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u/emojibator · 85 pointsr/Entrepreneur

Boooom. I sell eggplant emoji vibrators: emojibator.com.

I built this in my spare time in about 30 hours and now run the business part time.

Read books. Have a idea, plan a budget, and run with it. You can figure out things along the way. Google is your friend. Be a sponge and learn everything you can.

I don't believe there's something as truly passive income, but you can get maximum output from tiny input. Lots of great books out there, one of my favs is Tim Ferriss' 4-hour work week, you can listen to his podcast to start.

u/alexandr202 · 27 pointsr/Entrepreneur

I learn a ton from reading books by people much smarter than I am. There are some stellar books I start with.

Starting a business
Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki

Start a business
Lean Startup

Investing and Stock Market
Gone Fishing Portfolio

Life Hacks and Lifestyle Business
4 Hour Work Week

u/exiatron9 · 16 pointsr/entp

It's a good question - a lot of people just assume they can't ever be rich.

No you don't need to get a degree. You don't need to get a high-paying job. You don't need to be Elon Musk unless we're talking billionaire rich.

Making money is about delivering value at scale. Either deliver a little bit of value to a lot of people, or deliver a lot of value to a few people. Or do both to rake it in - but this is usually harder.

The most accessible way to deliver value at scale is by building a business.

You also need to figure out why you want to be rich and what kind of rich. Do you want to build a massive empire and make hundreds of millions or does making a couple of million a year and getting to travel whenever you want sound better?

The basic steps are pretty simple. You've got to start by reprogramming your brain a fair bit. Rich people - especially entrepreneurs, don't think about the world in the same way as most people do. More on how to do this later.

After that you'll want to start exploring the opportunities open to you at the moment. There are lots of business models you can replicate and do really well with - you don't need to start completely from scratch and build something the world has never seen before. You would not believe the ridiculously niched business models people make stupid money from. Example - I know a guy who built an online health and safety testing form for oil rig workers that was making $20,000 a month.

When you're starting out it's a good idea to keep things simple and use it as a way to build your skills. You don't want to be trying to build the next Facebook while trying to learn the basics of business. You're probably not as smart as Mark Zuckerberg.

The point is you have to keep learning and learning and learning. You know the business section of the book store you've probably never looked at? Pick the right books and you can pretty much learn anything.

You've been fed a lot of bullshit your whole life - so you need to read:

BOOKS FOR REPROGRAMMING YOUR HEAD

  • The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
    It's pretty incredible how many successful people I've spoken to in the last few years have said something along the lines of "well it all started when I read the 4-Hour Work Week...". This is a great book that will give you a huge mindset adjustment and also a bunch of practical ideas and case studies of what you can do.

  • The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ Demarco Yeah the book title sucks. But it's gold. MJ has quite a different approach to Tim Ferriss - so that's why I put it here. It's good to get multiple perspectives. The first hundred or so pages rip traditional thinking on wealth as well as guru advice to pieces - it's pretty funny.

  • The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason This is a quick and easy read but it's got some great core lessons.

    Those will give you a good start. Once you've picked something to work on, you'll want to start reading up on learning sales, mindset, strategy, mindset, business management, mindset and some more mindset. If you jump in you'll quickly find the hardest thing about business is usually dealing with yourself.

    Hit me up if you take action on this and I'll be happy to recommend where to go next :)

u/cn1ght · 7 pointsr/financialindependence
  1. The entire idea of FI is about creating a new income source: investments.
  2. Learn how to program and do that as a side thing.
  3. Tim Ferriss wrote https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357 which explains step-by-step how to create a small business and automate almost all of it so you get paid without working.
  4. As someone who was an electrical engineer, I cannot fathom why you feel the need to "diversify" income. Engineers can almost always find work. The only reasonable thing which makes sense is you want to increase your income which leads back to programming, small business, or just focus on engineering and get promotions/jump jobs a few times for raises.
u/SentimentalFool · 7 pointsr/AdviceAnimals

In response to people who feel they are missing part of the story- I recently did something like this too, for the better part of a year, and the real trick is to be willing to walk away from everything without a solid plan. Things do have a tendency to work themselves out, and you don't need to be from a privileged background for that to be true (I am not, personally), but if you don't have the requisite level of risk tolerance in the first place, and the willingness to prioritize adventures and life experience over security and stability, then it ain't gonna happen. You have to be willing to compromise on things like having a steady career or a fixed living address for awhile. But if you are willing to do that, you can live like a millionaire without being one.

Make friends before you get to someplace, so that you have people you can stay with when you get there and save on accommodations. Plan well and have ways to make money when you get there. Commit to the big leagues in advance to save money on transit.

This book is what got me started. It really is all about examining your real goals, pinpointing what you really want out of life, and having the courage to take steps to get there, even when it's terrifying.

u/alphavalue · 6 pointsr/cscareerquestions

Agreed. Look at freelancing. And potentially, read The 4-Hour Workweek if you haven't - it may apply to your case.

Alternatively, you can set up a consulting company and hire others to do the work. If you're good at finding projects & managing a few developers, then you could be working even less than 20 hrs a week (or you could be working more, depending on your management chops) and making even more than half your salary.

u/ProdPicks · 5 pointsr/Entrepreneur

Tim Ferris has a lot of good information in The 4-hour Work Week on exactly this subject. I am re-listening to it right now on audio book, it is a good one.

To paraphrase, he says something along these lines:

On email: keep it brief and to the point, let the person know who you are and what you are trying to do. Ask one or two questions that would help you the most at the time, and then ask if they would be willing to keep dialogue open for the occasional 1-2 questions. Never mention mentoring or anything along those lines.

Phone: Very similar to above, have questions prepared and ask permission to ask them. Then after, ask if he/she would be willing to answer the occasional question over email.

