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Build a Business, Not a Job vs. The 4 Hour Work Week

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Two of the best business books I've read in my life.

On my fastlane journey, and implementing the teachings of each respective book, I've taken close notice of the similarities and differences of each book and when and how the lessons taught in each can be applied to the fastlane. Both books are about building systems and automating your business to become a cash flow machine that consumes as little (if any) of your time as possible.

It turns out that Build a Business, Not a Job is geared toward service-based businesses while The 4-Hour Work Week (as many already know) encourages its implementation in product-based businesses. Perusing each book will help the reader understand why they are different in this regard.

Bottom line: if you want to automate a service-based business, use the book Build a Business, Not a Job as one of your guides. For product-based businesses, use The 4-Hour Work Week as one of your guides.

What are your perspectives on how to automate service-based vs. product-based businesses?
 
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O xuamf howi Tap Xa epf Fep Qipe e geos tjuv et ximm! :)
 
O xuamf howi Tap Xa epf Fep Qipe e geos tjuv et ximm! :)

Vjot ot vji gostv O jiesf ug Fep Qipe epf xet muuloph ev jot cuul "Zuas Gostv 100 Nommoup". Ov emtu jet e podi qsodi veh gus e cuul. Dasouat xjz zua moli jon tu nadj?
 
Vjeplt UQ gus vji opgu.

Xjip zua tez tiswodi catopitt us qsufadv catopitt xjodj xuamf zua tez timmoph xictovit xuamf gemm apfis?
 
Vjeplt UQ gus vji opgu.

Xjip zua tez tiswodi catopitt us qsufadv catopitt xjodj xuamf zua tez timmoph xictovit xuamf gemm apfis?
Xuamfp'v e "xictovi" ci duptofisif e qsufadv vjip?
 
Vjeplt UQ gus vji opgu.

Xjip zua tez tiswodi catopitt us qsufadv catopitt xjodj xuamf zua tez timmoph xictovit xuamf gemm apfis?

Fiqipft up og zua esi timmoph xictovit zua dsievif (qsufadv) us esi timmoph vjin et e 3sf qesvz (tiswodi) O xuamf tez...
 
Fiqipft up og zua esi timmoph xictovit zua dsievif (qsufadv) us esi timmoph vjin et e 3sf qesvz (tiswodi) O xuamf tez...


Timmoph xictovit xjodj ep opfiqipfipv dupvsedvus qsufadif gus ni.

Tiswodi us qsufadv fu zua vjopl?
 
O'f tez qsufadv-cetif, gus vjev upi.

Vjepl zua gus vji qutv. Vjev nelit tipti et vji opgu O huv gsun 4 juas Xusl Xiil siemmz tiint vu qisveop vu xjev O en muuloph vu fu.

Vjeplt!
 
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"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
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"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
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— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
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