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Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love Kindle Edition

by James Schramko (Author), Kelly Exeter (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition

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Work Less, Make More is a dense delivery of solid systems and sane advice. It's not 80/20, it's 80/20 squared. Every few pages, James punches you in the face with an instantly actionable hack.
~ Perry Marshall, Author of 80/20 Sales & Marketing, Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords, and Evolution 2.0

James gives massive value in a fun and easy-to-read book. Real, actionable ways to cut your hours while increasing your income. Want to know how to do it in your own business? Get this and find out!
~ Jonathan Mizel

In Work Less, Make More, James proves that keeping your business strategy simple produces far greater success (and happiness) than if you focus only on 'hustling'.
~ John Reese

James possesses a 'no-holds barred' approach to business which frees him to think outside ingrained assumptions regarding one's current realities and future opportunities. His candid advice in Work Less, Make More provides bold and practical wisdom for any person, of any vocation, who wants to lift the lid on their creative potential and move into unexplored territories of freedom and opportunity.
~ Ian Freestone

I found Work Less, Make More--part memoir, part how-to guide--to be truly extraordinary! James brings his unique analytical insights about how to think regarding complex issues in business. He describes the systems that he has designed to shape both meaningful work and relationships, as well as, a life worth living. So many authors attempt to "motivate" you, without giving any real instruction. I find that James provides both. Every page is full of so many principles, wisdom and insights--and I love how James incorporates his history and his life in such a thoughtful way. His book has already changed how I think about making decisions in my life and in my business.
~ Tim Papadopoulos

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In 2006, whilst working in a full-time job, James Schramko wrote this in a notebook:

MY GOALS … create automated income so that I am independently wealthy and enjoy my life passionately.

Within three years, he’d built his own business and achieved those goals. At which point he set about helping his coaching clients do the same. Leveraging his knowledge and experience, they were able to make more money while reducing their work hours. Significantly.

This freed them up to spend more time living.

It’s easy to think working less and making more is something available only to a blessed few. But James has proven over and over again that this is not the case. All you require is:

• An open mind,
• The ability to focus on what’s important,
• An understanding of business models, and
• A willingness to challenge your assumptions.

Work Less, Make More will break down all the barriers standing between you and the above.It will teach you how to effectively leverage yourself, your team and your business via:

• Increasing your personal effectiveness
• Planning and goalsetting
• Learning focus
• Building a team
• Creating an offer that converts
• Leveraging the Profit Formula to boost cash flow
• Understanding the importance of Customer Lifetime Value
• Choosing the right business model
• Removing compromise from your life

This book is for you if you are:

• A business owner (big or small)
• Currently in a job with a hard ceiling on how much you can earn
• Overworked and underpaid
• Stressed out and missing out on precious time with family and friends.

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Work Less, Make More is a dense delivery of solid systems and sane advice . It's not 80/20, it's 80/20 squared. Every few pages, James punches you in the face with an instantly actionable hack.~ Perry Marshall, Author of 80/20 Sales & Marketing, Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords, and Evolution 2.0--James gives massive value in a fun and easy-to-read book. Real, actionable ways to cut your hours while increasing your income. Want to know how to do it in your own business? Get this and find out!~ Jonathan Mizel--In Work Less, Make More, James proves that keeping your business strategy simple produces far greater success (and happiness) than if you focus only on 'hustling'.~ John Reese--I found Work Less, Make More--part memoir, part how-to guide--to be truly extraordinary! James brings his unique analytical insights about how to think regarding complex issues in business. He describes the systems that he has designed to shape both meaningful work and relationships,as well as, a life worth living. Now isn't that what we all want? So many authors attempt to "motivate" you,without giving any real instruction. I find that James provides both. Every page is full of so many principles, wisdom and insights--and I love how James incorporates his history and his life in such a thoughtful way. His book has already changed how I think about making decisions in my life and in my business. It's a must read. Highly recommended.
~ Tim Papadopoulos
--James possesses a 'no-holds barred' approach to business which frees him to think outside ingrained assumptions regarding one's current realities and future opportunities. His candid advice in Work Less, Make More provides bold and practical wisdom for any person, of any vocation, who wants to lift the lid on their creative potential and move into unexplored territories of freedom and opportunity. ~ Ian Freestone

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In 2006, whilst working in a full-time job, James Schramko wrote this in a notebook:

MY GOALS ... create automated income so that I am independently wealthy and enjoy my life passionately.

