#836: The 4-Hour Workweek Principles — 13 Mistakes to Avoid, The Art of Mini-Retirements, and Navigating the Dizziness of Freedom

This time around, we have a bit of a different format, featuring the book that started it all for me, The 4-Hour Workweek (amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywher…). Readers and listeners often ask me what I would change or update, but an equally interesting question is: what wouldn’t I change? What stands the test of time and hasn’t lost any potency? This episode features three of the most important chapters from the audiobook of The 4-Hour Workweek. The audiobook, produced and copyrighted by Blackstone Publishing, is available wherever audiobooks are sold. You can find it on Audible (audible.com/pd/The-4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-9-5-…), Apple (books.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-4-hour-workwe…), Google (play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details?id=AQ…), Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/7JnUhVyFL0VArWBOCOsZgR), Downpour.com (downpour.com/the-4-hour-workweek-expanded-and-…), or wherever you get your favorite audiobooks.
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TIMESTAMPS
• [00:00:00] Start.
• [00:02:31] Mini-retirements: embracing the mobile lifestyle.
• [00:09:22] The birth of mini-retirements and the death of vacations.
• [00:11:03] The alternative to binge traveling.
• [00:16:14] Purging the demons: emotional freedom.
• [00:18:43] The financial realities: it just gets better.
• [00:24:24] Fear factors: overcoming excuses not to travel.
• [00:30:08] When more is less: cutting the clutter.
• [00:39:29] The Bora-Bora dealmaker.
• [00:43:11] Questions and actions.
• [00:44:22] Take an asset and cash-flow snapshot.
• [00:45:02] Fear-set a one-year mini-retirement in a dream location in Europe.
• [00:48:38] Prepare for your trip.
• [00:59:42] Adding life after subtracting work.
• [01:01:51] Depression and boredom: it's normal.
• [01:05:31] Frustrations and doubts: you're not alone.
• [01:12:01] The point of it all.
• [01:13:37] Learning unlimited: sharpening the saw.
• [01:17:24] Service for the right reasons.
• [01:20:05] Questions and actions.
• [01:22:46] Make an anonymous donation to the service organization of your choice.
• [01:24:05] Take a learning mini-retirement in combination with local volunteering.
• [01:28:42] The top 13 new rich mistakes.
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