WORK LESS WEDNESDAY
WLW #127
đš 1. 4 Years of Design School in 14 Minutes –Â YouTube Video By Elliot Earls
This guy gets it.
After running a design business for over a decade, I’ve gained a 6th sense for whats âgoodâ and what is âbad.â
There are a small handful of principles that move things from âamateurâ to âadvanced.â
This video breaks them down.
Elliot Early is a teacher at Cranbrook Academy of Art and a badass designer and artist in his own right.
Drop Elliot Earls a subscription and check out all his content – a hidden gem on YT.
đ 2. Book Iâm Reading This Week –Â Million Dollar Consulting by Alan Weiss
My clients put me onto the work of Alan Weiss.
This guy is a legend in consulting circles.
Iâve been an entrepreneur for 13 years and just found out about his books this year.
I started with Value-Based Fees, which is a 10/10.
Now Iâm moving into Million Dollar Consulting.
If youâre trying to move to get paid for your thinking, instead of your time, this is a great place to start.
đȘ 3. Chair Iâm Thinking About Buying –Â Pastil Chair by Eero Aarnio
![pastil chair](https://howtoworkless.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/image-7.jpeg)
My wife and I are under contract to buy a new home.
As a result, I feel like I need this chair.
Eero Aarnio made the first prototype of the Pastil chair out of polystyrene, which helped him to verify the measurements, ergonomics and rocking ability. In 1968 he received the American Industrial Award for its comfortable form and unique aesthetic. This âsweetieâ was designed in 1967.
What do you think? Where else should I be looking for furniture?
đŒ 4. Business Is Self Development – Instagram Reel By Me
Over the last 6 months, Iâve become more convinced that entrepreneurship is of the best vehicles for personal development around.
If you want to find out who you really are, start a business.
- If you have money issues, youâll feel it.
- If you have low self esteem, youâll feel it.
- If you hate confrontation, youâll feel it.
- If you canât focus, youâll feel it.
As an entrepreneur, thereâs nowhere to hide.
But thatâs the best part.
Because it reveals the truth.
Entrepreneurship will show you exactly:
- Who you are
- Whatâs your value
- Where youâre strong
- Where youâre weak
Business is a journey of self development.
The journey can be painful.
The beauty of the journey is how you respond to those challenges,
and the change you experience along the way.
đ 5. Nature Documentary Better Than Planet Earth –Â Microcosmosâ
If youâre like me, my mind was blown away by the cinematography of the show Planet Earth back in 2006.
Turns out the French were doing it back in 1996.
Shocking.
This weekend, we watched Microcosmos on the Criterion Channel.
Experience the strange, beautiful, surreal world of insects as never before in this singular, artful nature documentary, which employs specially created cameras and lensesâdeveloped over the course of three yearsâto capture an unseen parallel universe up close. With astonishing clarity, MICROCOSMOS shows us the secret lives of snails, spiders, caterpillars, mantises, beetles, and more as they live, love, and struggle to survive, inviting us to see life on our own planet through new eyes.
It is insane this came out in 1996.
If you like nature stuff, do yourself a favor and watch it.
How we can work together
When youâre ready, here are 3 ways I can help you:
- When youâre ready, here are 3 ways I can help you:
- đ§ My Podcast. Listen to or watch my free podcast The Rich Webster Show. It is an unfiltered look behind the scenes at my life and work.
- đ How To Work Less. From 2012-2023, I built a design agency that made me $500k/year, working 10 hours a week. đHow To Work Less teaches you how to do it. Join the VIP waitlist here – Enrolling in 2 weeks! (350+ past students. 5 stars)
- đ§Ș Work Closely With Me. If youâre an entrepreneur making 6-7 figures and want direct mentorship and consulting with me, letâs talk and see if thereâs a fit for us to work together.