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    Sam Carpenter - Author of Work the System (Spotlight Interview)

    by Kelly Andrew Brown February 29th, 2008

    Sam Carpenter - Work the Systemsubscribe to podcast Our guest this week is Sam Carpenter. Author of Work the System: The simple Mechanics of Working Less and Making More.

    Eight years ago, he was exhausted by his career and brutal, 80 hour workweeks. Barely making ends meet, the demands of his struggling small business left little time for family or socializing. Then, Sam had a moment of insight in which he turned everything around.


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    Now, using principles detailed in his book, Sam works only two hours a week and earns more in a month than he used to in a year.

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