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BTD13 - Sharpen Your Edge: Eliminate Your Downtime
Big things in our lives don’t just happen. We have to work, fight, and aggressively pursue them, which takes time, energy, focus, and resources. Along that note, we can’t expect to do big things or make improvements in our lives if we are wasting our time. One of the biggest wastes of time in our modern day lives is downtime, or transition time.
Downtime or Transition Time: Simply put, any moment of your day that you are not engaged in an activity or event. This can be something like your commute to work, time between meetings, or waiting for an appointment. We often spend these 15 - 60 minute moments looking at our phone or staring out the window.
Why should you eliminate your downtime?
Save TIME. By spending your downtime with activities that make you better, you carve out time for yourself to accomplish your big thing. Maybe you are taking classes - spending 15 minutes to review flashcards is a huge win! Maybe you have a long commute for work - listening to a 30 minute business podcast just made you much more knowledgeable on something you are interested in.
Increase FOCUS. When you are dedicated to filling your day with value-added activities, you naturally become hyper-focused on things that are important to you. This matters because doing big things requires your dedication, your energy, and undivided focus to accomplish.
Tips:
Inventory your time. On a piece of paper, account for every minute of your day from wake up to bedtime. Be as specific as possible, don’t fudge anything. Identify the 15, 20, 45 minutes that you are not spending towards something that will make you grow, make you smarter.
* Prepare yourself. A big part of eliminating your downtime is by having things ready to spend your time wisely. Have flashcards with you to study, have a list of people you need to call, a presentation to review so that when you have 15 minutes before an appointment, you spend your time improving yourself. Additionally, make sure you plan your day properly so you don’t have time between big events in your life. The more you can make your schedule flow seamlessly, the less chances you have in wasting valuable moments.
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Big things in our lives don’t just happen. We have to work, fight, and aggressively pursue them, which takes time, energy, focus, and resources. Along that note, we can’t expect to do big things or make improvements in our lives if we are wasting our time. One of the biggest wastes of time in our modern day lives is downtime, or transition time.
Downtime or Transition Time: Simply put, any moment of your day that you are not engaged in an activity or event. This can be something like your commute to work, time between meetings, or waiting for an appointment. We often spend these 15 - 60 minute moments looking at our phone or staring out the window.
Why should you eliminate your downtime?
Save TIME. By spending your downtime with activities that make you better, you carve out time for yourself to accomplish your big thing. Maybe you are taking classes - spending 15 minutes to review flashcards is a huge win! Maybe you have a long commute for work - listening to a 30 minute business podcast just made you much more knowledgeable on something you are interested in.
Increase FOCUS. When you are dedicated to filling your day with value-added activities, you naturally become hyper-focused on things that are important to you. This matters because doing big things requires your dedication, your energy, and undivided focus to accomplish.
Tips:
Inventory your time. On a piece of paper, account for every minute of your day from wake up to bedtime. Be as specific as possible, don’t fudge anything. Identify the 15, 20, 45 minutes that you are not spending towards something that will make you grow, make you smarter.
* Prepare yourself. A big part of eliminating your downtime is by having things ready to spend your time wisely. Have flashcards with you to study, have a list of people you need to call, a presentation to review so that when you have 15 minutes before an appointment, you spend your time improving yourself. Additionally, make sure you plan your day properly so you don’t have time between big events in your life. The more you can make your schedule flow seamlessly, the less chances you have in wasting valuable moments.