Life Leverage

By Rob Moore

    In this book, Rob Moore describes how to "get more done in less time, outsource everything and create your ideal mobile lifestyle." One of the key topics that he revolves around are efficiency and merging life with work and passion with profession.

    The traditional ideals of society are working for the majority of your life and then having that little time after retirement for your pleasures. However, as Moore states, the amount of money you save now won't be enough for the future due to inflation. Instead, you will just waste your "yearning" years, working endlessly, never reaching your goals. But with the Life Leverage Philosophy, you don't have to do that.

    There are a few main points to the Philosophy. First, outsource everything and make maximum usage of your time. You need to build a core team around you - even if you think you can't afford it. If there's something you're not good at, outsource it. There are plenty of good outsourcing websites these days, or you can have your team do it as well. Then there is the concept of NeTime - No Extra Time. Make use of all the time you have. Listen to a podcast, read an educational book, all while exercising, going somewhere, etc.

    Merge your passion with your profession. You need to have a passion, and something you want to do during your lifetime, something that will attract others. This should be the foundation of your business (this is a very business-oriented book).

    Merge life and work. This will help complete your mobile lifestyle. Part of doing this involves making sure that all work-related things are available on the cloud so that you can access it from anywhere, not just in the office. Then, you can take your vacation anytime you want and take your family with you - a win-win (like I said, this is a business-oriented book. Some of these are things you can only do as a business owner).

    There are other elements to time management as well. Categorize your emails into categories like urgent reply, archive, delegate, and do now. Figure out when you do your best work and worst work, and plan your day around that. Make plans for meetings so no time is wasted.

Note: I did my best, but this was very difficult.