exercise, explore where you live, support others and avoid working too hard

This is so spot on. I retired three years ago and it was one of the worst decisions I ever made. My Dad told me retirement wasn't what it was cracked up to be. He was right. We've all been lied to about it. I have arthritis in my feet and felt I had to retire to get off my feet. But I went home and did nothing because that's what society tells you you're suppose to do. Society is oh so wrong. I'm working on changing that. It's harder because nobody wants to hire retired people but I know I'll be okay. Thanks for the encouragement.

Guys, since I am in poor health at a young age and forced to live like a 70 year old most of the time and knowing I will not reach retirement - let me tell you this: Your lifetime and energy are ALL you have. Once you look your mortality into the face, you will learn exactly the same lesson every person learns at a certain point in life. However, most are just not forced to realize their mortality, because they are young and sure that they have a „later“. It is like the recklessness of adolescence that needs some kind of age to wear off. Well, here I am, not even middle aged and already learnt: Every hour of my life needs to be spent well, in a sense of me feeling content. Stuff that I do needs to „earn“ my time, because that has the highest value. I have a seriously hard life, but that gave me a gift: seeing the value of life in its best way. I can be happier watching some birds on the balcony or enjoying the light on water than anyone drinking their ass off or anyone buying a new car. So yes, if you are not in danger of dying from hunger or living on the street, then you CAN work less and do something you enjoy. And because you enjoy it, you willprobably excel at that! What you lack, is not opportunity, but guts.

This "9-5" is the most soul crushing thing anyone can put on a young person. That's the reason I quit my job 3 days ago. I only worked here because my parents put me here, and whenever I wanted to leave, they said no and yelled. Take control of your future, you only have one life.

I walked out of my job and went back to school. I got my degree in two years, then took a year "off". That was an extremely busy year. You would be amazed at how much you can accomplish when you don't have a job.

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Tim's book is filled with unrealistic goals. Outsourcing your time to others usually means you are just passing the shit to someone else, which doesn't really solve the underlying issues. Instead of trying to be rich with 4 hr work weeks, do what you love but be happy with what you have if you can.

I was blessed enough to be able to retire early 11 months ago, after doing almost 40 years in a job I hated of course. It was a cheating wife and divorce that drove me to re-evaluate everything and get out a few years early. I love retirement. This past 11 months have been the most enjoyable and satisfying of my whole life... maybe retirement isn’t for everyone, but it worked for me.

I'm nobody but I wish to leave my 2 cents on this: A good job for me is a job that enables me to learn new things everyday. Everyday being a different day, with different challenges. Experience comes from learning. If your job is tedious then the only benefit is the salary. If you are learning, then you are taking something that is worth more and you probably can use it as an leverage to a new, more valuable job.

Everyone in my family has always been telling me that you need to make as much money as possible. You then use that money to buy a giant house, and new fancy cars. That's just what you do, that's the goal of life. It took me many years to realize that I don't care about giant houses and new fancy cars. It took me many more years to realize that if I don't need that expensive stuff, I don't need a lot of money. Why am I aiming at making a lot of money, if there isn't even anything that I want to buy with it?

I remember working in manufacturing where there was "mandatory overtime". These generally hardworking but underpaid guys slowed down in the first 40 hours to make sure they would get the overtime they needed to pay their bills. I was called to the carpet by my boss for a lack of willingness to work overtime, despite getting more work done in 40 hours and chewed out by my coworkers for threatening their overtime. Ugh!

Tim Ferris spent 50h per week marketing his 4h work week book.

If you're bored on retirement, it is because you have no hobbies. In your 30-40 years of working, you should be building your hobbies up and when you finally retire, you devote your time to that rather than giving up 1/2 of your day you are awake. If you retire with no hobbies, you will probably go nuts (especially since you will likely be alone - your kids grown and left and your wife/husband won't want to be around you 16 hours a day).

This reminds me of a story read once where an IT guy out sourced his job to somebody in india and basically had the guy do his job for him. lol

thanks! for me... try to enjoy every moment of your life.. even if youre working... its so true... dont wait to retire and enjoy or do what matters to you..by that time...youre old..fragile... you may not have enough energy...may even be suffering to an illness already..since our body doesnt last forever... its inevitable to get weak at old age....do it while youre still strong...and dont forget exercise... i read in a book before.. the only time we live.. is in the present...not in the past nor in future...i wish you all a happy life! lets figure this out! ..love from the philippines! 😊

I read this one recently - your summary is great and you really get to the point. I love this refresher!

