Comments on: My 4 Hour Work Week Journey: Book Overview and Preface Chapters

By: My 4 Hour Work Week Journey: D for Definition (The Rules of the Game) » The Displaced African

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:03:53 +0000

[...] the day) when I wake up. I have attached a video where I talk about this below: The objectives of the new rich are quite different from those of conventional 9 to [...]

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:26:44 +0000

@Ssembonge: As I said before, thanks for the feedback on site design. If it weren’t for you brining it to my attention, I never would have known that the old background was causing problems in reading.
As for the whole, I want to be rich because that’s how I think I can help people, I think I’ll remind you of the little article I wrote on aid organizations some time back and ask a question:

http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/344/the-most-important-question-you-must-ask-about-aid-organizations/

Doesn’t it appear that money isn’t usually the factor that seperates those who have huge positive impact on society from those who don’t?

By: Ssembonge

Ssembonge — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:03:24 +0000

The reason I want to be rich (read millionaire/billionaire) is so that I can help others. The richer I am, the more people I can help. I already have enough for myself.

PS. The background color is much better now and it’s much easier to read your blog.

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:37:05 +0000

@Ssembonge: Tim isn’t interested in creating decamillionaires or billionaires in the book, rather he is interested in teaching people how to have more time and greater ability to move around so they can live like millionaires on less. In fact, I remember when someone asked him the question, can you create huge companies on 4 hours a week, his response was to first ask the person who asked the question , “Do you really need to build a 100 million dollar company and why?”
There is one company though, where the CEO does almost all the work from home and has done so for more than two decades that’s mentioned in the book – I can’t think of it now but I’ll talk about it as I go through the book.
But definitely, this book isn’t about building billionaires or captains of industry, its about giving you a great lifestyle in the here and now.

By: Ssembonge

Ssembonge — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:39:32 +0000

I’ve never seen a rich person who did not put extra hours to get where they are. I’d also be surprised if the same does not apply to those who feature in Forbes or Time rich lists. 4 hour week sounds like lazyness to me. If you think I’m wrong, kindly point me towards any individual who got rich by working 4 hours a week.

PS. The newest billionaires (Google & Facebook founders), toiled day and night to beat the competition.