Your best bet is to find many (10-20) people that you look up to and ask all of them. This increases your odds of finding someone to help you out. Never be dishonest or misrepresent your intent, they are helping you after all.

Good luck, and check out that book, I know a lot of people on /r/entrepreneur have enjoyed it.

u/windchilladvisory · 5 pointsr/financialindependence

Sometimes you can use books as "mentors." I'd recommend:

Your Money or Your Life - This motivated me to get my savings rate up to 70%+

The 4-Hour Workweek - Currently reading this and it definitely seems like a good read to get motivated to start a business, run a business more efficiently and reclaim your time.

Check out Library Genesis for a possible free download of the epub/mobi/pdf...if that's your thing.

u/girlvinyl · 4 pointsr/AskReddit

Before I started my own business I traveled for work constantly. I would leave from my home, ORD, and travel to the client site. From there I would travel to my domestic US vacation spot. At that point the company had paid for all flights and lodging. They pay to get me from home -> client site and client site -> leisure travel destination. I would pay for a way to get home and pay for lodging while there. Normally I would use airline or hotel points from previous stays for both of these things. Company didn't care as long as the flight from client site -> fun spot was about comparable in price to flight client site -> home.

If you want a whole system that explains this stuff, get Tim Ferriss' book The Four Hour Work Week. It has a huge focus on leisure travel and making it work.

u/[deleted] · 4 pointsr/AskReddit

Grab a copy of The 4 Hour Work Week - it's stuffed full of great ideas and sounds like exactly what you're looking for. I'm on my fourth copy. I keep giving it to friends because it's so good.

u/ITeasy99 · 4 pointsr/booksuggestions

I'm still pretty new to reading regularly but I really liked The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss

u/aweg · 4 pointsr/Cooking

No, he's not a chef. He's the author of 4 Hour Body and 4 Hour Workweek.

But still, I wouldn't eat those eggs, either.

u/anxioustogreatness · 3 pointsr/getdisciplined

Per his book, he uses these methods to focus strictly on his business. He would take the energy used on consuming the media above to make his business run very efficiently.

For me, I plan on using that time and energy to focus on writing and creating my own business.

If you have a kindle, you can grab his book for $1.99 right now or order a hardbook copy. It is a highly recommended book in the online business world.

u/darien_gap · 3 pointsr/AskReddit

If you need ideas for topics or want to develop an intuitive understanding of the importance of micro-niches, then read The Long Tail.

To learn about the model of stacking multiple passive income generators (such as each ebook), each of which in itself doesn't earn that much, but in aggregate is life-changing, read 4HWW... just ignore Ferris' mildly slimy self-promotion if it bugs you... the book has some very important ideas that were life-changing for my wife and me.

For the nuts and bolts of ebook publishing (your actual question), just pick a couple books from Amazon on the topic. The field is always evolving so you'll want something current, which is why I can't recommend any in particular. All the info is out there if you feel like Googling it, but a book or two might save you some time and missteps.

The main thing is to figure out if you're a one-book author or a multiple-book publishing company. The former means you research, write, and then probably outsource production (and you probably won't quite your day job but you might get a decent return on investment). The latter might mean you learn production yourself to save money and then make meaningful money by cranking out multiple titles (my wife has a dozen or so). It's not rocket science but there is a learning curve, pretty easy for anyone comfortable learning new apps, HTML, etc.

Also, the key to success is picking a topic related to things people are seeking solutions for but that there aren't many books addressing. SEO/PPC keyword research skills are very helpful here, just for research, also all learnable via Google.

u/cronofdoom · 3 pointsr/Entrepreneur

Willpower Doesn't Work

Just burned through this newly released really helping me gain a different perspective on how to make real effective change in my life. It is working too!

The Four Hour Workweek

This book honestly changed my life. I read it at a real personal tipping point and it helped me drastically change my life. It helped me get the courage to start my own business, define my real worst case scenarios, define what I really want with my life, and how to help myself remove myself from the equation of making money. I also learned about the pareto principle 80/20, and how to make it work for you like firing the customers that take up 80% of your time but give you 10% of your revenue type of people, and focusing on the 20% of customers that provide 80% of your revenue. Applying this all throughout my life has been amazing.

Getting Things Done

Really freaking good productivity processes book.

Think and Grow Rich

$0.49 on kindle? just go buy it if you haven't already. This book is a gem.

u/HeritageHarks · 3 pointsr/CasualConversation

Check out this book

u/RossDCurrie · 3 pointsr/Entrepreneur

I'd suggest reading one of these:

u/getbusymate · 3 pointsr/digitalnomad

There is not a single book that covers those issues. However, I would recommend The 4 Hour Work Week as a starting point. I also recommend reading several blogs about being a digital nomad such as:

http://www.nomadicnotes.com/
http://spartantraveler.com/
http://www.tropicalmba.com/

You can find short term accommodation on:

http://www.airbnb.com
http://www.hostelworld.com
http://www.agoda.com

The sidebar has links to useful resources such as http://nomadlist.io

Many people on here have had the same questions as you have at some point. Honestly, the best way to approach these issues it to post your questions one at a time here in this sub-reddit and give us some background info. I am from Australia and get my parents to receive my mail for me and I give them authority to open and scan certain letters that I need to read (or letters where I don't know what it is about/who it is from). Many people from the US use a service such as http://www.virtualpostmail.com/

Ok, post away.

u/junglizer · 3 pointsr/IWantToLearn

Aerthe has some solid points, but let me add a few. I really like to use /r/kickassday as an online to do list. I've used lots of stuff like my phone's calendar, or Remember The Milk, but since they're never easily right there in front of me, publicly, I don't use them. Talking about your daily agenda sometimes helps you get them done. There is also /r/getmotivated.

