Chapter 84: Use your travel time wisely
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”
William Penn
How much time are you spending every day in the car or public transport on
your way to work? Statistics say it’s between 60 and 90 minutes per working
day! That means in a month we are talking between 20 to 30 hours. Who said, “I
don’t have enough time.”? We just found you another 20 to 30 hours to read
(when on a bus or train), or listen to audio books in your car. What if you really
spent that time listening to empowering CDs, mp3s, or reading inspirational
books instead of listening to the negative news from the radio or reading about it
in the newspaper?
Questions:
Are you ready to try it out?
When will you start?
Do it for two weeks and let me know how your life changed.
Chapter 85: Spend more time with your family
“Family is not an important thing, it’s everything.”
Michael J. Fox Walt Disney once said, “A man should never neglect his family
for business.” Yet I have to dedicate an extra chapter to this one.
Just to make
sure that you don’t skip it!
It’s kind of sad that I have to mention it, but when I
interview leaders and executives most of the time what comes up is that they just
cannot (?) spend a lot of time with their families!
In Bronnie Ware’s book (
See also Chapter 94
), one of the top regrets of the
dying is to not have spent more time with their families and having spent too
much time at the office! Don’t become one of them and
start making time for
your family NOW!
And if you are with the family…do everybody a favor and
BE FULLY with the family. During our vacation in the Florida Keys last year I
saw an absurd situation. A family was on a sightseeing walk with the father
running ahead in the front making a business phone call, while the wife and
daughter were following looking kind of sad which is understandable. It was
even a Sunday! It seemed like something taken out of a comic book, and yet it
was very real and sad to see.
WAKE UP!
Value your family and friends. They
are your constant source of love and mutual support, which increases your self-
esteem and boosts your self-confidence.
Questions:
How are you going to find more time for your family? (Tip: Use the
Time Management tips in this book) What will you stop doing to find more
time?
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