Rich Webster – How To Work Less

How To Work Less is Rich Webster’s four-week, self-paced business course for solo entrepreneurs. It brings together productivity, boundaries, automation and delegation to help you design a business around your personal goals.

The course teaches frameworks, systems and practical exercises alongside video training, templates and tools. Its methods draw on Webster’s experience running multi-six-figure businesses in under five hours a day.

Skills you’ll build in How To Work Less

• 1. Techniques for efficient time management.
• 2. Strategies to prioritize tasks effectively.
• 3. Ways to reduce stress and burnout.
• 4. The importance of setting clear boundaries.
• 5. Tips for enhancing focus and concentration.
• 6. Methods to leverage automation in your work.

A systems approach to working less

The course addresses the crowded schedules, distractions and competing demands that can come with running a business alone. It combines strategic frameworks with hands-on exercises, step-by-step templates and interactive tools.

The Work Less Formula and Right Thing Framework provide a basis for choosing priorities and organizing the workday. Across the course, those ideas connect to building processes that support a profitable lifestyle business without requiring constant work.

Week 1: Initiate

Initiate begins with a productivity crash course and the Work Less Formula. It explores how to shape a lifestyle business around personal goals and concentrate on high-impact work.

The Right Thing Framework helps identify the critical actions to take each day. The module also presents five steps for carrying out a 5-Hour Day and applies the 80/20 Principle to finding the tasks with the highest returns.

The video training is accompanied by the 5 Hour Day Planner Notion template and the 80/20 Worksheet, which put the planning and prioritization concepts into practice.

Week 2: Eliminate

Eliminate focuses on protecting time and attention through boundaries. It covers saying no without guilt, grouping meetings into one day per week and managing the inbox to reduce interruptions.

The module also examines limits with clients, employees and yourself. Its resources include a Client Portal Notion template, a database of 50 Ways To Say “No” and Communication Policies.

Week 3: Automate

Automate introduces systems for handling repetitive work and creating more consistent business processes. It covers developing a Profit System intended to increase profit per project.

The module also introduces Effective Hourly Rate, or EHR, as a metric for assessing the value of your time and deciding which tasks to pursue. Resources include the Solopreneur Systems Database, the 60 Minute Sales Masterclass and an EHR Calculator Notion template.

Week 4: Delegate

Delegate covers outsourcing work and building a virtual team, including ways to use a limited budget to buy back time. The training explains how to hire and vet freelancers and introduces a database of outsourcing companies.

The module also discusses managing a team through a short weekly meeting. The Freelancer & VA Guide, Freelancer & VA Hiring Database and 50 Ways To Spend $ To Buy Time provide practical resources for setting up delegated support.

Work Less Library, guest workshops and Notion Toolkit

The Work Less Library is a self-study mini-course collection with over 20 hours of additional material. Its topics include Destroy Distractions, Effortless Energy, Fearless Focus, Sales Systems, cold email strategies and Time Audits.

Guest workshops cover Legal Essentials, lifestyle design, freelance work, automation and How To Work Less with AI. The freelance masterclasses include industry experts such as Jamie Brindle.

The Notion Toolkit contains 21 templates, detailed lesson summaries, worksheets and exercises to support the course’s practical work.

Frequently asked questions

What does How To Work Less cover?

The four-week course covers productivity and prioritization, boundaries, business automation and delegation. It also includes bonus training on topics such as sales systems, cold email and time audits.

Who is Rich Webster’s How To Work Less for?

The course is designed for solo entrepreneurs who want to organize their work and build a lifestyle business.

What materials are included in the course?

Materials include video training, worksheets, exercises, lesson summaries and a Notion Toolkit with 21 templates. The course also includes the Work Less Library and guest workshops.

Does the course cover hiring freelancers?

Yes. Week 4 covers delegation, vetting freelancers and building a virtual team, with a Freelancer & VA Guide and Hiring Database.