Book review: The 4-hour work week
Recently we blogged about the book, Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy. Today we’re looking at another must-read book for any business professional, especially office supplies dealers.
For many office supplies business owners, spinning several plates all at once is exhausting. So let’s explore how this book could help you find an alternative, more effective and efficient way of working.
Book summary:
In the first half of the book, author Timothy Ferris suggests outsourcing as a method of freeing up some time. In the second half, Ferris suggests early retirement and using your free time to travel the world or discovering activities that can help enlighten and enrich your life.
While Ferris exemplifies this lifestyle choice very well and writes it in a captivating way, it hard to say that many people could up and leave for a round the world travelling trip. Many of us have family and friends close by that we wouldn’t want to leave. And for some, the joy they have in life is the business they run, and they find other ways to fill their spare time with their own preferred activities.
The key takeaway:
One of the key messages in the book is that for those who are constantly busy and feel like they are overworking, outsourcing can be a good solution to help them grow their business or career without sacrificing their personal time.
For many business, outsourcing is a way of freeing up time to focus on the true priorities and leaving another company to help you handle the day to day running of your business. Leaving you more time to focus on sales, acquiring new customers, and even taking the odd holiday every now and again. Something which, for many supplies dealers hasn’t been possible for a few years.
Office Power helps office supplies dealers identify their priorities and give dealers a strategic plan to enable them to do this. By sharing resources and reducing their burden by partnering with Office Power, dealers on average can save up to 33% of their time. Find out how Abbotts Office Solutions found more free time after its partnership with Office Power in the video below:
Like Tim of Abbotts Office Solutions, you too could enjoy a more profitable and strategic business, plus the joy of a bit more free time to yourself. Who could say no to that?
To find out how you could benefit from an Office Power partnership, contact us by emailing Chris on chris.armstrong@officepower.net or by calling him on 0207 091 4661.
