Eighty hours a week? Here’s how not to be a slave to your own business!

By Forward Thinking UK | Coaching For Business

06 Apr 2020

Andy here, your Sherpa Guide!

We’ve all seen the 4 hour work week book by Tim Ferriss, right?

Regardless of what you think of the title it got a lot of people thinking…

And it got a lot of people very passionate about what it represented…on both sides of the fence…

What I often see is that people think that “hours” count for progress…

That I have to be busy…every hour of every day…to move my business forward…

Trust me you DON’T have to work 80 hours a week just because that’s what you think you have to do as the business owner…

Who wants to do that…seriously?!

You’ve been lied to…

This isn’t how a business is meant to be…

Don’t be a slave to your own business…

I talked about this recently on one of my weekly Facebook Lives…Which I’m certain you will receive tons of value from…

WATCH IT NOW Andy here, your Sherpa Guide!

We’ve all seen the 4 hour work week book by Tim Ferriss, right?

Regardless of what you think of the title it got a lot of people thinking…

And it got a lot of people very passionate about what it represented…on both sides of the fence…

What I often see is that people think that “hours” count for progress…

That I have to be busy…every hour of every day…to move my business forward…

Trust me you DON’T have to work 80 hours a week just because that’s what you think you have to do as the business owner…

Who wants to do that…seriously?!

You’ve been lied to…

This isn’t how a business is meant to be…

Don’t be a slave to your own business…

I talked about this recently on one of my weekly Facebook Lives…Which I’m certain you will receive tons of value from…

WATCH IT NOW

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