Comments on: Muses vs. “Real” Businesses (A Guest Post from HilaryCat) http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/02/27/muses-vs-real-businesses-a-guest-post-from-hilarycat/ Living the optimized work week Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: luis fernando http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/02/27/muses-vs-real-businesses-a-guest-post-from-hilarycat/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 luis fernando Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:40:55 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/02/27/muses-vs-real-businesses-a-guest-post-from-hilarycat/#comment-1740 I think you really misunderstood the concept of muse. He said he was a drug dealer because it would be odd to say he was a tango dancer, or a kickboxer, or a motorcycle rider, or a monkey trainer. And it was humurous. Now, there's nothing wrong with telling people you own a 200-full-time-employees company that sells sport supplements. I really don't. It does achieve people meet their needs and goals easier and cheaper, just like your business. The difference is in the structure. All big businesses are almost automated. Everyone has a whole, but it does depend on a system. And in a system, no person is essential. They just contribute, but are replaceable. If you can't replace yourself in your business, it's not because it's too much inherent value or complication or depth. It's because the system isn't right. And I recommend you read 'The E-Myth Revisited'. I think you really misunderstood the concept of muse. He said he was a drug dealer because it would be odd to say he was a tango dancer, or a kickboxer, or a motorcycle rider, or a monkey trainer. And it was humurous.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with telling people you own a 200-full-time-employees company that sells sport supplements. I really don’t. It does achieve people meet their needs and goals easier and cheaper, just like your business. The difference is in the structure. All big businesses are almost automated. Everyone has a whole, but it does depend on a system. And in a system, no person is essential. They just contribute, but are replaceable. If you can’t replace yourself in your business, it’s not because it’s too much inherent value or complication or depth. It’s because the system isn’t right. And I recommend you read ‘The E-Myth Revisited’.

]]> By: Lucas http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/02/27/muses-vs-real-businesses-a-guest-post-from-hilarycat/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Lucas Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:44:48 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2008/02/27/muses-vs-real-businesses-a-guest-post-from-hilarycat/#comment-50 I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in on this excerpt. I wholeheartedly agree with everything you have written here. I think the broader scope of the 4HWW is that you are aleviating the inherent issues of sustaining ones 'life' by creating a "muse." Whether you have had lots or little in your life, you Always have to Eat, Sleep and Cloth yourself; if you want to do anything more than that you need to have more than 'just enough' cashflow to accomplish the extras (ie. anything more than eating, sleeping...). Therefore, with the creation of a "muse," you now have an automated system that pays you to live. You can now go out into the world and take-on any and all of the dreams, businesses, charities etc. that you have always wanted to do. The mental burden of sustaining oneself is gone - for all intensive purposes. It is amazing what happens when you free yourself from the trivialities of sustenance and create a space in your mind to envision the life that you want. The "muse" is just a vehicle that allows you to drive your life the way you want. I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in on this excerpt. I wholeheartedly agree with everything you have written here. I think the broader scope of the 4HWW is that you are aleviating the inherent issues of sustaining ones ‘life’ by creating a “muse.” Whether you have had lots or little in your life, you Always have to Eat, Sleep and Cloth yourself; if you want to do anything more than that you need to have more than ‘just enough’ cashflow to accomplish the extras (ie. anything more than eating, sleeping…). Therefore, with the creation of a “muse,” you now have an automated system that pays you to live. You can now go out into the world and take-on any and all of the dreams, businesses, charities etc. that you have always wanted to do. The mental burden of sustaining oneself is gone – for all intensive purposes. It is amazing what happens when you free yourself from the trivialities of sustenance and create a space in your mind to envision the life that you want.

The “muse” is just a vehicle that allows you to drive your life the way you want.

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