You are amazing! I'm so happy and blessed to even see you in the sea of videos in youtube! You explain things in ways that are easy to understand even have examples of it! I hope many people will see your videos! They make my day :)

Something my math teacher said in high school stuck with me, and that was over 20 years ago. He said, 'Mathematicians are some of the laziest people in the world.' Lazy? Maybe. Stupid? No. This guy was a Mensa member and ran circles around most people.

"What if retirement wasn't an option?" I haven't read a phrase that forces me to think about in such way in a long time.

I am loving your videos man. Thank you very much for posting these.

Brilliant summary of a great book - THANKS!

I think outsourcing can quickly become a slippery slope. Outsourcing a lot of things is an efficient way of doing things, but only works provided your income remains high. If your situation changes, you may find yourself molding your life to facilitate all the stuff you've outsourced in the first place (cleaner, gardener, accountant). A lot of menial jobs that we don't like are often outsourced first, and it's those jobs that should give you joy, they can be the most mindful!

The four hour work week is a book that changed my life.

First being effective(doing the right thing) then become efficient(performing a task inthe best way possible). 🔥🔥🔥this enlightened me!

As the other videos, I love this a LOT ! Thank you for creating them!

**Takeaways:** * Retirement is also very boring. * What if retirement wasn't an option? * Don't have the retirement as the end goal! * One dollar could value more than one dollar! * It depends where you live and how much the cost of living is. * The absolute income is not correct, but the relative income is. * Avoid work for work's sake * Doing less is not equal laziness. * Efficiencty vs. effectiveness. * Efficienency: * Performing a task in the best way. * Effectiveness: * Doing the right thing. * **So be effective then be efficient!** * Pareto's Law * 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes. * 20% of your efforts produce 80% of the result. * Identify the 20% and focus on efficiency. * Buy youself time by outsourcing * Doing is not the end goal. Doing what you love is. * Spending your free time to learn. (**To live is to learn**)

Great subject! Right now I can't buy you a coffee but I can express my gratitude for this video! Keep going, nice job!

So grateful for this video. The book has always intrigued me, but now I know it is full of basic info I'm glad I didn't waste time on this.

You’re not going to feel like doing too much when you’re old if you get bad arthritis in later years. Live your life now.

I received my confirmation from this video that the DEVINE has sent to me....i knew i was doing the right thing....working smarter not harder....thank you for the Awesome video...will get that book!!

Jane: I've won. But at what cost?

So happy your channel is baaaackkkkk

The first video of yours I watched was about doing a dopamine detox. I did it and that day was better than the day before. Most every video you put out is literally helping me to be “Better than yesterday”. Thanks for putting so much work into explaining things clearly. Also you have a cool accent!

the thing I always get stuck on is the following: imagine we all would do this, found companies and stuff. We still need the people that work for us, need the amount of people to pay for our product or service. Even real estate, it would not work if everyone would start to buy real estate. Because there simply is not enough. That's the question I always ask myself. Can this work for all of us? And if not, what I think so far, what can we do? And thats why I think concepts like UBI are so great. Everyone would receive enough money to survive and on top of that they can pursue a job they really enjoy. I mean, not everybody wants to found a business. And people like us need good employees.

A millionaire: “Hey cook, I am hungry, serve the dinner.” The cook: “Can’t do it, I am in Thailand, focusing on a more important things.” How you are going to live if people who fix roads and pipes, sell food and cook, wash your cars, all start living what you recommend? Where you are going to take time to do all of that yourself? Can you even? Any approach should be a thoughtful win-win system for each and everyone, not a recipe for privileged to use others. Otherwise it is a dead end, it is not scalable, there is no synergy. If there are 8 billion people and all 8 billion need a cook to delegate to, then no one gets a cook, not a single one, so this entire idea is conditional, selective, and thus not working for everyone.

Never got bored at home...