And another one is a book, that I highly suggest reading: The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. It's mostly about freeing yourself from the standard style workforce, but I've found it extremely helpful in determining what you want out of life. His way for setting goals and working to achieve them is excellent.

u/organizedfellow · 2 pointsr/Entrepreneur

Here are all the books with amazon links, Alphabetical order :)

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u/TheVagabondIntrovert · 2 pointsr/jobs

You are still young, try not to worry to much. Do more of what you love, and less of what you don't like.

I think you might benefit from this book:
Four Hour Work Week

u/floggeriffic · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

I recommend this book for its potential to completely change your life.

u/ibleedblu7 · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

My list:




u/youaretherevolution · 2 pointsr/engineering

That's awesome!

EDIT: i just re-read my post and it sounds very self help bookish. ...sorry about that.

I bet Tesla would be a great company to work for and a great environment to be in. I'm definitely a fan of theirs. They're pushing the definition of what a car is, and what it takes to be successful. Hopefully they'll help you push how you define yourself and your success.

Some things I'd like to mention... (feel free to ignore them, as I am not yet old and wise, but they are some lessons I've learned since graduating)

I'm glad you're going to follow up with them, very few people remember this crucial step. If they blow you off on your first call, remember who you talked to, and call them back in a few days asking for that person by name. Don't be pushy, but be excited. If they seem friendly, you could ask if they like their job or if they have any pointers for you.

Big companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin have very good reputations... and have done big things... but considering your goal is an internship, I don't know how much you will learn in that environment. There are so many layers of protocol, people have very clear definitions of their jobs and defined responsibilities. It may prevent them from thinking outside of the box ...and could stifle your creativity. You'll also spend a lot of time learning "the rules" of working there ... and "the rules" don't always translate across job descriptions.

Don't get me wrong, you'll need to work hard for a loooong time to do great things, but don't fall into that trap where you're not learning anything and think you'll eventually get rewarded for "putting your time in."

Keep a journal. Write down what you're excited about, how you learned it, what you want to do with it, who you've met (you will cross paths with people again), who you want to meet. Don't hold anything back. This helps when writing future resumes, as well as giving you the opportunity to brainstorm and build a framework of what you eventually want to accomplish. Learn something every day. The journal will force you to be accountable to yourself and to your future. It will also serve you well when you're considering quitting a job 2-5-10 years from now and can see how you progressed from where you are today to not being satisfied.

Find a company that is setting the new standards. Look for innovative internship programs with lots of exposure to new ideas and motivated leadership. Make sure you're not sitting in a cube reading reddit all day. It's harder to have access to the real movers and shakers the bigger a company gets. The smaller they are, obviously the more access you'll have to those situations that will define your future.

Find a mentor at your internship ... and don't just let anyone be your mentor. Pick some of those people on the Tesla wikipedia page and do some research about them. Write to them. Tell them exactly why you want to be a part of their team and that you've applied for an internship. Keep it short. When you eventually get a position, ask people waaaay over your head if you can have lunch with them sometime to pick their brain. They'll be flattered and you will show your desire to learn.

Don't be arrogant. Try not to talk about yourself. You're there to learn. Ask lots of questions. When you get an interview, ask : what they like most about their job, the hardest part of their job, and what that dislike most about their job.


Some books that inspired me:

Think BIG and Kick Ass in Business and Life - Donald Trump

Granted, he can be a douchebag, but his advice in this book is solid, and he is successful. Read the reviews, they give you a better idea of how you'll react to the book.

The Four Hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss

Not that you're shooting for working four hours just yet, but his advice about focus and success can be applied in many ways.

u/donjo · 2 pointsr/IAmA

You practically just read the back cover of The 4-Hour Work Week. (Note: the book has been out for a few years, I linked to the updated version that is coming out in 2 weeks)

u/macjoven · 2 pointsr/ADHD

>Wish I could work my ass off for 2 years straight on Vyvanse and earn enough money to "chill" for 6 months and unravel my mind or something.

You may enjoy this blog: Mister Money Mustache which talks about how to do exactly this thing. Also Timothy Ferris' book The Four Hour Work Week. Ooo also: Vagabonding by Ralph Potts is even more precisely what you are looking for.

In short there are a lot of ways to live and if you think of a "weird" way to do it, chances are someone else has too and written a book or blog about it.

u/vinotinto5 · 2 pointsr/financialindependence

Read the 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss if you haven't already. He talks about Filling the Void.

u/CrankCaller · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

Check out "The Four Hour Work Week" by Timothy Ferris, which has some good resources, and Inventing on a Shoestring Budget (for Kindle).

u/Anunnaka · 2 pointsr/Advice

You don’t need a lot of money to travel.


https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357


https://www.youtube.com/user/theartofrealitycrew

Just look at this channel on YouTube. He travels all over the world, and it’s not that expensive.

It’s expensive to go to tourist locations, not to travel the world

u/jeremiah50 · 2 pointsr/nosurf

Yeah, purpose is king. If you can decide - especially before you actually go on the internet - what you are going to be using it for it makes a world of difference.

Leads worked for me because I am a bit of a news/information addict. I like staying informed about things. I binged /r/worldnews and /r/futurology daily. But now I hardly check them at all. I ask my brother in law when I see him what the latest news is. He keeps me informed.

I found this idea corroborated by Tim Ferriss who wrote The Four Hour Work Week. He never checks the news or reads the paper. He finds he picks up all he needs from the people around him.

I like to imagine I am the president of the US. They never read the news because they are too important and can't waste their time on that. They have other people sift through the articles and find the the most important stuff. You can actually get your friends and coworkers to 'work' for you reading this stuff.

It makes your conversations more interesting too because when they are telling you something it's usually the first time you heard it. This helps one avoid conversations like:

  • Did you hear about (important news event)
  • Yeah
  • That was crazy eh?
  • Yeah
  • Well, see ya later.


