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The 4 Hour Work Week

The 4-Hour Work Week

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Gold is getting old. The New Rich (NR) are those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles in the present using the currency of the New Rich: time and mobility. This is an art and a science we will refer to as Lifestyle Design (LD). — location: 247 ^ref-51501

Why do it all in the first place? What is the pot of gold that justifies spending the best years of your life hoping for happiness in the last? — location: 275 ^ref-16623

He explained that he had spent more than 30 years with people he didn’t like to buy things he didn’t need. — location: 431 ^ref-62992

Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W’s you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it. I call this the “freedom multiplier.” — location: 480 ^ref-33925

It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. — location: 670 ^ref-48301

“If only I had more money” is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment—now and not later. — location: 685 ^ref-9710

Busy yourself with the routine of the money wheel, pretend it’s the fix-all, and you artfully create a constant distraction that prevents you from seeing just how pointless it is. Deep down, you know it’s all an illusion, but with everyone participating in the same game of make-believe, it’s easy to forget. The problem is more than money. — location: 690 ^ref-36850

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. —BENJAMIN DISRAELI, former British Prime Minister — location: 778 ^ref-12676

Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: “Is this the condition that I feared?” —SENECA — location: 804 ^ref-12213

‘Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.’ You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.” — location: 1047 ^ref-29586

Last update : 21 septembre 2023
Created : 21 septembre 2023