Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire

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They say those that can’t do teach, but not here…. Dan did it, then masterfully taught it. A book on living a life you don’t want to retire from and how to live your retirement dream today.”- Garret Gunderson, New York Times bestselling author of Killing Sacred Cows To see what I mean, simply take a look at people whose businesses are one to two levels larger than yours. Notice how they spend money and time. Is it different than your spending? I bet it is. It’s no surprise that the more successful an entrepreneur is, the more differently they think about time and money. If they didn’t, they would never make it to the next level. This is for the creatives in the crowd: the podcasters, artists, those that feel what they do is very unique and special, that no one else can do. Eighty percent done by somebody else is 100 percent awesome. The first 10 percent is the ideation and you do this with the person that’s going to own the process. It’s your opportunity to talk about the creativity, the through line, the storyline and the outcome goals and all aspects of the desired needs. Then the 80 percent is the person taking that information and moving it forward through research, prototypes, outlines or drafts—someone who can take your concepts and turn them into a first draft. The last 10 percent is the integration: taking something that’s almost finished and adding your finishing touches to it like someone would in a restaurant. When the plate comes out, they give it a final look, put the garnishes on it, clean the side of the plate, and hand it to the server to bring to the table. That’s the 10/80/10 rule.

Dan distills a career of building and scaling companies into a masterclass of simple, actionable steps that will help you regain control of your life. The fact that your customers and employees will love interacting with you even more after you read this book is just icing on the cake.”- Joey Coleman, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Never Lose a Customer Again and Never Lose an Employee Again Dan Martell is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and thought leader. In 2016 he founded the SaaS Academy. What I especially liked though was how the book gives practical instructions on how to make the changes needed and makes it all seem achievable. That’s why if you strapped me to a chair, and told me I had only one more episode left to share with you, these would be my parting words. As was the consequence that founders self sabotage, stall or sell as they can’t face the idea of growth adding to their workload.

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We value being busy. We secretly love the subtle status that being busy communicates. How would you feel if you asked an entrepreneur how he was doing, and he said, “Great! I’m really relaxed with my business.” Not that impressive. We LOVE being busy. People relish being busy even if the time spent isn’t worthwhile. It makes us feel like we’re getting a lot of work done when, in reality, we’re getting WAY less done than we could. To paraphrase author Brian Tracy, “As I got more successful, I couldn’t afford to do some of the things I used to…like mow my lawn.” If you judge books on the number of action points to take from them then this one is not just one of my favourites but right up there as number one.

We don’t realize how much time it can save us. We just don’t know what we don’t know. As such, people don’t realize how many untold hours they could be saving by delegating some of their routine tasks.

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Subjects chose different services that helped their lives be more convenient, ranging from cleaning services to meal deliveries. I was always putting out operational fires. 100-hour work weeks. And 95% of my calendar was filled with work that drained my energy. What you’re currently doing: Taking load after load of laundry to the dingy laundry room in your apartment basement you share with a dozen other families. A no-nonsense playbook for how to build a thriving business empire all while living your best life. Dan Martell makes complex systems as simple as 1-2-3.”- Lewis Howes, New York Times bestselling author and host of The School of Greatness

For example, I remember being 15 years old and reading tons of PC magazines as I learned how to build my own computer, figured out which Pentium processor to get, and compared the video cards that would let me play Duke Nukem best. Now? I just buy a Mac.All told, if you outsourced each of the seven areas above, you could potentially save 46 hours each week! That’s more than SIX hours per day. The spouse or former spouse of a deceased federal employee (that died while working for the federal government) who was designated to receive the survivor benefit from the deceased federal employee's retirement annuity. According to a study published by the National Academy of Sciences, “spending money on time-saving services is linked to greater life satisfaction.”

It’s about installing systems and mindset shifts to engage in high-value work that brings you energy and fulfillment. What you’re currently doing: Going to the grocery store each week, forgetting to bring your reusable grocery bags, and hating yourself for it. We feel guilty when we spend on convenience. A lot of people look at things like ride-sharing apps and house cleaners like unnecessary luxuries despite how helpful they can actually be. This is shaped by culture, society, and our upbringing.

CSRS NOTE: The rules and percentages are a bit different if you were originally under CSRS and then transferred to FERS. If that is your case, please reach out for assistance. Estimate how much your service deposit will be ( use the calculator below to find "true cost"; deposit plus interest). I could share a million other examples from my own life: Like me scoffing at flying business class or shopping at Nordstrom vs. T.J.Maxx (shoutout to TJ for outfitting me for years).