    Could you elaborate on your inner Kantian comment. I am interested in what you mean.
u/Freezman13 · 2 pointsr/JordanPeterson

there's a book called "The 4-Hour Workweek" that talks about specific methods of self improvement and mostly links them back to building a company but they are applicable generally. And in one chapter it talks about what you should do after you achieve financial success. And it's good to have an idea of what that will be because sitting on beach and drinking margaritas will not be good for anyone and people do make decisions like that if they haven't thought about it.

So anyway. You can even find a PDF if you're not interested in the whole book, the chapter is called "Filling the void" and it might be useful later on.

u/flatoutfree · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

I was in electrical/computer engineering, so I think I can relate. Just graduated 2 months ago.

  • The workload seems intimidating, but it's really not that bad. Professors and other students alike will tell you that you guys "are in for a ride" and that you're "sacrificing for the future" - you do have more work than others but that doesn't mean it has to be your life. This kind of notion spreads because 1) it makes the program seem challenging from the outside and inside, and 2) it makes students feel like academic juggernauts. Realize that it's not that bad - tons of people do it every year.

  • Parkinson's Law: "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." IE - don't feel bad about procrastinating. Accept it, and spend your time having fun instead of worrying. You'll quickly learn the "bare minimum time needed" to get shit done.

  • Talk to girls. Lots of them. Go to the dining hall, sit down, and just chat. Freshman year is one of the best times to experiment with your social skills; everyone's re-integrating.

  • Don't buy books. I didn't buy any books my last two years in college; chances are you can find an old edition of the text online or just borrow from a friend that has rich parents.

  • Make friends in your classes and learn to help each other. If you realize that university is more of a business than an education, you won't feel so bad about cooperating so that you can spend your time developing as a person, and not as a slave.

  • Exams test you on the basics of the material. I'm not saying you should do this, but I didn't go to many classes at all during my last two years and I did just fine. I talked to the TAs, went to the review sessions, did the homeworks, and studied with friends. Sitting down and listening to someone drone on while you scramble to record everything does nothing for your education; reading books, studying independently, and engaging in one-on-one review is way more effective, for me anyways.

  • Start a business now. Something small and unrelated to your discipline is fine. My current employer didn't even look at my GPA - they saw that I started a business, was involved with extracurriculars, and started a photography club. Extra-academic initiative says way more than following the lockstep of a cookie-cutter curriculum. Worst-case scenario, you spend time developing tons of skills (well, I suppose you could always die). Best-case, you don't need a job.


  • Get a motorcycle. It's incredibly fun, not only for you, but for the girls that you meet that have never been on one before. Getting someone else's adrenaline pumping is almost as exhilarating as getting your own pumping :). Of course, take the MSF course before you put anyone on the back.

  • Don't worry about having a super high GPA. I graduated with a 3.0/4.0 yet I had multiple job offers; it's more about the personality and initiative. GPA's a re a convenient way to filter through thousands of online applications; a smile and a solid handshake will pull ahead of a GPA in any personal engagement, at least in my experience.

  • Go to career fairs. Even as a freshman. I noticed that anyone who got an internship freshman year had internships every year, and job offers lined up before everyone else.

  • Work out regularly. Endorphins are a hell of a drug.

  • These books had a HUGE impact on me. Wish I'd read them freshman year:

    Don't let school get in the way of your education.

    Learn about human sexuality.

    Learn how to outsource, but be very skeptical about some of the philosophy in this book.

    Travel.


  • and finally, don't do any hard drugs

    My 2cents. Have fun :)
u/mruck05 · 2 pointsr/Entrepreneur

You don't need to have a lot of money to start your business. What you need as was already mentioned is the right mindset and a solution to a problem that people are willing to pay for. I love some of these websites and books and recommend giving them a look.

Smart Passive Income

Tropical MBA

The Lean Startup

Tim Ferriss' 4-hour Work Week

The Suitcase Entrepreneur

$100 Startup

u/BobRaz · 2 pointsr/minimalism

I highly recommend reading THE FOUR HOUR WORK WEEK by Tim Ferriss if only for the technique he uses for emails.

u/KBPhotog · 2 pointsr/WeddingPhotography

A few that I would point out that I have read, loved, and learned a lot from:

u/bonestamp · 1 pointr/uwo

Cool. I read your other answer. I'm not sure I see a connection between teaching English abroad and interactive design. That doesn't mean you shouldn't do them both, but it just doesn't make sense to me.

If you just want to travel abroad and do it a lot, then I'd get into the job market right now. I learned far more by doing work than being in school and you will continue to learn a lot for the rest of your life in any knowledge worker job anyway.

Traveling, or doing whatever else you love, is really easy to do once you're a highly paid expert at whatever it is that you do. So, consider this as an alternative to teaching abroad if it's the travel part you're more interested in.

As someone in the IT industry, we barely care what your education is. When we hire people we want to know:

  1. What have you done for other people?

  2. What can you convince us you can do for us?

    So, if you just want a job in interactive design then I don't think it's worthwhile to do your masters either. If you just love being at Western and want to continue that, then that's understandable... definitely do the school thing as long as you can, it's an awesome lifestyle.

    Otherwise, your best chance at getting a job is by making your own job. Go to the CS department and see if you can study or improve some of their sites. Become familiar with applications that help you study/record/understand how users interact with programs/websites. Find some developers who are working on projects and offer to help them improve their design. These experiences are your resume, use them and you will get a job. If you try to get a job on education alone, I wouldn't hire you.

    Also, for a completely different idea of working and getting a job, I suggest reading this book.
u/steveimke · 1 pointr/smallbusiness

In the book the 4-hour work week ( http://amzn.to/2eybYPi ) Tim ferries talks about the 3 page website to test test your idea.

Page 1 build a long form sales page ( http://www.stevebizblog.com/how-to-write-a-sales-page/ )

page 2 ask for payment information. Paying is different then if you build it I'll buy it.