Within three years, he'd built his own business and achieved those goals. At which point he set about helping his coaching clients do the same. Leveraging his knowledge and experience, they were able to make more money while reducing their work hours. Significantly.

This freed them up to spend more time living.

It's easy to think working less and making more is something available only to a blessed few. But James has proven over and over again that this is not the case. All you require is:

An open mind
The ability to focus on what's important
An understanding of business models and
A willingness to challenge your assumptions.

Work Less, Make More will break down all the barriers standing between you and the above.

It will teach you how to effectively leverage yourself, your team and your business.

And it will gift you a life you've dreamed of, but never thought was within reach.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0784VNMDT
Publisher ‏ : ‎ SuperFastBusiness (December 11, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 11, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1592 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 252 pages

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Founder and CEO, SuperFastBusiness and SilverCircle

James Schramko is a business coach from Manly, Sydney. He currently owns and runs two online business coaching communities. In his eight years as a business coach, he has helped over 2,000 of his students create and maintain six, seven and eight-figure businesses.

Before he built his coaching businesses, James was a General Manager at Mercedes-Benz. He made a six-figure income but was stressed by the demands of his job, wanting the time and financial freedom he could see their top-level clients enjoying. Putting in many hours on the internet after work, he eventually made enough to quit Mercedes-Benz and go into online business full-time.

Since then, James has grown his coaching communities into multi-million dollar businesses that fund a lifestyle he loves. Running his businesses with an input of just hours a week, he finds ample time to surf, spend time with family and friends, watch movies and travel. The keys to such idyllic living are what he shares inside his two paid communities, SilverCircle and SuperFastBusiness.

About SuperFastBusiness and SilverCircle

SuperFastBusiness is James' paid community of entrepreneurs, 78.5 percent of who make more than $100k per year. With the community resources and with personal coaching from James, SFB members gain proven, leveraged ways of running their businesses that increase their earnings and free up their time, vastly improving their ability to enjoy life.

SilverCircle is James' paid, high-performance mastermind. It provides intensive one-on-one training to already successful online marketers who have that potential for further growth that James identifies and builds on so well. Members of this select group report multi-million dollar gains within short periods of working with James.

Things you can learn:

Own The Racecourse

- OTR, as it's known to many, is James's signature marketing course, responsible for him and many other business owners taking control of their businesses and their marketing, with highly profitable results.

How to build and manage a virtual team

- If you expect to scale, you can't go it alone. Team is essential to growing your business, and when your business is online, you don't even need an office to house them. James has years of experience running his own overseas team, and has given many talks on the topic.

Why recurring income is where it's at

- This model is the real key to sustainable wealth, and James teaches all his students to find the recurring value in their businesses that they can get paid for over and over again.

The power of podcasts

- Podcasting is a mainstay of James' marketing strategy, with several shows to his name and hundreds of episodes on iTunes. More often than not, clients find their way to his site and his communities via a podcast.

How to build a business you can sell

- James practices what he preaches, having built and sold two businesses already, with another one in the works. He can tell you what makes a business sellable, how to grow it with future selling in mind, and how to make the sale a win for both you and the buyer.

Identifying your 80/20

- Most of the results in your business come from a surprisingly small number of the things you do. James can explain how to use this rule to reduce your workload, achieve more, and become overall better in your role as business owner.

Watch a movie in the middle of the week

- The whole point of having a sustainable, well-earning, leveraged business model is to improve your quality of life. James addresses the reluctance of entrepreneurs to step away from the grindstone, sharing his system for reclaiming hours and protecting your free time at all costs.

Which product or service should you focus on?

