No one has enough time these day. It must be true, everyone says it. Yet oddly, some get a lot done and some get nothing done. Still, every one of us has the same amount of time. We have 24 hours today, and another 24 hours tomorrow, and on and on.
Most of us can handle the big blocks of time; it is the little blocks that often defeat us.
Consider: the power of little bits of time. One grain of sand at a time, if you will.
If you invest just one hour a day for a year, you have 365 hours. That is 9.125 forty-hour work weeks. That is over two months of work weeks. A normal 3 hour college credit course includes 3 hours of class time per week, and 3 hours of homework. Yes, yes… I know, organic chem and others break the pattern, but you get the idea. So 9 hours of class work per week times 15 weeks is 135 hours of work to get one ”A.” To get three “A’s” you need 405 hours. Your one hour a day for a year is just under 9 standard college credit hours. A good student could make it happen. Nine credit hours is just under a “minor” in most colleges.
Now figure what bumping it to 10 hours a week would do.
Start thinking in terms of what you want to Master. You have the time.
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Posted in Mind, Time Management.
By Wayne Key
– July 3, 2009
“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” (Walt Disney)
Have you ever had a real kick in the teeth? I don’t mean the friendly kind. I mean the kind that leaves you spitting teeth, and getting stitches; the kind that buys the surgeon a new Porsche.
Did you get up? Did you face your challenge? Did you grow forward anyway? If you did, then you know what you are made of. If you gritted the teeth you had left; and moved forward anyway, then you know what you are made of.
And if you didn’t, are you gun shy? Do you still want? Do you still wonder? If you thought you could, would you?
There is a simple rule in life. We are what we make of ourselves. Ayn Rand said it well when she said “We are all beings of self created soul.” Our character is our choice. We can choose, but its seldom easy. Get some help. Find a friend. But get up. Take that action. Make it happen. You can’t do it all today. But you can take one step forward. Each one gets easier.
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Posted in Character, Personal Development, Soul.
By Wayne Key
– July 2, 2009
“What you do instead of your real work, is your real work.” (Roger Ebert)
Today, a few wise people are beginning to “get” a critical issue. They say: “Do what you love.” Gary Vaynerchuk hammers away at it. So does Seth Godin. Pavlina must have written 500 posts related to this. Stephen Covey and Jack Canfield have made helping others find their Life’s Work into their Life’s Work.
Think about the quote above. “What you do instead of your real work, is your real work.” Do you go to the garage to work on projects? Do you write? Do you code? What do your friends ask your advice about? Are you a Cyclist or a Martial Artist? Is there something that you do, just because you love the doing? That is your real work.
This is simple, but painfully profound.
Jack Canfield put it like this: “Discover what you love to do as early as possible. Then arrange your life around making a living at it.”
With today’s technology you can make your living doing almost anything. Vaynerchuk’s favorite example is Smurfs. He says that if you really, really love Smurfs then you can make $60k a year talking about Smurfs. Not being a Smurf lover, I won’t test this out. But you get the idea. Watch yourself closely. What do you do, or wish you did? What kinds of interactions do you need? What kind do you miss? What is remarkable from your past?
Warren Beatty summed it up well when he said: ”Success is when you don’t know if you’re working or playing.” This kind of life begins by choosing to do what you love to do.
Begin today, don’t waste the only Life you really own.
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Posted in Character, Mind, Personal Mission, Soul.
Tagged with Character, Find your Mission, Mission, Purpose.
By Wayne Key
– July 1, 2009
