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“The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot more than they’ve done in the past. —BILL GATES, cofounder of Microsoft, richest man in the world”
― The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich
― The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich
“The best defense is a good offense. —DAN GABLE, Olympic gold medalist in wrestling and the most successful coach in history; personal record: 299–6–3, with 182 pins”
― The 4-Hour Workweek
― The 4-Hour Workweek
“Step III: A is for Automation SCOTTY: She’s all yours, sir. All systems automated and ready. A chimpanzee and two trainees could run her! CAPTAIN KIRK: Thank you, Mr. Scott. I’ll try not to take that personally. —STAR TREK”
― The 4-Hour Workweek
― The 4-Hour Workweek
“A schedule defends from chaos and whim. —ANNIE DILLARD, winner of Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction, 1975”
― The 4-Hour Workweek
― The 4-Hour Workweek
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. —BILL GATES”
― The 4-Hour Workweek
― The 4-Hour Workweek
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