Page 3 message sorry out of stock or similar message.

Hope this helps.

u/itschrisreed · 1 pointr/Filmmakers

To avoid copyright infringement you can't use anyone else's copyrighted work, like music or images without clearance (paying them for it and getting the documents in writing).

To monazite it you can look at youtube ads, you can promote products as an amazon affiliate, you can set up premium content that you sell, you can build a brand and sell t-shirts or whatever. Lots and lots of ways. You should read The Four Hour Work Week [referral link] and the $100 Start Up [referral link] for ideas and systems you can use.

u/Captain_MAD-MAC · 1 pointr/DecidingToBeBetter

I don't have to much advice on the psychological note but I'm convinced you WILL start your own dream cafe! In regards of the mind games I'm sure you'll get the right advice on here!

For the small business start up It's all about just DOING! I was 24 years old when I started my first small business. I'm literally the most ordinary kid ever. Barely made it through high school.. no college back ground.. wasn't too popular or anything like that. Just.. normal in a sense. I believe you can do the same too! This is the book that changed everything for me.

4 Hour Work Week

Buy it! And if you don't have the money I'll buy it for you... only request is a get a free cup of coffee at the cafe. This booked rocked my nation. I was a floater... job to job.. no backbone.. just rag dolling life. I was never even the entrepreneur type... long story short, I read this book. It convinced me that the reason I'm feeling empty is because I let others control my outcomes. I'll never work for anyone else again. On to better things brother.. just like you! Keep your head up!

READ THAT BOOk... THEN READ ANOTHER AND ANOTHER. BOOKS ARE THE BEST INVESTMENT YOU CAN MAKE. Period dot... well that and real estate but that's another topic lol.

Good luck!

u/camerondare · 1 pointr/StopGaming

Let's continue to refine it together. I need a few more weeks to finish a few things I'm focusing on but then we can really dive in and see how we can break it all down and make it easy to digest.

I definitely want to dive into the social community aspect more and the identity side, two components which I believe are very strong in why we play.

For Bali (or travel in general...) it's all about perspective. A villa in Bali is around $300-400/month and food is cheap (like a dollar for a bowl of Pho). It's completely realistic to live in Bali for $10/day. To live really well (like a King) it would be less than $1000/month.

So if you want to go and not work for six months all you need somewhere between $1800-$6000 + flights (one way from Vancouver to Bali is about $500).

Now the benefit I have is that I'm still able to work while I travel (I have a few streams of income:

  • Coaching through Kingpin Lifestyle (been doing that for over six years)
  • Freelance/Web design. I outsource projects I find through friends/family. I also write for addiction.com and get paid for it.
  • I have a food blog with my mom called Wheat Free Mom. She does recipes I do everything else.
  • A friend puts on an event called The Higher Purpose Project and I've helped him out with finding attendees for a referral fee.

    It all compounds. Thankfully I've been doing this for awhile so it comes more naturally now, but it's something you're definitely able to figure out if you dedicate time and effort towards it.

    The key is to develop different skills you can offer to people as a service. This is the difference between a friend of yours saying they need a website and you saying: "Ya... a website is something good to have." compared to you saying: "Oh ya? I could probably help you with that.." The next thing you know you've sold a website for $2000 and by outsourcing the project you end up with $1000 for sending a few emails and overseeing things. :)

    Here are a few good resources to start with if you're interested:

  • The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau.
  • The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau
  • The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
  • Tim Ferriss' Blog
  • Chris Guillebeau's blog
  • Sean Ogle's blog: Location 180

u/Ginfly · 1 pointr/financialindependence

Here are a few places to start if you're interested in the option:

  • Ramit Sethi's Earn 1k course (when it opens again next)

  • Dane Maxwell's Foundation Course (also when it opens again next)

  • MJ Demarco's Millionaire Fastlane (Sounds scammy but is actually fairly inspiring)

  • Tim Ferriss' 4 Hour Workweek (don't think you'll actually manage to pare down to 4 hours - the author doesn't)

    I can't vouch personally for the courses since I don't have the cash to join yet. Sethi has a 60-day money back guarantee and I've heard a number of interviews with Dane Maxwell and I really like some of the concepts he discusses.

    The books aren't hand-hold guides, but both are thought-provoking. A lot of people bash on Ferriss, but at least his stuff is interesting and gets you to think about your time differently.
u/paisleyplaid · 1 pointr/IWantToLearn

I'm kind of in the same boat as you. First, what are you selling? A product you make? Ebook? Or are you selling something wholesale that's produced elsewhere? Dropshipping?

Some good places to start are by reading the 4 Hour Work-Week. Tim is great at showing how this is done, and how to start a successful e-commerce biz by filling in a gap in the market. I also appreciate his time management suggestions. I also turn to a lot of other places on the web for suggestions... Here's a few to get you started!

Entrepreneur.com

r/Ecommerce

r/SmallBusiness

u/graeme_b · 1 pointr/LSAT

Sure.

Harvard and MIT are releasing courses for free, with certification.
https://www.edx.org

Standford has created a similar program.
https://www.coursera.org

Udacity also came from Stanford. Sebastian Thrun, head of research at google, has started offering courses for free, with certificates. I took their intro course, and am taking Steve Blank's entrepreneurship course at the moment.
http://www.udacity.com

Codecademy has free coding lessons.
http://www.codecademy.com

Follow + search Hacker News, and you'll find answers on how to get started.
http://news.ycombinator.com

I began by following The C Programming Language, by Kernighan and Ritchie. One of the best tutorials I've ever used (though tough at first). http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628

None of this is easy. But it's all easy compared to getting into and graduating from an Ivy League law school.