I agree. Want to mention though, when deciding if you should do something yourself, it is important to think about your income divided by 16 hours. We don't make money every hour of the day. We are awake for 16. Otherwise you could say getting food delivered if better because it is not worth your time, but in reality you should go get it because you do not make enough divided by 16 hours

Great video! I'm still very young so I definitely try to build my life according to all these tips

This was a great video! Thank you 🙏🏽

Thank you for this video, really enjoyed it and helped a lot! 👍🏻

What you call outsourcing makes me think of Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage Great video 👍

Mikes eyes are drifting a little below Jane’s eyes there

i always go back to your page for reminder, your content really help me thank you

Well deserved cup of coffee. Thank you for the content you make

Definitely productivity is the most important thing and companies are slowly shifting their organization structures to apply these concepts. In the example of the video, sure Mike might have more time but Jane can leverage that experience to earn more and eventually become a CEO or start her business which will generate her good amount of compensation. It's not necessary a bad thing if you work 80 hours a week for a year or two in order to set yourself up for bigger things. Of course that's not for everyone though. Like the video mentions in the end, you should do what excites you and have a plan and purpose of what you want to achieve in life.

So, the answer is that everybody should work online.. Clever

I can recommend the book. It does a great job of giving you examples and tools you can use to streamline your work. The virtual assistant was one of the best parts for me. The first half of the book was more to inspire the change, the second half was how to continue that change and make you more efficient. At least that's how it came across too me.

Powerful life-changing concepts inside this book. Thank you for the review

Thank you for this 👏

Property taxes have made retirement impossible.

Good job man, its just another perspective to see the same world we all live in. Very motivational.

Currently reading 4 hour work week. This is a great refresher for whenever I need it

There are a few good concepts in this video but that comparison was so extreme and rare that it hinders the author’s point. I’ve never worked more than 48 hours in a week and don’t know anyone that topped 70 so the regular 80 hour work week in the example is ludicrous. That’s 13 hours and 20 minutes of work every day for 6 days a week for 50 weeks! Also, I doubt the cost of living for both cases. I know that travel home to visit family, visa costs, and health insurance add to the Thailand living expenses. I think a better comparison would be the median wage, work week and living expenses. Then, how easy is it to make $50,000 working 20 hours a week? It’s kind of rare. So, the comparison is bogus but it does illustrate the point to consider all costs when evaluating employment opportunities. I agree with considering alternative work and self-employment but most folks in the gig economy and vloggers are working more than 20 hours a week and few are making $50,000 or more.

Absolute awesome summary! Very well structured video. Great work. I need to reread this one :)

If you refuse to go into debt or rent your lodgings you never really need to work a standard week in a standard job. You may have to make early sacrifices in your life to do this, but you'll reap the rewards in time and money. By the time I started college I'd already paid cash for a VW camper to live out of--in a southern state. I bartered my cooking skills for the opportunity to park my van on rural land, which also allowed me to cook on the cheap. By living in a minimalist way while pursuing my education and doing odd jobs, I'd saved enough to buy a small piece of land. Marrying a likeminded person allowed both of us to live out of that van while building a basic home. Eventually, we hooked up electricity, put in a well, and converted the outhouse area to a septic system. Our first refrigerator ran on propane and we still have it. Since then we have put in solar ourselves, to run LED lighting and supplement. Instead of getting jobs, we created jobs in the local farming industry. By keeping our needs small we kept our dreams big!

You are doing a wonderful and necessary work. Thank you and cheers!

Hmm this gives me an idea. Very interesting ideas. Thank you for filling in a blank or 2 I was missing some info to make some things happen.

Working for a boss sucks after 40 years you have lost every thing good (Time, Health, dreams, Hope) To pay for the last +-20 Years medical bills and making The Pharma Industrie Richer

Thanks for Givin the advice on life lessons truly means alot.

Thank you ,God bless you.

Its funny, one of the attributes I look for in employees is laziness. I want the person who doesn't want to work 12 hour days and is going to find a way to speed up and automate everything.

I was able to retire at 40....I'm 45 now, and have been enjoying freedom.

Thank you for summarizing..

