The 4-hour week

Step One – D is For Definition

1. Cautions and Comparisons

2. Rules That Change The Rules

3. Dodging Bullets

4. *System Reset*(main focus)

Being unreasonable and unambiguous

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

George Bernard Shaw

Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic

• It’s as easy as believable that It can be done…

• It’s lonely at the top. 99% of the people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre.

So the level of competition is fierce for “realistic” goals, thus making it most time and energy consuming…

If you are insecure, know that the rest of the world is too… so don’t overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself

Unreasonable and unrealistic goals are easier to achieve for yet another reason.

HOW?

Realistic goals are restricting to the average ambition level,

They are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the 1st or 2nd problem, until you throw in the towel.

And if the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.

In essence, fishing for an unrealistic goal is best, because that is where the fewest go. There is less competition for bigger goals

Doing big things…if I may say having big goals begins with asking for them properly.

What Do You Want ? A Better Question, First Of All

Often times we ask…”what do you want”? – it’s too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer.Also, we often ask the question…”what are your goals”? – that question often brings in confusion and guesswork.

Let’s rephrase that… in doing big things or setting and achieving big goals for yourself; you need to distinguish the desired outcome that made all your efforts worthwhile.

The question we should ask isn’t “what do I want or what are my goals?” but “what would excite me?”

Adult-onset ADD: adventure deficit disorder

• “BE realistic and stop pretending. Life isn’t like the movies”

• When you set goals for yourself, be specific, define the alternate activities that would replace the initial workload.

These alternate activities are the vehicles to use to reach whatever goal you have set for yourself.

Don’t work yourself to death, but rather to success, through a defined activity path. Or else you would turn out to be the “fat man in the red bmw convertible”

Loosing sight of your goal, losing faith, or succumbing to reality of “what will be will be”, is a result of boredom, no set alternate activities to set you on track and back in line.

“Remember, that Boredom, not abstract failure is the enemy”

Correcting Course - Get unrealistic

To reignite or correct your course of action whenever you feel like the fat man in the red bmw. You have to be involved in-

Dreamlining – This applies timelines to what most of us consider dreams.

This is much like goal-setting, where;1. The goals shift from ambiguous wants to defined steps2. The goals need to be unrealistic to be effective3. Activities that fill the vacuum created when work is removed are focused

on.

Dreamlining is fun, but it’s hard…but the harder it is, the more it’s needed.

Dreamlining

Reference to worksheet on www.fourhourweek.com

Follow these steps when dreamlining1. What would you do if there was no way you could fail? If you

were 10 times smarter than the rest of the world?

Create 2 timelines

6 months

Having

Being

Doing

12 months

Having

Being

Doing

2. Drawing a Blank?... Most common with the doing category. If so, ask yourself

“What would you do, day by day, if you had $100 million in the bank?What would make you most excited to wake up in the morning to another

day?

If you are blank on point 2, think up and write with the following;One place to visitOne thing to do before you die One thing to do dailyOne thing to do weeklyOne thing you’ve always wanted to learn

3. What does ”being” entail?

To be actionable, “being” must be converted to “doing”. So identify an action or a task that would characterize this state of being and mean you had achieved it.

4. What are the four dreams that would change it all?

5. Determine the cost of these 4 dreams and calculate your target monthly income (TMI) for both timelines.TMI = (having + being +doing) + (1.3 * monthly expenses) 1.3 is expenses + a 30% buffer for safety or savings

TDI (Target Daily Income) = TMI / 30

6months

Having

Being

Doing

12 months

Having

Being

Doing

6. Determine three steps for each of the four dreams, steps that will get you closer to your dream actualization.

Set simple, well defined actions for now, tomorrow and the day after (complete before 11a.m for tomorrow and the day after actions)

“Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!”

• 1.• 2.• 3

Steps Now

• 1.• 2.• 3.

Tomorrow

• 1.• 2.• 3.

Day After

Comfort challenge

The most important actions are never comfortable. But you can condition yourself to discomfort and overcome it.

Develop the uncommon habit of making decisions, both for yourself and for others.

There is a direct correlation between an increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want.

Exercise On Comfort Challenge – Learn to Eye Gaze (2 Days)

1. Focus on one eye and be sure to blink occasionally so you don’t look like a psychopath or get your ass kicked

2. In conversations, maintain eye contact, when speaking, even when listening

3. Practice with people bigger or more confidence than you.

I hope I didn’t bore you out!!!

Thank You For Listening !