Curious to have a discussion surrounding whether people have successfully maintained a four hour work week. Also included can be those that have completely automated businesses too. On a personal note, I find freedom in being able to not work the 9-5 job. If I were to work 9=5 this would be certainly side income with the hope to then quit the 9-5.
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Even he says it's not about a literal 4-hour week of work. The thrust of the book is about how to break things down into systems, and figure out how to make your work (and life in general) more efficient.
You do this by deconstructing things, and figuring out what pieces you can do more easily to get bigger gains.
I'd highly recommend listening to his podcast, as it's almost like the gift that keeps on giving. I say this because of the people that he interviews, and the questions he asks. He helps figure out what successful people do, that makes them successful.
I'm talking him up, but it's only because there have been a few things that I've gotten between the book and a couple of the podcast interviews that have been very helpful in my personal life.
Don't want to make a blogpost of a comment. The how? It depends on two things mostly: lifestyle and family. As I'm 25 and single it was easier for me to do that because I can tweak my lifestyle as I want. I think it's a bigger challenge for those who have someone to support. And by tweaking I mean push yourself little by little to spend less, you get used to it quickly.
I have also a friend who does UI/UX web development who's been doing this for a couple of years too.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10316060
http://www.startupdaily.net/2015/09/builtwith-is-perhaps-one...
https://medium.com/@andrewjrogers/the-story-of-builtwith-e3b...
The guy who built this site: https://www.s3stat.com/
Claims that he only puts a handful of hours a month in.
I'm not saying that I see a lot of these people, but I'd say a handful every year seem to pop up.
IIRC the author did it by making a business more efficient and use less of his time. But his starting point was an insanely successful business. That's the prerequisite for following his steps!
Alternatively he suggests getting a job you can work remotely then outsource cheaply to take yourself out of the equation. Yeah right. Good luck with that!
The goal really is to build enough wealth so that you can work 0 hours per week. Probably doable by investing wisely and cutting back on lifestyle.