Want An Extra 1,000 Hours A Year?

Willing to invest one hour a week?

Think of all the things you could do in the next 12 months if you had an additional 1,000 hours at your disposal.  You can have them - one microaction at a time.

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This piece is from Dave Navarro's Rock Your Day website, and I promise it's not just another blah blah about time management or how to be more productive.
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It's funny how the biggest empires in the world were built without the benefit of Franklin Planners, Palm Pilots or web-based to-do lists - and how people lived balanced, fulfilled lives for centuries without a well-worn copy of Getting Things Done or The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People by their side.

Kind of makes you wonder how they pulled it all together, doesn't it? They simply used the one true tool at their disposal - their mindset.

Navarro talks about how we allow certain habits of thought and action to distract us from what we want to accomplish, explaining how these habits undermine our desire to feel more in control of our time and focus.  He encourages us to become aware of these habitual patterns and offers ways to get ourselves out from under their influence, freeing us to pursue what truly makes us happy and fulfilled.  In a nutshell, he advises:

• stop underestimating the true cost of wasting time
  ...and stop rationalizing how you're "really not wasting any at all"
  
• stop taking weak action
  ...and saying to yourself, "hey, I'm doing my best". 
  
• stop getting off track
  ...and fight tooth and nail to stay true to your priorities.
  

Navarro backs up these big three with rock-solid, practical skills that will leave you feeling more positive and empowered than you thought possible, and that is a wonderful gift to yourself and everyone in your world.

This article is so rich it's difficult to pick out a single take-away message; here's one I liked -

Only when you decide to stop settling for less do you begin changing your life.  It can get messy, but it's worth it.

I encourage you to read the full manifesto, entitled More Time Now - just CLICK HERE.  It's 20 minutes well spent.  If you want to find your life's purpose, remember it, and keep moving towards it rather than away from it, your time will not be wasted.

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still don't know what I was waiting for
and time was running wild...
time may change me, but I can't trace time
- David Bowie
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