Thanks! Keep up the good work :)

wowww i didnt know i needed to be on 50 grand a year and only work 4 hours a week, thats where i going wrong, thanks for telling me it would of never of occurred

“There’s only so many pina coladas you can drink before you want to do work again” Say what now?

Great video really insightful.

I read this book in 2016 and it changed my outlook on my life and my career. Fortunately, I love my job but I'm also developing a side business that means I'll should be financially independent in the years ahead and free to do whatever I like. If that means staying in my job, that's OK. If it means doing something entirely different, that'll be OK too. Either way, I'll be free to choose.

So nobody's gonna talk about what mike's eye is lock onto?

I work from 8 am to 6 pm 5 days and then from 8 to 2 on saturday, sometimes we do not finish the job on time and gotta work after hours or skip our meal time 9-5 and weekends off seems like a dream to me

Great summary of a classic 👍🏼

I really enjoy your videos, they're quite informative and very knowledgeable. Great job man 💪😎🤘 you got a new follower

Time is money & money is time. U either pay money to free up time or use time to free up money.

I work 1 hour a day 3 days a week already. I don't have much, but my time is my currency. I have food to eat, internet that I get for free @ my library and free entertainment from the internet. I don't worry and am happy! I also don't buy much and don't have health insurance.

Great tips, grateful for the wisdom.

Thanks for an amazing video & I just bought the book aswell. So looking forward to it. Thanks

Jane might adore her job and live for every moment of it.

I quit my engineering job to pursue music and It was the greatest decision. I am broke as hell but it’s ok, I’ll survive lol

Best video I’ve seen today 👍🏽

Awesome video, keep it up!!!

Brother, this content is so refreshing. Everything the next generation needs to hear as they step into the work force. Keep up the work!

The “deferred life enjoyment” plan

Excellent video and the animation style is quality. Really drives the point home of understanding

Thanks a lot for your time and for sharing this insightful video. Loved the last part: "Always keep on improving yourself and do what excites you" ❤😍

i really love what you put out there

I want Mike's job. 20 hours a week for $1000 a week?! Mate.

Your channel needs more subscribers

Covid brought me back here and gave me an opportunity to reaccess our lifestyles and values ! Will read this book shortly! Good luck everyone!

loved it!!

Man thanks. I just finished university last year and before the lessons ends, i find a job with a company in Swizerland, which wanna make a videogame with educational purpose. Now i study videogames for 4 year and this opportunity is something amazing, i still work now. But i had to change place again and now i'm in Germany, so learning a new language, new home and still living with my parents. They(as i think) want that i try to find a job in a company here... but i pref live by working from home with my current job and game development, and after this game i still have one idea i wanna show them and maybe get another opportunity for my game(yes, even mine have educational purpose). I really wanna work from home by making games and having my fun time, my breaks, etc... i don't really wanna wake up in the morning, go to the office and stay there till the end of day! kinda boring. It's better like i do now, i'm only the programmer and i'm not alone in this development. What i like is i decide how/when to work, ofc i do it in balance, and i can keep a break or end when i want or i can be free to take a day and go out to meet new people and speak better Germany. That's my dream and i hope i can achieve that one day. But first i have to finish this project and hope it can help me make enough money to move out from my parents and be able to live alone and without their help(financial support i mean). PS: who know's maybe one day i will meet a girl like who have some skill in game development and we will work from home as life style :D now that's an EXTRA on "My Dram+"

Moral of the video: *Become a Drug Dealer*

Really really good video. Well done ! Thanks 😊

Great video! I think finding a fulfilling job is also important, can be a way to have a sense of purpose.

Great book...Clearly explained..Loved this video...

We've got an important update. We've contacted Jane and Mike for comment. Jane said that job was her life passion, which made her feel blessed and excited for every new day. Those 80k was enough to care for her sick mother and to provide both of them with everything they needed to live in the city they loved. The other 20k they donated to various charities every year. Eventually, she took over the CEO chair of the compny she had helped to built from scratch. Our email to Mike has been left unreplied. Later, his father, Anthony, shared with us that unfortunatelly Mike had tragically passed away from choking on a durian after he learned somebody had stolen a hosting password to his funny socks dropshipping business and his blog on how to start a blog. The two hadn't seen each other for 7 years prior to the accident.

Great animated summary!