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How a spreadsheet and a kitchen timer eliminated 40 hours of my work week. [DFHW: Living the 4-Hour Work Week]

In a few past posts, I mentioned that my primary task towards achieving the goals of the Four Hour Work Week is to reduce my 60+ hour work week down to 20. As evidenced by my recent trip to Denmark and Sweden, I was able to successfully do so. Of course, the big question is [...]

20 March 2008 | Time Management, life balance, time audit | No Comments

How a spreadsheet and a kitchen timer eliminated 40 hours of my work week. [Diary of a Four-Hour-a-Weeker]

In a few past posts, I mentioned that my primary task towards achieving the goals of the Four Hour Work Week is to reduce my 60+ hour work week down to 20. As evidenced by my recent trip to Denmark and Sweden, I was able to successfully do so. Of course, the big question is [...]

20 March 2008 | Time Management, life balance, time audit | No Comments

Results of the Time Audit and Next Steps (plus a revised spreadsheet!) [Diary of a Four-Hour-a-Weeker]

Well, it’s been a week since I decided to audit where my time was going and work to optimize my use of resources. Did I get the results I was expecting? Yes and no. First, I have a better idea of how I’m spending my time and which things I need to specifically focus on [...]

22 February 2008 | Productivity, Time Management, efficiency, time audit | No Comments

Comment about 4HWW Time Audit: Defeating the purpose? [Diary of a Four-Hour-a-Weeker]

I received an excellent comment from id_bob on yesterday’s post about my new 4HWW Time Audit worksheet. His comments, which are right on point are: “hey, isn’t this missing the point? You’re task switching too much. You’re being inefficient by even recording the tasks. Will you waste more time in time auditing then recover [...]

14 February 2008 | Productivity, Time Management, time audit | No Comments

The 4HWW Time Audit Spreadsheet [Diary of a Four-Hour-a-Weeker]

I’m starting to be convinced, after spending another set of 16 hour days, that the only way to make progress on the 4HWW goals is to become ruthless about how I spend my time. Just like grazing throughout the day is not an effective way to lose weight, aimlessly working through the day is not [...]

13 February 2008 | 4HWW, Getting Started, Productivity, Time Management, time audit | No Comments