I got married. Moved to Hong Kong. And had a baby. All in 1 year. If I was still a doctor in the UK, life would've been very different. I'd have still gotten married and had children. But I couldn't have imagined having this level of flexibility. In Med school, I spent a lot of time learning 2 skillsets: ↳ Personal productivity ↳ Financial independence These skills were unrelated to medicine. And many students couldn't understand why I was watching tutorials about making websites instead of studying. My goal was never to buy yachts or fly first class. It was to always to have more options and security. Like when we were in the hospital, the baby needed to stay for 5 extra days on antibiotics. The bill was $10,000. And I just said "yeah, of course." Working as a doctor, that was a major portion of my annual salary. Building a life of freedom meant learning skills in productivity, product, marketing, sales, operations, finance and mindset. If you want to learn all that and build a $100K+ lifestyle business, join my Lifestyle Business Academy 👉 https://lnkd.in/eDZ27gxR

I'm 31. Married. Moved to Hong Kong. Just had a baby. All while running my $5M lifestyle business. It’s really hard for me to find free time now. But a few years ago, I worked as a doctor in the UK. And I built my business on the side. The key was an automated 168-hour spreadsheet I created (linked below). If I had to start again, I’d use the same spreadsheet again. 1️⃣ Audit Your Time Expenses. Most people think they don't have time. The truth is they've never actually measured where their time goes. There are 168 hours in every week. An average person's week looks like this: ↳ Sleep: 56 hours (8 hours/night) ↳ Work: 52 hours (commute, lunch, prep) ↳ Food: 12-15 hours (cooking, eating, groceries) ↳ Chores: 12 hours (cleaning, laundry, errands) ↳ Entertainment: 30 hours (TV + social media) Most of the 168 hours are already exhausted. Before kids. Before goals. Before side projects. An average 18-24-year-old spends 5 hours/day on social media. That's literally a full-time job scrolling through apps. 2️⃣ Strategic Sacrifice. Most productivity advice fails, as it assumes you can cheat maths. You can't. You have to sacrifice. I made 3 trade-offs while working as a doctor. Firstly, I spent zero time watching TV shows or movies. The only exception was social watching with friends. This freed up 15 hrs/week I used to spend before. Secondly, I lived off takeaway meals only. Skipped breakfast entirely for years. And never set foot in grocery stores. This is not a lifestyle I’d recommend to everyone. And yes, my arteries probably suffered because of it. But it cut my food time to just 2-3 hours a week. Thirdly, I outsourced cleaning. I’d get my flat cleaned every other week. And this saved another roughly 10 hours a week. 3️⃣ Double-Dip Your Dead Time. The final unlock was utilising "dead" time. For example, my 2-hour daily commute. ↳ I listened to business podcasts at 2x speed. My lunch breaks at hospitals. ↳ I scripted my YouTube videos if I had some time. This added another 10+ productive hours weekly. Result: 31 hrs/week of free time while working full-time as a doctor. Most people at the time thought I was really productive. But in reality, there are physically not enough hours in the week to do all the things you want to do. It just comes down to what you're willing to sacrifice. Get my free 168-hour audit spreadsheet that automatically calculates where your time goes 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4wbiWxw