Buy Back Your Time

Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire

By: Dan Martell

Narrated by: Dan Martell

Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Wall Street Journal Bestseller

Learn to conquer the one real hurdle to scaling your company and growing rich: Time

How you use your free time will make or break your success. The secret? It’s not about working harder or finding more time to do work. It’s about designing the freedom to engage in the high-value work that brings you energy and fulfillment. This is at the heart of the message that has made Dan Martell the world’s most popular SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) coach. Now, in his first book, Buy Back Your Time, he teaches entrepreneurs at every level how to scale their business, fast, while avoiding burnout. Trading money for time—that is, literally buying back free space in your calendar—will give you more financial success than you ever dreamed was possible.

With over two decades of experience as a serial entrepreneur and founder, Dan Martell will teach you the secrets to work less and play more while building an empire. He’ll dig into the practical steps that will allow you to start buying back time immediately, while also developing operating procedures and hiring practices that will ensure rapid and robust growth. And he will teach you how to invest in your newfound time wisely—at work and at home—so you keep building your empire while living your best life.

Buy Back Your Time is the definitive guide for entrepreneurs at every level on how to succeed in business while enjoying more freedom than you ever imagined.

©2023 Dan Martell (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“A no-nonsense playbook for how to build a thriving business empire all while living your best life. Dan Martell makes complex systems as simple as 1-2-3.”- Lewis Howes, New York Times bestselling author and host of The School of Greatness

“Dan distills a career of building and scaling companies into a masterclass of simple, actionable steps that will help you regain control of your life. The fact that your customers and employees will love interacting with you even more after you read this book is just icing on the cake.”- Joey Coleman, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Never Lose a Customer Again and Never Lose an Employee Again

“Buy Back Your Time tells Dan Martell's story of going from prison to successful serial entrepreneur. When the chaos of work threatened to completely overwhelm other meaningful pursuits like family and giving back, Dan devised methods and systems to reprioritize and create balance, crafting the life he wanted to have and also a way to share the fruits of his journey with others.” - Eric Reis, author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way

Instant classic

Best book on time management through delegation I’ve ever read. This is a must read.

Best business book

For business owners and entrepreneurs, loved it. The frameworks are fantastic. Well done and thank you!

Very exited to get started

Dan’s outlined a clear and executable path to building your empire. If you’re brimming with desire and energy to change the world by building something amazing but don’t know where to start, Buy Back Your Time is a great first step.

One of the best business books I’ve listened too in years

Super actionable and relevant information for online businesses and creators. I will be re-listening to it again absorb everything.

Life Changing

This book changed my life. I no longer feel like I don’t have time in my day. I immediately implemented the principles as I read through the book so I could buy back my time. It has gotten me pumped up and focused more on building my empire rather than small, mundane day to day tasks.

Honestly everyone should read this book because it applies to your personal life. You could never start a business and it help you be better with your time

So many takeaways - a must for all business owners!!

I stumbled upon this book in the midst of yet another major episode of burnout in my business. After one of one of our busiest years, growing in all the wrong ways and hiring to just have to fire - I felt like this book was written for me. While there’s no shortage of business books telling you how to scale - this read is all about providing the tools to create a business you love, getting your life back and eliminating those Sunday scaries. I especially loved how the book was organized to start with tools you can implement immediately. Can’t wait for your next read Dan!

Inspirational and tactical

This book will be extremely helpful to any budding or even experienced entrepreneur. Dan inspires with stories from his life and career as well as weaving those stories in with tactical advice and strategies.

Great lessons to be had

Dan did an awesome job breaking his ideas and topics down to easily digestible and relatable content and topics. I will be following him on other platforms and listening to this book a few more times for sure.

Changed the Game (for me)

I couldn’t be more PUMPED to dive into this book. Now that I’ve gone through it twice I carved out a few minutes to write a review. Before this book I didn’t event have that much time for myself. Now I’m writing reviews….WHAT!!?
Seriously, this book is GOLD for a small business owner trying to scale from a little job on the side to an actual business and some free time to spend with family. Finally some frameworks that work. Thank you Dan!!

Quite possibly the most transformative book for me.

I’m headed to the book store to buy a hard copy now. I wouldn’t consider this a motivational book but more of a step by step guide to accomplish what the title says. I’m excited to get started. Thanks Dan!!!