Update: this has been downloaded over 10,000 times!
In the mean time, I put together a web tool that helps people to spend less time with email. It helps me tune out email distractions so I can check my inbox twice a day, but still get notified of urgent stuff via text message. It’s my other project (called AwayFind), you can check it out here (it’s also free).
The original 4-Hour Workweek Dreamline spreadsheet is available at that link. Below you’ll find a newly designed version that incorporates a lot of the feedback I received.
Download the Dreamline Worksheet and Expense Calculator 2.0 (Excel/XLS)
(Find the original instructions here)
The most noteworthy new feature is allowing both one-time and monthly expenses. In the previous version, one had to determine the monthly cost of each of their goals. Now one can enter the full cost and the spreadsheet will divide that total by the number of months for the Dreamline:

One thing to considerwhen using this new feature is that some purchases lend themselves to long-term monthly installments, like a mortgage or car payment. In those cases one should enter their monthly mortgage payment rather than the cost of the house.
The additional changes were small:
- Prompts that help guide the user through the spreadsheet
- Wider, improved printed layout
- Minor bug fixes (these were all added to the previous download page as released, but many people have likely been using earlier versions)
If you find this helpful, you’ll probably enjoy my other posts on 4-Hour Workweek related topics. You can also subscribe to my blog by RSS or email today to stay notified of updates to this spreadsheet, and to read other ideas for reaching your goals through productivity hacks.
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Jared, fantastic tool! Thank you. I will try it today. Have already share this link with my 4HWW fan friends.
Many blessings,
Art Gonzalez
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Thank you Tim,
This helped me to FOCUS a lot.
Truncates all the fluff, as a 80/20 rasor ;-)
Cheers!
BrandMover
Positively Brilliant!
I am so glad I took a friend’s recommendation to come take a look - I’m definitely looking forward to using this to implement my own goals, thank you!
Jessalynn Coolbaugh
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How can I add rows to the sections of the spreadsheet? What if I want to use more than five rows for, say, “Having” items?
You would simply unprotect the spreadsheet and add a row to any of the middle rows–this would help prevent messing up any formulas. If there are any troubles with that, I’d recommend taking a look at the named ranges and making sure that whatever you’re changing is represented there, as well.
Here’s more on protection and named ranges:
http://www.setconsulting.com/newsletters/set2005_02.php
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/named.htm
Hope that helps!
In the book, only the cost of the 4 starred dreams are added into the TMI/TDI.
In the spread sheet, all costs are totaled in the Have, Be, and Do sections and all are added into the TMI/TDI.
If I’m only focusing on the 4 dreams isn’t the ’sheet misleading?
Hi Tim,
Just finished reading your book, I run a Security Training business in London
I have outsourced most work, works like a charm.
Thanks.
Any way to add more fields?
@Hayden, sure nothing to stop you from it at all! Just insert rows and columns as you’d like. Mind you, you might need to adjust formulas accordingly, of course.
Though the spreadsheet is locked, there’s no password. I wrote above in the comments other tips on working with it.
Yes I to ousource many functions and it does help a lot! Thanks
Hi Tim!
The updates are useful ongoing training, many thanks old chap!
Is there anyway we could get a version that works in google documents?
Hi Fin,
There are a number of features in this spreadsheet that wouldn’t work in Google Documents, but you’re certainly welcome to work out the basic featureset there. If you put it up, just let me know and I’ll be happy to link to it.
Cheers!
Thanks for sharing this spreadsheet. I am all about planning out my dreams for my business. Having set goals, specially the lofty ones, have been a huge motivator for me. I am going to put this up on the wall in front of my desk.
Thank you for sharing this spreadsheet. I’m all about the planning of my dreams for my business. Having established the goals, especially the nobles, have been a great motivator for me. I will put this on the wall opposite my desk.