- Are you spreading yourself too thin? James has filters to identify exactly which projects will be worth your attention and energy in the long run.

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Andrew Lermsider

Unbelievable book. The best roadmap I have ever seen to be more effective in business

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2018

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First off let me start by saying this book is ridiculously incredible, if you want to make more money and work less!!! I know it sounds crazy but James has literally figured it out. I have followed James a bit through his podcasts for years and was always super impressed with his knowledge. What's amazing about the book is that some how he has tied almost everything he teaches into one simple short book. It's almost mind boggling how easy and straight forward the the reading and plan is but yet so profound and genius.

Unlike most people that teach, James actually talks the walk. He follows the plan laid out in the book in real life and actually makes serious money doing it. I liked it so much I just bought more copies for friends and clients.

Here's the top 5 reasons why this book is a must have for anyone that wants more success

1. You will make more money and gain more time to enjoy life.
2. You will be less stressed out
3. It's super easy to read
4. There are action items you can take right away to free up your life
5. Oh did I say make more money and have more time.

The reality is I never really write reviews for books or products on Amazon and I rarely ever do a book that is not in audio format but this book is so good I had to share my thoughts on it. The book is what I call a game changer for anyone that wants to live a better life.

THANK YOU JAMES!!!

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Gregory A. Basler

Not too much new info, but very concise and helpful!

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2024

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A quick read, especially reminds you the most important things to think about when beginning a business!

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Katrina

Practical and Applicable especially for established businesses.

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2019

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This was a quick read that kept my attention until the end. There were lots of tips you can use right away. A big thing I learned is to have an offer that converts. I mean really is the most important. A lot of what is in the book is geared towards established entrepreneurs. There are things for someone just starting, but it's hard to calculate a true ehr (effective hourly rate) in the very early stages. I guess you could but it might be a negative number.

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What are you reading that shit for?

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2017

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That was the question James Schramko got asked by his peers as he was reading up on sales and marketing as a Junior Salesman.

His peers got their answer a year later when he was outselling not only them, but every BMW salesperson in Australia.

This book is the tale of James Schramko. The man who started working in an office processing sales earning $35,000 per year and who then went on to become a Sales Manager, a General Sales Manager, General Manager of an entire dealership and then an Internet Entrepreneur earning $100,000 per month with no weekly-selling events, no quarterly launches, and no hustle.

There’s something here for both new and experienced business owners.

There are some really useful points on recruiting and training a team. For example:
- The best time to fire someone is before you hire them. Having a filtering checklist sorted before you hire will make your life a lot easier.
- Competency-based training. James refers to a motorcycle course. They started by making us walk the motorcycle around the yard. If we mastered that, we could sit on the bike. If we mastered that, we could turn on the ignition. If we mastered that, we could start it. And if we mastered that, we could put it into gear and pull the clutch in. That’s how I ran my training.

During this enjoyable read you’ll hear James say things like:
- “Pure madness” about the ascension model
- “This is mind-boggling to me” about only retaining a customer for 3 months.
- And much more :)

It’s interesting to see how the success which James has achieved in his online business has come from many of the lessons he learnt working in a largely off-line business.

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Garrick Jackson

Grab a copy of this book ASAP - a great, actionable, down-to-earth read

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2017

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I have listened to James' podcasts for several years, and he is the most down-to-earth, uncompromising figure in the space of internet marketing. Nothing gimmicky, hacky, or non-genuine - he is all about the long-game, adding value and being the best at what you do. This book has been a long time coming, I remember James mentioning it a few years ago, and I have looked forward to it ever since. I would challenge anyone to find a more approachable, contactable, genuine practitioner in this market sector. You'll find the contents of this book extremely actionable and practical as it is from James own experience and learnings. A great read, very easy to digest and Kelly has done a wonderful job editing and working with James to get this book out into the world. As cliched as it sounds, do yourself a favour; grab yourself a copy; and put the contents into action.

