I also just wanted to thank you for writing an amazing book – I’ve used very small pieces of it since I first read it, but haven’t made any of the “big” changes yet – and I plan to change THAT in the next 6 months.

Oh yes – and I’d like to hear more about your recent time at Burning Man; (that’s one of the things on my dreamline for next year…)

Cheers,
Erica

I just finished your book (2 day marathon). Now I will read it again, slowly…My question – how do you make more money and work less if you are a therapist paid per session?

Leslie

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Hi Leslie,

Good question with a simple answer: focus on high-end clients and charge more and more until client number (and your hours) decrease, leaving you with a much higher yield-per-hour and most likely higher total annual income. Same answer to: what do I do if I have more business than I can handle?

Good luck!

Tim

I just wanted to tell you an absolutely heartfelt thanks from the bottom of my heart. I graduated college during the first week in May, moved 250 miles from my hometown, and proceeded to start life as a REAL ESTATE BROKER.

It’s been interesting trying to get started, noticing how everyone in the industry seemed to have news for the newbie. “Do this! Do that!” they’d collectively shout at me. It was enough to make my head spin. I took everything on like a sponge.

CUT TO: Last Friday 6/8

I picked up your book at Books-A-Million and flipped through. I was indeed hooked, but didn’t have time to read through it. Bought it, took it home, read it from cover to cover by Saturday night.

Monday: We had a local meeting at the Realtor Association, a whole lot of huge egos mad that they needed “training”. Lots of bad attitudes, etc. I WAS BORED TO TEARS! After reading your book, all I could think was what are these people wasting their time for? I kind of got irritated, bored, etc.

I know that I love homes and I enjoy the IDEA of real estate, but I feel like doing a career such as this would be the hard sell. I don’t want to be that real estate agent that calls people to “just talk” as you mentioned in your SXSW talk.

This weekend and the past two days (Mon. & Tues.) has been a blur of activity. I’ve NEVER felt so energized and productive in my entire life. I went through my apartment and gathered a ton of stuff that I could get rid of to simplify life. It was rather shocking, really. I changed my voicemail on my telephone at the office (which I’ve yet to be back to since reading the book… something about the feeling of wasting time), re-did my computer (erasing hundreds of bookmarks), removing too many applications I did not use, etc. I called to cancel services I do not use, my extra cellphone (PDA) service, magazines, etc. I opted out of emails from companies wanting my dollars, etc.

I sent paperwork in to the state department applying for a business license, started writing a novel, scheduled a consultation to have LASIC, etc.

I am truly floored! The best part is that I feel like I have more time than ever.

Again, thanks Tim Ferriss. I hope to meet you in person one day to give you a face-to-face thanks!