[911Rob]

Originally Posted by Langers

Take four and multiply by twenty and you have my minimum work week. So no time to read. Any Cliff's notes?

Happy to oblige there buddy;

He makes reference to the phrase W4W = work for works sake; which I think most people can be guilty of. He speaks of learning to "have fun" and "enjoy life".

He paints a number of lifestyle options which are awesome! He's an awesome dream builder and has a flair for life. The book is well written and easy to read.

He created a company that provided him with $40K/month and then found himself with money and time, but the lack of skills to enjoy it. He went through all kinds of personal mini-disasters trying to figure it out. He interviews tons of people and researches all kinds of stats about life, money, work and retirement.

Today his company earns $80K/month with 300 employees and he is an absentee owner. He enjoys life at its rawest sense imo. Kick boxing champ in China as a result of a bet; Tango dancing champ in Mexico; world traveller, etc.

He defines something that is very evident; the "New Rich" (NR), and there is definitely an NR out there. They dont necessarily have a million bucks, but they have a different kind of lifestyle with balance and ubundance. There truly has never been a better time to be alive... more lifestyle to be had today than any other time in the history of the world. (ad lib)

He covers New Rich, Enjoying Life, Mini-Retirement, Do things, be an owner, enjoy quality and quantity and cash flow.

He defines the job mentality as a deferred lifestyle leading no where fast. He interviews many that have taken this path, only to discover they were mis-lead. Something like the story about walking down the sandy beach in your thong at 80 years old..... not quite the dream picture?

He discovered that his US dollars goes 3x to 10x's as far in other Countries and shares all kinds of methods and strategies on the topic. He covers how our life provides options with the ability for us to choose; he also says we can make more money doing half..... that's been a battle cry for me for the past year too (Do half as much and make twice as much).

He tells the story of Dale Smith winning the Olympic Gold medal (LINK), a great story! He was Canadian, but our coaches ticked him off and he moved to Australia!

He shares many, many time saving strategies and techniques, all worthy of checking out. Recommends the following books to read; which helped him write this book.

1. Magic of thinking big
2. How to make millions with your ideas
3. Emyth revisited
4. Vagabonding
(says above are "MUST" reads)

5. Reducing material baggage
6. Less is more
7. the monk and the riddle
8. the 80/20 principal
9. Muse creation and business skills
10 Harvard case studies
11 This business has legs
12 Secret power of negotiating
13 Getting past no
14 Bargaining for advantage
15 Response magazine.com
16 Jordan Whitney Green Sheets (.com)
17 Small giants
18 Negotiating world travel
19 Transitions abroad (.com)

Nuff said, read the book; you'll get something very positive out of it I'm sure.
E. & O. E.