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Mark

Real advice and business wisdom from someone who is already succesful and helping other business owners

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2017

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I've been following James Schramko via his blog and podcast for a few years now and it's great to see that he has distilled some of his wisdom and knowledge on running a successful business into this book. My own business has benefited so much from implementing his ideas that earlier this year I joined his Super Fast Business forum to gain further insights.

Full of solid, proven tactics that really will enable you to work less and make more, it lacks the padding that so many business books contain so you can get all the points quickly. Schramko walks the walk and lives this out in the business he has created; it's practical not just theory. Coaching other successful business owners also gives him insights that he willingly shares in Work Less, Make More - I highly recommend it!

Furthermore many "experts," write a book to build their business and give them credibility when they have no track record - refreshingly Schramko has already established his expertise and credibility and now seeks to share it with a wider audience.

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Reviewed in Brazil on March 7, 2022

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Gostei da abordagem simples e direta do autor, o conceito de EHR que ele apresenta realmente faz muito sentido.
As ideias se conectam com meus valores e anseios profissionais de construir um negócio lucrativo e que ofereça liberdade de tempo.
Recomendo para todo empreendedor que busque uma vida com mais significado.

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Good practical action plan

Reviewed in France on April 9, 2021

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I'm the kind of reader to like practical advise. I found them in this book. This is a practical plan to increase my EHR as the author called it. Each chapter have some actions to implement at the end. Now let me find an offer that converts.

Maria Gudelis

Fantastic resource full of TAKE ACTION executable steps to truly work less and make more

Reviewed in Canada on April 3, 2018

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Fantastic resource full of TAKE ACTION executable steps to truly work less and make more. James's business strategy advice makes you really sit down and analyze yourself, your business model, and how to change your current state to get to your future state. I love the recommendation of the Kanban system for simple project management to take something complex and make it simple. There are so many GOLDEN GEMS in here that I continually return to reading this book each month. Love one of his quotes: " If you’d like to know who’s responsible for your future, look in the mirror."
Thank you James for creating this to truly help others improve their business and lives and by doing that...the ripple effect to helping communities/society around them.

Nicola Cairncross

Cuts Through All The Crap & Clutter In Your Head In Nanoseconds!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2017

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Buying James' new book was a No 1 priority for me and it should be for you too if you are in business. I was originally introduced to James by my sister who told me about his uniquely simple business model, putting all your products inside one membership site. I ignored her for 2 years, more fool me!

I did eventually start to pay attention and I interviewed James on my podcasts, first on The Business Success Factory, then I have featured him again on my new one Clicks & Leads as his content was so valuable. He really got my attention on that interview, he was so radically different in the things he was saying. I joined his mentoring membership site SuperFastBusiness straight after the podcast interview and I'm still a paid-up member 3 years later.

When I get overwhelmed and feel like I'm going round and round in circles getting nowhere, I turn to James to straighten my business thinking out. Sometimes it just takes a simple, short, well-placed question from James to get me thinking very differently. He covers many of the topics I've sought help on, within this book.

I flew from the UK to an event James hosts in Manly Beach and I met some very high-level people there, all of whom were sitting in the audience as students in between their speaking slots and James tells many of their success stories in the book too. It's not only a great business book, it's a great read!

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Esther E.

Wertvolle Impulse für alle, die weniger arbeiten und mehr erreichen wollen!

Reviewed in Germany on April 3, 2018

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Ich kenne und schätze James Schramko schon lange und habe schon viel von ihm gelernt. Er hat sehr viel Erfahrung und über Jahre sein Business so optimiert, dass er viel verdient, obwohl er vergleichsweise wenig arbeitet und jeden Tag Surfen geht.

Das Buch ist kurz, auf den Punkt (das mag ich), praktisch und verständlich geschrieben. Es enthält die wichtigsten Impulse und Anleitungen, wie jeder (auch du) es tatsächlich schaffen kann, weniger zu arbeiten und gleichzeitig mehr zu verdienen. Und natürlich geht es das nicht von jetzt auf gleich, aber wenn du die Prinzipien konsequent umsetzt, dann kommst du langsam, aber sicher dahin.

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