{"id":21597,"date":"2020-12-22T20:19:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T00:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=21597"},"modified":"2021-01-03T19:18:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T23:18:24","slug":"4-hour-workweek-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/4-hour-workweek-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Using The 4 Hour Workweek DEAL System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/4-hour-work-week-book\/\">The 4-Hour Workweek<\/a> <\/em>DEAL system? How does it work and how can you use it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The components of the<em> 4-Hour Workweek <\/em>DEAL system are Define, Eliminate, Automate and Liberate. <em>The 4-Hour Workweek <\/em>DEAL system explains how you can spend less time making money, and more time living out your dreams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to understand the <em>4-Hour Workweek <\/em>DEAL system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 4-Hour Workweek: DEAL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people want to retire as millionaires, but they don\u2019t actually crave a million dollars; <strong>what they want is the millionaire lifestyle.<\/strong> They want to be able to travel, learn new skills, and spend their time doing whatever they want instead of working. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/two-schools-of-thought\/\">two schools of thought<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-achieve\/\">how to achieve<\/a> this lifestyle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Deferrers<\/strong> follow the conventional system of working for 30-40 years of their lives and then retiring. They use up the prime physical years of their life working, and either run out of money or run out of things to do with their money while they\u2019re traditionally retired.<\/li><li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/new-rich\/\">New Rich<\/a><\/strong> live the \u201cretired\u201d lifestyle throughout their lives, alternating periods of work and fun. Their goal is to spend as little effort and time to make as much money as possible.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The 4-Hour Workweek<\/em> teaches you how to live the second lifestyle. The 4-hour workweek (4HWW) lifestyle is a specific version of the New <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-live-a-rich-lifestyle\/\">Rich lifestyle<\/a> in which you create a business called a \u201cmuse\u201d that makes you money while not taking up a lot of time.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can achieve the 4HWW lifestyle by following a four-step process with the acronym DEAL: define, eliminate, automate, liberate.<\/strong> First, you\u2019ll define what you want to spend your time doing. Then, you\u2019ll free up that time by eliminating unnecessary activities and streamlining your 9-5 job and life. Next, you\u2019ll automate your 9-5 job and chores and create your muse. 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If you want to get more done, you have to do less.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A: Automate Time-Consuming Activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 3 will cover step A: Automate Time-Consuming Activities of <em>The 4-Hour Workweek <\/em>DEAL process. Step A, like step E (Eliminate), explains how to make the time to achieve the dreamlines you set in step D (Define). This step tends to be the most difficult part of the process for entrepreneurs because they tend to like having control, and in this step, they have to give it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To achieve the 4HWW lifestyle, <strong>find a way to replace yourself. Almost anything and everything you do could be done by someone else.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step to automation is to hire a virtual assistant (VA). 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