If I get promoted because of the time I am seen to be spending in the office, then I don't want to get promoted. I want to get promoted on merit, on the results and value that I am adding to the company. And I can get better results and add more value if I am NOT in the office. If I have a clear constraint each day. If I know when the end of work is. What time I am leaving the office. What time am I walking out of a never ending meeting. What time I am allowing myself to do each task. "The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure. There will be a wide margin for relaxation to his day. He is only earnest to secure the kernels of time, and does not exaggerate the value of the husk." ~ Henry David Thoreau Also think about why you want to be promoted. If it is to provide for your family so you can get them material things, then, past a certain level, understand that they won't care. You can be with them now and that is all they need. Take lower pay, they will not care how much you earn if you are not around. Even if you are working more to get promoted think about why you are working that much for someone else. If you took the time that you are working extra how much more could you earn if you started your own thing? Should everyone do a side hustle? If you are complaining, and Gary Vee says this best, then stop watching Netflix and get to work on something to make some more money. If you love your job and love watching Netflix, then carry on. I started side hustle in mind to show that you don't have to work as hard as Gary Vee. He does it because he loves it and wants to get enough money to buy the NY Jets. I worry that some people are sat there thinking ‘wow this is too much work, I can't do that’. Which is why I wanted to design a really simple tool to take away excuses. With 1 hour a day you can start anything your mind can conceive. You need to realise “I don’t have time” is an excuse, not a reason. “If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree” ~ Jim Rohn Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog Goal setting and following your vision is not new, it has been a struggle for millennia. This has been repeated throughout history (see Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill). To truly get to success, you need to know what you are aiming for. Excerpt from Letters from a Stoic: “For whatever we do ought to be in harmony with this; no man can set in order the details unless he has already set before himself the chief purpose of his life.” “The reason we make mistakes is because we all consider the parts of life, but never life as a whole.” Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog Procrastination is trusting your future self to be more motivated, have more energy and be more in control than your current self. What are the chances of that if nothing changes? Why not force your future self to do more, by doing something small now that forces your future self to carry on? Want to start business? Register the company. Now you have to file some shareholder’s paperwork. Hire an accountant; register for VAT. Now you have to make a sale. Force your future self to do what you do not have the motivation right now. See what you can achieve by managing your energy and doing something small when you are tired. Build habits. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog Everyone has their thing. What's your thing? I have no interest in Rolex watches. When the Apple Watch came out everyone was saying “£500? That’s expensive, what does it do?” Well if it just told the time, it is still only 10% of the price of an entry level Rolex. So, what is the real question? That people in the know, know how much it is? A Rolex to me looks the same as £50 watch, but I am not in the know. An Apple Watch is definitely more functional, as in it has more functions, but you definitely do not need one. How much value is an object adding to your life? Maybe a lot? Is it bringing you the same happiness as financial freedom? Everyone has their thing, but if you can minimise your things, happiness is behind them. Would you rather have a Rolex now or £500k 40 years later. Most people aren't thinking like this, even when they are buying their £3 latte’s three times a day. It adds up and compounds. Buy what you want. But if you can want less in the short-term, you will have to work less to get freedom in the long term. Realise it is a choice. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog Someone will always have it worse than you. Yet there are examples of people being successful from every background. The market does not care about your excuses. Wherever you are coming from there will be opportunities that others will not have. Started homeless? Rags to riches tale, free PR Started as a minority? Automatic niche, word of mouth Started rich? Access to capital Everyone has their own shit to deal with. Is your life filled with excuses or things that spur you on? The only difference is your mind-set. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog In part one, we said how to think about your meeting and decide what you want to get out of it. In part two is similar as we consider splitting this down. Write an agenda. Decide what you want to get out of each agenda item and estimate how long it will take. Each agenda item should start with a verb, preferably "decide". If you are just reviewing finances then read them at your leisure and set up a slack group for questions. If you are tempted to write “discuss”, then think about splitting out a few people beforehand to align. Or include a follow up agenda item to “decide”. Preferably, just have one agenda item to “decide” as everyone knows this will involve some discussion, but no one is left uncertain of what is needed when the time for that agenda item runs out. When estimating how long you need, think about other meetings and the personalities you have in the meeting. Do you have all the options? Have you counted the votes? Review what happened last time and adjust. There will always be people that say they need more time, more information or more resources. If you have prepared correctly push for the decision. As soon as you have decided, you can move onto the next agenda item. If you have not decided by the time run out? You are out of time… Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog What is “must”? What is “have to”? If imposed on yourself, these thoughts can be the drive greatness. If imposed by someone else, they can can hold you back. You don't have to do anything, there are just consequences if you do and consequences if you do not. Remember there are always three sides, even to a coin. Find the edge and make your decision from there. Still don’t know, then do what Derek Sivers says. Think long term. The best option is the one that provides the most options. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog It might be an old saying, but I think I heard it from Johnny Dzubak.
Thanks to the internet the barriers to entry to do this have come crashing down. And you can do it in any field you want. Be a creator. The excuses have gone. Corporate Translation:
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What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog Two decisions to make early on in your adult life: If you already had enough money so that you no longer needed trade your time for money (e.g. work a salaried job), what would you do with both?
If you do not know the answer to these beforehand, then chances are you will waste both when you get them. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? What would you do with an extra hour per day? And how much would you be willing to pay for this? You might spend more time with your kids, with your wife. You might have time to start that side project to increase your income. You might have time to go to the gym and get the body that you have always dreamed of. Seven hours extra a week and you have just managed to squeeze another day’s work, or play. A lot can be done in this time. How much is it worth to you? It should at least be worth your hourly rate in your current job, but do you value your time this much? If you are starting a side business it should be worth part of the future income you will make, but is it? If you are working on your health and fitness it should be priceless. Hiring that cleaner, website designer or personal trainer does not seem that expensive. Leaving that meeting early, skipping one night of Netflix or missing one day's commute by working remotely does not seem that hard. "I don't have the time," "I don't have the money," "I don't have the knowledge" are just excuses. What is the price of having excuses? A life left unfulfilled. Spend an hour a day this week doing something you love that you have put off. See how much progress you can make in just one week. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
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