Work Less Wednesday: August 19

👋 Hey Reader!

This is issue #207 of Work Less Wednesday, where I share with you 5 things you should know about, in 5 minutes or less. That leaves you with 10,075 other minutes this week.

❌ 1. New Substack Article This Week - How To Say “No.”​

This week I revisited a topic that is near and dear to my heart - the art of subtraction.

As I grew an audience online over the last 5 years, I had to learn this the hard way - there was simply too many comments/messages/requests/etc. to keep up with.

To that end, I’ve compiled 16 tips that I use in order to say “No” and focus on what’s important.

​Read it here.​

📕 2. Book I’m Reading - The Way To Love by Anthony De Mello​

Attended a workshop this week where someone read a passage from this book and knew I needed to pick it up.

Anthony de Mello was a 20th-century Jesuit priest and psychotherapist from India who has written a handful of books.

This one deals with happiness, love, and letting go of the illusions and expectations that create attachment.

​Grab it here.​

🤑 3. How To Change Your Relationship To Money - Video From Joe Hudson​

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One of the things I work with my clients on is rewriting their money beliefs.

Usually one of the big things stopping them from charging higher prices is the stories they tell themselves about money.

These stories are often inherited from their family of origin or society.

I shared this video with a client this week who is working on that right now.

It’s a 20 minute journey showing the evolution of Joe Hudson’s beliefs about money.

You can watch the full thing OR just check out this super helpful PDF below:

🩸 4. Game I’m Playing This Weekend - The Duskbloods​

I was lucky enough to be accepted to network test for FromSoftware's new game, The Duskbloods this weekend.

I’ll have 5 four-hour windows to try the game early before it’s released later this year.

If you don’t know, I’m super into all of FromSoftware’s games Elden Ring, Dark Souls, etc. so this is going to be epic!

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If you want to see a preview of what I'm doing - check out this video!

🖐 5. More Things I'm Into This Week...

🥪 My Go-To Sandwich Right Now - Stanley Tucci’s Desert Island Sandwich (thanks to my wife!)

📄 Interesting Article I Read Today - Building Without Predicting by Derek Sivers​

🤑 Great Long-Read On Why The Economy Is So Weird Right Now - How To Get Rich In America by Kyla Scanlon​

🏛️ Architect I'm Exploring - Giovanni Piranesi (thanks Tyler!)

💬 Quote I’m Pondering…

"The best measure of wealth is what you have minus what you want. (By this measure, some billionaires are broke.)" - Morgan Housel

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How we can work together

When you’re ready, here are two free ways I can help you:

• 👤 My Substack. My weekly Substack inner entrepreneur discusses the internal side of entrepreneurship - mindset & growth.
• 🎧 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.

And you can work with me here:

• 🤝 Creative Partnership. I work closely with high-level creative entrepreneurs + consultants to hit their first (or next) million in revenue.
• 🧠 Advisory. Custom advisory services to select brands, leaders, and companies on creative strategy, inner work, and influence.

😊 Have a great week - Rich

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