What Do You and Bill Gates Have in Common?

What Do You and Bill Gates Have In Common?
Why do some people have what looks like “it ALL”? You all have 24 hours in a day and 168 hours each week. Are you spending your time wisely?

A Scenario:
If you sleep a healthy 8 hours a night you have 112 left.

If you take 30 minutes a day for breakfast and an hour each for lunch and dinner you now have 94.5 left

If you drive 30 minutes to and from work, you now have 89.5 left.

If you work 45 hours a week you have 44.5 left in your week to take care of yourself, your family, your health and your spirit.

The problem is not the amount of time. The problem is what we are doing with it. If you spend from 8pm to 10pm watching TV, you now have just 30 hours left. What could you have done with those precious hours? How much of your day and week is being spent on things that help you grow and make a difference: in your business, in your relationships, with your significant other or children, in knowledge, in fun, in health or in spirit?

Who are you spending your time with? Are they people that are supportive and energizing, or do you feel drained at the end of your time with them? Are they people you are striving to emulate and can bring out your best?

Allow yourself blocks of uninterrupted time to accomplish projects. Stop being at the mercy of E-mail, telephone and people that do not value your time. Think of the times you have been preparing for a vacation. Suddenly you get serious about your time. You become super productive. Do that every day and you will give Bill a run for the money!

Our time is the one commodity of which we each get a fixed amount. We do not even know exactly what that fixed amount is. It makes sense to use it with wisdom, joy, and for our own growth as well as for those around us. To Life!

CHALLENGE: Look at where you spend your time and evaluate if it is truly being well spent on what you consider priorities for your life. Make one change that will take back time from the mundane and help you grow where you believe it will truly count! Consider giving just two hours a month to deliver Meals on Wheels or volunteer 4 hours a week in the NAM Food Pantry.

“You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.”

–Charles Roberts Buxton

Will you make time to volunteer at NAM?