Meanwhile, Ramit Sethi has excellent tips for how to make money on the side, or to get a raise at your current job (or a better job). http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/home/

The Four Hour Workweek does the same:
http://www.amazon.com/The-4-Hour-Workweek-Anywhere-Expanded/dp/0307465357

Those last two sound super-scammy, but trust me, they're full of really good, actionable advice.

Again, the underlying idea here is that if you're competent enough to get into an Ivy League Law School, it's easy enough to figure out alternative ways to make more money.

u/memicoot · 1 pointr/pics

I love/hate the 4 Hour Work Week book. It made me feel like I really could become rich, if I was more aggressive and manipulative. It is an interesting read, although the first three chapters are mostly just the author talking about how filthy rich he is and how fantastic his life is.

u/tangowhiskeypapa · 1 pointr/Entrepreneur

There's a million things most people on this sub could recommend, and really the learning never stops.

Here are some good starting points:

The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz

Zero to One - Peter Thiel

The Personal MBA - Josh Kaufman

The Four Hour Work Week - Tim Ferris

u/poorpredictablebart · 1 pointr/shittyadvice
u/mikeytag · 1 pointr/programming

Same boat here. A friend recommended I read the book "4 Hour Work Week" and it has really changed my perspective. I would highly recommend you check it out.

http://www.amazon.com/The-4-Hour-Workweek-Anywhere-Expanded/dp/0307465357/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334871261&sr=8-1

u/rxninja · 1 pointr/offmychest

I'm going to contradict Zazzafrazzy on this one. You're 18; who's to tell you what your future looks like but the person you see in the mirror every day?

Rather than beating yourself up over quitting jobs, it's probably more important to figure out why you quit. To answer that, you really need to do some introspecting and figure out what it is you want out of life. Don't get caught up in what you might want years from now; focus on actionable things you want in the next 3, 6, and 12 months. You could even start shorter than that as a practice exercise and go for what you want in two weeks, in a month, and in two months, then see how you handle that.

It's important to figure out what you want, even if it's short term and temporary, because what you want will help you figure out what you need to get there. Once you know that, you know what to keep and what to prune from your life.

Life is all about responsible self-indulgence. Find out what you want to indulge in and figure out how to get there, then eliminate all obstacles preventing you from doing so. Don't focus on a job solely for the sake of being focused and dedicated, because that's bullshit and it won't make anyone happy. If you realize that you want to, say, go skydiving, then you know that you need money and therefore a stream of income.

Only when you know what you want to get out of it does putting effort into anything make any sense.

Want more tangible guidance? I suggest reading Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. Maybe it'll change your life.

u/10thflrinsanity · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Don't make saving your entire life in your 20s. It's important, sure, but only in balance with everything else, namely travel. It all depends on the lifestyle you want to live when you're old. If you want to be in the millions when you retire, your life will be pretty dull when you're young if you're just making average money, but if you get serious (talk to a financial adviser) about your finances at a reasonable age when say you're 30... you'll have no problem being better off than most who don't. For me, in my late 20s, it's travel, travel, travel. I have a degree in finance, I have a great job right now, but I'm saving up to travel long-term (1+ years) throughout central and south america in just over a year, will possibly teach English abroad elsewhere afterward, namely India. With no real responsibilities I think it's important for Americans (specifically) to live entirely out of a pack on their back for a sustained period of time. No all-inclusive resorts. Go somewhere where your money goes far (most of Europe is expensive). Couchsurf, bring a hammock - no one cares if you set it up between 2 palm trees on the beach - hostels, locals; it forces you to meet people and figure out who you are and what you want to do with your life. You can try to go with a friend, but you will meet so many great people along the way that it's not entirely necessary. It's also extremely cheap to do. Read Vagabonding or The 4-Hour Work Week . But I am one who just can't make up my mind what I want to do in life. Honestly, I just want to climb rocks, but that's not exactly practical since I'm not Chris Sharma . I have some business ideas in the works but I'll probably end up going back to school so I can teach and have 3 months off in the summer, preferrably psychology or the psychology of religion. But I think I could also be content organic farming in my later days... or writing, I write a bunch, and plan to use the trip as the muse for a Karouac-esque tale. See so I have no clue. But that's the fun of it. Just shotgun your interests and figure it out. Love life. Go live it. Don't let anyone tell you you're crazy because your values are different. They will come around. Also, no soda - water, water, and coconut water.

u/ChaoticHavok · 1 pointr/churning

This also works with books too sold and shipped by Amazon. I bought this book and it only cost me $3.30 hardcover. Note, there is another promo code 25offbook but don't know if you can stack since I already used it for another book. I also used my Chase Freedom.

u/RPeed · 1 pointr/askMRP

Oh I typed all this for you my dude but these dastardly bullies caused you to delete it.

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Hope it benefits you or another ENTP stoner:

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What caught my eye was the Myers-Briggs test: I also (usually) test ENTP. Just wanted to say I think the Reddit subs seem to do it a serious disservice:

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A) It is a management tool. It is not meant to enable some rando's life as a lovable eccentric. You should be shoring up the weaknesses it shows, not jerking off to how creative you think you are (not that you can stop yourself amirite? Ha!), and

B) It is not a tarot card reading of your soul. I get profiled regularly, by professionals, using whatever method is in vogue at that moment and while I absolutely see the value in the tests, it is limited, it is contextual and it will vary over time.

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It is not so much "revealing" your personality as a prediction of how your behavior will manifest in a given context. MB being particularly general. For example, all my ENTP result tells me is that RIGHT NOW, I likely have too many projects going on and/or am managing my time poorly.

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So based on your results, I would recommend you get out of your comfort zone and focus on active productivity exercises. Far from being something unsuited to you: they are likely just what you need. Anytime I dial this in tight, my life has a night and day improvement.

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7 Habits is the granddaddy of course.



