Strategic planning is admirable in seasoned leaders and even easier to admire in young gentlemen and ladies who understand that you don’t have to wait until you have silver hair to enjoy the fruits of your labor.  In The Four Hour Work Week, Timothy Ferriss details how to use more of your time to enjoy yourself and in the process serve more people.

One area he focuses on is outsourcing.  Consider how much more time you could spend doing important things if someone else did more mundane things for you.  It doesn’t even have to be a person, it could be a system. This week as you read Four Hour Work Week with our Tuesday Book Club, think of the three main things you do that really seem to be holding you back in the progress you would like to make in one important area of your life.  It might be, “I really need to release 15 more pounds but I just can find the time to exercise.”  It could be, “I want to deepen my relationship with God but I don’t know where to start.”  Some people might say, “I really want to promote my business but I don’t know how to get my message out on the internet.”

We will be discussing The Four Hour Work Week live in Austin at Laura’s Library on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 6:30 PM.  Our also discusses the book by phone at 7:00 PM on the first and third Tuesdays of the month and at 7:00 AM on the second and fourth Tuesdays.  The number is (512) 501-4531 and the code is 121014#.

On Tuesday, October 5, 2010, prepare yourself by reading the first quarter of the book.  finish the following sentence stems before you join the discussion:

If I could find two more hours in my day, I would

If I wasn’t afraid to work less at my current job, I would

I would be so much happier if I only didn’t have to

Please post your comments and questions below.

In friendship,

Lori L. Barr, M. D.

Vice President, MindTamers