The 4-Hour Workweek - Step 4: Liberation

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Killing Your Job

Principal phobias

Quitting is permanent

I won't be able to pay the bills

Health insurance and retirement accounts disappear

It will ruin my resume

Mini-Retirements

Mexican fisherman story: living a full and busy life

Extended world travel is not just for the ultrarich

3 month mini-retirement is the alternative to binge traveling

Not an escape from life but a reexamination of it

Aim to experience the world at a speed that lets it change us

Not a one time event--take several per year

Learn to slow down

Get lost intentionally

Observe how you judge both youself and those around you

Financial realities

Take advantage of currency differences

Long term stay often costs the same as hotels

Overcoming excuses not to travel

Don't assume that places abroad are more dangerous than your hometown

Take a trial run for a few weeks

Arrange a week of language classes upon arrival

Cut the clutter

Clutter creates indecision and distraction

Sell, donate, store

What 20% of belongings are used 80% of time?

Disappearing Act

Ask yourself "why not?"

Being bound to one place will be the new defining feature of the middle class

The New Rick are defined by unrestricted mobility

Work wherever and whenever you want, but get your work done

Step 1:Increase investment

Step 2: Prove increase output offsite

Step 3: Prepare the quantifiable business benefit

Step 4: Propose a revocable trial period

Step 5: Expand remote time

Filling the Void

Postpartum depression

Go nuts and live your dreams

Social isolation

If you find a focus, an ambitious goal that seems impossible and forces you to grow, these doubts disappear.

Most big questions are a complete waste of time

If you can't define it or act on it, forget it

Life exists to be enjoyed and the most important thing is to feel good about yourself

Continual learning

To live is to learn

Languages

Adults can learn languages much faster than children

It is possible to become conversationally fluent in any language in six months or less

Sports, hiking, chess, or any activity that is domestic to the country

Service

Doing something that improves life besides your own

Service is an attitude, not limited to saving lives and the environment

Improve the quality of life in the world