Unchained Man has a great time management system. Actually he refers back to Covey's 7 habits and explains why and how he updated the principle for a digital era. The rest isn't "bad" but its pretty standard 4HWW/TRP/Digital nomad type stuff. You could literally read Chapters 8-11 and get a great deal of benefit.

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4HWW fuck I hate this book. And it's probably dangerous for lazy fucks. But Ferriss has nuggets of good advice on productivity and time management.

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More conceptual reading:

Do the Work;

The War of Art;

The Power of Habit;

Rework;

On Form - some tips, although heavily weighted to glorify salaryman life;

One Minute Manager;

Extreme Ownership has helped a lot of dudes here. Personally I despise wading through the military waffle for two or three pages of content but the message of owning every aspect of your life and not accepting low standards from yourself or others is good (Hint: that means after you quit weed, (after a reasonable interval) you can and should expect your lazy wife to too).

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Corporations have invested a great deal of time and money in training me but honestly most of the valuable things I implement are on that list.

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Atomic Habits is on my current reading list. Check out this post (and comments) with some concepts from it.

u/asalib · 1 pointr/Entrepreneur

The Four-Hour Workweek seems to spark up a lot of controversy when mentioned, I was even skeptical when reading it, but it honestly changed my life. It inspired me to become an entrepreneur, it's packed with case studies that inspire you to escape 9 to 5, and has plenty of great resources for someone starting their first online business, or for anyone looking to improve their work efficiency and spend less time at the office.

I'm also currently reading:

u/NeonSpaceCandy · 1 pointr/EngineeringStudents

Just set your lifestyle and mend your life around it, not the other way around. Tim Ferriss mastered this practice. Tim’s aim is to undo the stigma of the 9-5 work standard. It’s not for everyone and it’s no longer practical in the internet age when people are “always on”

u/Northcliff · 1 pointr/Entrepreneur

The 4-Hour Workweek should answer this question for you in detail with some examples

u/michaelcheck12 · 1 pointr/careerguidance

Another thing you want to consider is where you want more income coming from. 'Earned Income' is the highest taxed income. What if you used your talents to create a product or provide a service outside of your current position?

You could work for a company, but really effectively and efficiently. Then on the side have a product you get income from, royalty income, rental income, etc.

Read The Four Hour Work Week

That book is not only for people that want to cut down their work hours, or work remotely, but also for creating additional income streams.

u/shaansha · 1 pointr/Entrepreneur

Books regarding how to build your online business / extract value out of an email list come from people who collected their online offerings.

For example: Ryan Levesque "Ask" on how to build products through email lists are a compilation of user stories from what he's done online.

With that said if you're looking for general entrepreneurship books here are a few I would check out:

  • My Startup Life by Ben Casnocha. Ben started a company in his teens. Recently he wrote a book with Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn) called The Startup of You

  • Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuck

  • The Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss

    The best books to read to get through the thick and thin however are not business books. For example, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is excellent
u/intensely_human · 1 pointr/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

The "career" is a cultural institution that is ending. We're addicted to work as a species, given that we have the technological power to never have to work again, the only thing holding us back is the way our economy is structured. Fortunately we have the ability to own income-generating assets.

If you are seriously scared by the prospect of working for 50 years or more, please private message me your address so I can send you this book

u/PWR_OF_LOVE · 1 pointr/getdisciplined

This is a tough issue - as your story makes me feel you are telling me that you need to cut hours somewhere. I am not gonna psycho-analyze you because I am no near qualified for that; but you make me think of me. You want to do a lot of things but you can't, thats the basic problem. But why can't you? You don't imply to procrastinate at all. (atleast; it's not the main factor) So this is an issue that has to do with reassessing priorities. I am not gonna tell you to cut this of, or do Y instead of X. As these are for you and you alone to decide . But I will tell you there is a distinct difference between the relative and exact value of your time and effort. As you seem to be a person who works a lot of hours on payroll. To me this seems like this will be your challenge to define your happiness. This doesn't mean I only imply that you should cut hours one way or another. I would suggest the first thing you should do is to have a good think about these things. This might be a good book for you to read. As for the hobby part. Read.. always read more - especially when they are as related to your life as in this example.
Some insight or perspective can change your life forever, be open to it.

Success is psychological. Redefine everything, always - evolve.

u/TIGit · 1 pointr/personalfinance

BiggerPockets.com is a decent place to start, they put together a free eBook for beginners here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing

Books are great, so here are some:

The Richest Man in Babylon okay, you're probably saying, "But TIGit, that's not a book on real estate!" It's a book on investing, and I consider it a must read. This is the book that started me off in life, I was gifted a copy by my grandmother when I was 16. Read it.

What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow and 36 Other Key Financial Measures this one is one of the best books on real estate. Real estate is a numbers game, there's a lot of emotion with all the negotiation and finding motivated sellers, but you need to keep the numbers in mind
first*. If a property doesn't have a profitable enough margin you need to know to walk away. And to know "the numbers" this is the book.

How to Manage Residential Property for Maximum Cash Flow and Resale Value this one is for if you plan on building wealth through owning property and landlording. If you just want to be a wholesaler, buy a cheap personal home, or flip, this isn't the book for that. But it's important to keep in mind because the other REIs you compete with have this in their heads, and you should too.

Real Estate Finance and Investment Manual I don't like "fluff" books. Those quasi-motivational garbage real estate books are so common, but this isn't one of them. Stay away from those "Rich Dad Poor Dad" crap, those are just feel good word vomit. It reads more like a textbook, but it's good. None of that "Find the leader in yourself!" bullshit.

