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Say Goodbye to Time-Wasters

July 10th, 2008

The true measure of success may be how much time you spend doing exactly what you want. Never mind the money, if you already have enough. How much of your time is spent doing that which either aggravates you or wastes your time? Even the very rich can find themselves caught up in stressful situations that cry out for a solution. Most of the time, eliminating them altogether is the best strategy.

The problem is one of habits. If you’ve always done things a certain way, you may be creating a problem that can be solved by a change in thinking, followed by a change in acting. Are you checking your email more than 5 times a day? More than 50? Why? Consider checking email twice a day, at the most. If you warn people that you only check email twice a day, you may find that those who depend on you to respond immediately change how they behave towards you.

Another consideration is negative influences. You may have a majority of customers that are a pleasure to deal with, and a few that are nasty, negative and chew up most of your time. Consider firing the troublemakers. That will make room for more good customers and make sure your attitude isn’t negatively affected by dealing with people who delight in making you miserable.

Cut yourself off from the “news”. Television and newspapers seldom serve up news that is actionable by you. When was the last time a public official or government agency contacted you regarding your take on the latest news bulletin? For that matter, when was the last time you missed something important in life that you didn’t hear about from a friend or neighbour? If the world is about to blow up, I guarantee you’ll find out about it without resorting to the media. Eliminate daily news briefings. You don’t need the negative influence in your life.

Try outsourcing your chores. If you’ve automated your business so you can spend more time on yard work, housecleaning or maintenance, stop and think! How much will it cost you to pay someone to mop your floors, mow your lawn and clean your rain gutters? Unless you are a seasoned professional at such labour, you’ll probably get a better result than if you keep doing it yourself. Even if you are a seasoned professional at such labour, isn’t the reason you got into IM precisely to free yourself from daily drudgery?

Learn how to shut your mind tightly against negative thinking and the negative influence of other people. You can begin by practising meditation, where you stop thinking about your thoughts and simply remain quiet, in your mind. With practice, you’ll find it’s easy and effortless to break a train of thought you do not wish to encourage. You’ll also find it beneficial to cut out all the people who want to dump their problems on you. You don’t have to be nasty or rude. Just stop allowing them to invade your life with the things that they, themselves, are unwilling to deal with. It is not your duty to hear other people whine about their life.

There are troubles and duties we all must deal with. I’m not suggesting you drop your responsibilities and slack off on what you know you must do. Just take the time to question all of your assumptions regarding duty and responsibility. Figure out how much of your life is spent doing things that you really don’t have to be doing. Get rid of all the old, bad habits that cause unnecessary aggravation and eliminate them from your life.

Regards,

Ian

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  1. July 14th, 2008 at 18:02 | #1

    Good advice for when you’re feeling overwhelmed. I find that I go through cycles when I feel “heavy” and need to unload some responsibilities and then I cycle around to where I’m “light” and start adding things back on. The most important thing is to accept that it is a cycle and not feel guilty for saying “no” to adding on more things to do when you already overloaded.

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  2. July 19th, 2008 at 08:12 | #2

    I would tend to agree with you however the freedom we have in this world is relative to the other’s one. I mean, you can try to perform things how you want to but you cannot control 100% how the others are behaving. You should take into consideration the way others are acting even if they aren’t acting as you would expect. I agree with you that it is good to fire troublemakers but it isn’t always feasible, isn’t it?

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  3. August 1st, 2008 at 10:35 | #3

    Hello,nice post. What template are you using?joe

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