Work Less, Make More Quotes

“I do regular training calls in my coaching programs that involve me sharing specific insights. That’s a deadline. When people expect you to show up, you make things happen.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“are you spending valuable time on something that’s not your core business? That’s when your EHR starts to plummet.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“Opportunities are like waves. They come along all the time, but choosing the right one is critical. Which is why you should spend a few moments deciding what type of opportunity you want so you’ll recognise it when it arrives.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“ACTION ITEMS TO INCREASE YOUR EHR Install time management software on your computer. Monitor how you’re spending your time. Adjust your workflow based on the report. Turn off all social media notifications (both emails and push notifications on your phone). Switch your phone to silent. Unsubscribe from any email newsletter that isn’t taking your business forward. Get support emails out of your inbox by using dedicated help desk software. Block ‘deep work’ time into your calendar (at whatever time suits you) so you have uninterrupted work time. Make portions of your time available to others using a scheduler tool. (The rest of the week is yours.) Purge unwanted things and people from your life. Set a 12-week goal and stick to it. Hint: Actioning items in this book will change your life. Commit 12 weeks to actioning the key elements at the end of each chapter. Prioritise sleep. Get eight hours a night for a week (even if it means not getting as much ‘work’ done) and see how it feels. Clean up your diet. Eat food that’s as close to the source as possible (i.e. not out of packets). Find a type of exercise or daily movement you enjoy, and carve out time to do it every day.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“ACTION ITEMS TO INCREASE YOUR EHR Install time management software on your computer. Monitor how you’re spending your time. Adjust your workflow based on the report. Turn off all social media notifications (both emails and push notifications on your phone). Switch your phone to silent. Unsubscribe from any email newsletter that isn’t taking your business forward.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“take a look at the people you spend time with. Given you become like the people you spend time with, perhaps some of your friends need to be purged too. Reduce the things and people in your life down to only those you love and bring you happiness.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“It was like the answer sheet a teacher uses to mark tests.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“We need to say ‘Yes’ to the things we love, that bring us joy, and are giving us the result we’d like to get. We need to say ‘No’ to the things we simply don’t want to do. We achieve this by putting up filters.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“With my own students and my own business, we set up business plans in 12-week blocks. We identify a target, such as adding a new product or service, and then we set up bumpers to keep us on track. Our bumpers are very simple. If something comes along to distract us (a collaboration, joint venture request, podcast interview or request for a new service) we just say, ‘Let’s review that request at the end of the 12 weeks’. At the end of 12 weeks we will have effectively knocked down all the pins. We then review available opportunities and requests before setting up the next lot of pins (set our plans/goals for the next 12-week block). This keeps everyone focused on the key objective, and ensures we deliver on it before moving on to another one.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“When it comes to emails, there are two main types of people: Those who consume Those who create. I encourage you to create. Remember, the one who sends the email is the one making the money. The one who receives the email is the one spending the money.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“My goal is to keep my computer time under 20 hours per week. If your report shows you’re putting in 60, 70, 80 or even 100 hours a week, you’re running on burnout mode. The number may shock you at first, but the whole point of this book is to help you get your number (whatever it is) down to where you want it to be.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“Everything you’ve got today is the sum of everything you’ve done and everyone you’ve known to this point. Everything you’ll have in the future comes down to what you’ll do as a result of what you learn from this moment in time onwards.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“A lot of people obsess about productivity, which is all about getting through a lot in a given period of time. If you’re being productive doing the wrong things, however, you’ll be doing a lot, yet remaining in the same spot. Like a hamster on a wheel. It’s time to shift your focus to doing the right things.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“And the best way to change your focus is to increase how effective you are. Notice I didn’t say ‘how productive you are’.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“ramp up your personal effectiveness.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“Increasing your EHR to this level is a learnable and repeatable process.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“we can choose to work when our energy levels are highest. Which means when we’re on, we’re on. And when we’re off, we get to actually relax and enjoy life.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“Here’s how to calculate your EHR: Take the amount of revenue you make in a month and subtract your costs. What you have left is your monthly profit. (If you have a job, then your wage is your profit.) Divide your profit by the number of hours you worked in the month to get it.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“The metric that matters To work less and make more, all you need to do is move the needle on one metric: Effective Hourly Rate (EHR).”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“First, you’re probably working too hard for your money.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“Third, you’re probably overwhelmed. All that information is as much a curse as it is a blessing. There are thousands of tools out there that might just be the ‘game changer’ you’ve been waiting for. There are thousands of ‘gurus’ with ‘proven systems’ and rock-bottom stories offering ‘shortcuts to success’. Every life on social media is so airbrushed it’s impossible to tell who’s full of shit and who isn’t.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“I arrived at the business model I mentioned earlier—the one with smooth cash flow, predictable income and the ability to do work that’s meaningful to me without being a workaholic.”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love

“Automated income Independent wealth The ability to enjoy my life passionately”
― James Schramko, Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love