The 4-Hour Workweek this one also isn't a real estate book, but a must read. Ferris is a salt-and-burn serial business man, so bear in mind that he as a person is sort of shitty. I don't advocate taking advantage of people. But this book opened my eyes on how much of business is done. Exporting labor for cheap, using automation to save time and costs, selling products, setting up a business, and marketing. It's all there. And he's right. Tim Ferris is probably a sociopath, but he's dead on in how to succeed in business.

u/dis_iz_funny_shit · 1 pointr/stopdrinking

Fair warning...this book has changed everyone I've ever handed it too:

Don't let the title scare you. It's more about changing your thinking and examining your life and how you spend your time and finding better ways to maximize more YOU time and less hamster wheel shit.

https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357

u/AnOddOtter · 1 pointr/IWantToLearn

This book, Level up your life might be helpful. It's about treating your life like a video game. You complete quests, fight bosses, and level up.

Oh yeah, and 4 Hour Workweek might be up your alley. I haven't read this one, but my best friend loves it and I've read some of his other books, which were very good.
It wasn't the best read - I felt like I was getting a sales pitch the entire time - but it definitely had some good ideas in it.

u/captianinsano · 1 pointr/sysadmin

I had many of the same issues you are having right now when I first started my current job. I wanted everyone to like me so I was way too nice and let people walk all over me.

My brother suggested I read the book The 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss (link to amazon or read the whole book here). Most of it will not apply to this situation but one section of the book goes over how to get people to stop wasting your time with what they think is important like their person IT issues (aka stupid fitbits). One passage in the book says:

> "THE FIRST DAY our new Sales VP arrived at TrueSAN in 2001, he came into the all-company meeting and made an announcement in just about this many words: “I am not here to make friends. I have been hired to build a sales team and sell product, and that’s what I intend to do. Thanks.” So much for small talk.

> He proceeded to deliver on his promise. The office socializers disliked him for his no-nonsense approach to communication, but everyone respected his time. He wasn’t rude without reason, but he was direct and kept the people around him focused. Some didn’t consider him charismatic, but no one considered him anything less than spectacularly effective."

Now you are at a disadvantage since you are already looked at as the nice guy that will do anything for anyone... anytime. This is hard to fix but how I fixed this was I stopped letting people start every conversation with small talk. You need people to realize you are busy have plenty of work to do. "I always try and pretend like i'm not stressed, overworked, busy etc and that they're important"... yeah stop that right now. They may be important but so are you.

Read this from page 22 of that link above:

> If someone does call your cell phone, it is presumably urgent and should be treated as such. Do not allow them to consume time otherwise. It’s all in the greeting. Compare the following:
> Jane (receiver):Hello?
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> John (caller): Hi, is this Jane?
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> Jane: This is Jane.
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> John: Hi, Jane, it’s John.
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> Jane: Oh, hi, John. How are you? (or) Oh, hi, John. What’s going on?
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>John will now digress and lead you into a conversation about nothing, from which you will have to recover and then fish out the ultimate purpose of the call. There is a better approach:
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> Jane: This is Jane speaking.
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> John: Hi, it’s John.
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> Jane: Hi, John. I’m right in the middle of something. How can I help you out?
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> Potential continuation:
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> John: Oh, I can call back.
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> Jane: No, I have a minute. What can I do for you?
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>Don’t encourage people to chitchat and don’t let them chitchat. Get them to the point immediately. If they meander or try to postpone for a later undefined call, reel them in and get them to come to the point. If they go into a long description of a problem, cut in with, “[Name], sorry to interrupt, but I have a call in five minutes. What can I do to help out?” You might instead say, “[Name], sorry to interrupt, but I have a call in five minutes. Can you send me an e-mail?”

u/burningmonk · 0 pointsr/videos

Check out 4 Hour Work Week. There are always options beyond a job.

>If only I didn't have a job

Watch to the end of this TED talk to get a good take on "if only..."

u/mrhymer · 0 pointsr/AskReddit

You can only teach or curate a museum with a history major but not with an undergraduate degree. You might win the lottery and land a gig with a big older corporation as a historian but not with an undergrad degree and probably not at all in a bad economy.

Having the degree box checked might get you on the waiting list for entry level positions in a corporation or small business but that might take years.

You need to find your inner entrepreneur and create your own opportunity. Start Here

u/isaidputontheglasses · 0 pointsr/web_design

I know it's a risk. I'm no spring chick in this business. However, this guy is pretty well vetted. He has several products that sell on the home shopping network, qvc, and lowe's. He lives nearby and we are meeting in person to discuss specifics.

He is also really old and really knows nothing about "computer stuff". If i can get my contracts in order, ask for a reasonable percentage, and install automatic payments, and other safeguards, then i don't see why i wouldn't accept payment from a revenue share.

Maybe i am in the wrong sub? I know i could checkout the business subs, but i was hoping for web design specific solutions. You know a lot of designers are working for revenue shares these days right?

Check out the futur on youtube. Or read The 4-Hour Workweek

u/SputnikKore · -1 pointsr/business

Have you guys read the book The 4-Hour Workweek?

This book will make you re-think a lot of your assumptions about priorities and life.

u/yourenotmydad · -1 pointsr/books

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u/KentyMac · -1 pointsr/financialindependence

I’m a workaholic at heart, too. I have to force myself to stop and spend time with my family, and even then, if I’m honest, it’s probably not enough. At different times in my life, I’ve developed good boundaries, like only checking my emails twice per day, but then I slide back in to old, bad habits. Your post is a good reminder for me! One suggestion is to check out “The 4-Hour Workweek” by Tim Ferris, if you haven’t. Not so much for the idea of really only working four hours per week, but for the good advice on creating systems and expectations at your job that reduce your hours, while also prioritizing what is truly important. I think I need to re-read it myself! Best wishes!

u/vexvoltage · -2 pointsr/PLC

I am a huge Tim Ferris fan he has two really good books about general business not specifically automation (I have never seen specific to industrial Automation.

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https://www.amazon.com/Tools-Titans-Billionaires-World-Class-Performers/dp/1328683788

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https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357