The Life Purpose Podcast on Life Signatures Radio

I am one of those guys that need to reconcile to the fact that rest is not a waste of time. I am also one of those guys that need to find creative ways that I can maintain top notch productivity with my purpose.

I have realized that to be productive and to be on purpose, there are practical and philosophical solutions that we can deploy. Here is a collection of six of them for overly productive and busy people that will need to rest and to also focus on their purpose. Listen.

I am one of those guys that need to reconcile to the fact that rest is not a waste of time. I am also one of those guys that need to find creative ways that I can maintain top notch productivity with my purpose.

I have realized that to be productive and to be on purpose, there are practical and philosophical solutions that we can deploy. Here is a collection of six of them for overly productive and busy people that will need to rest and to also focus on their purpose. Listen.

If you are a full time employee and you have a vision for your own purpose pursuit, how do you get productive with that purpose? How do you get some time to rest and juggle between working for your boss and working for yourself?

They always tell us not to leave our employment unless we are fully sorted and we have reserves. On the other hand, the bosses pay you just enough to live by, and not enough to save. The greatest currency here is time, not even money...but at times you need money to buy you time.

If you are a full time employee and you have a vision for your own purpose pursuit, how do you get productive with that purpose? How do you get some time to rest and juggle between working for your boss and working for yourself?

They always tell us not to leave our employment unless we are fully sorted and we have reserves. On the other hand, the bosses pay you just enough to live by, and not enough to save. The greatest currency here is time, not even money...but at times you need money to buy you time.

How do you get that time? Listen to this.

If you find yourself overly busy and productive, you know that you will need rest. At times we catch ourselves saying that we wish the day had 36 hours, I kid you not. That's good news and bad news too.

Good news because you have put your hands on the plough and you are really chunking down work. Bad news because there is only one of you. If you break down, nothing goes on.

So how do we get you some time to rest and recuperate? There are philosophical and practical ways. Here is one of them.

If you find yourself overly busy and productive, you know that you will need rest. At times we catch ourselves saying that we wish the day had 36 hours, I kid you not. That's good news and bad news too. Good news because you have put your hands on the plough and you are really chunking down work. Bad news because there is only one of you. If you break down, nothing goes on.

So how do we get you some time to rest and recuperate? There are philosophical and practical ways. Here is one of them.

Did you know that if you are incompetent, disorganized, not passionate and not efficient with anything you do, you will take more time with it and you will not enjoy the process? Work is not supposed to be drudgery. It is supposed to draw effort from us, but it is also meant to be enjoyable.

One of the most successful US Presidents was a movie actor! He never had time in politics, just came out of Hollywood and became president. I believe he was called Roosevelt? When asked what his secret was...

Did you know that if you are incompetent, disorganized, not passionate and not efficient with anything you do, you will take more time with it and you will not enjoy the process? Work is not supposed to be drudgery. It is supposed to draw effort from us, but it is also meant to be enjoyable.

One of the most successful US Presidents was a movie actor! He never had time in politics, just came out of Hollywood and became president. I believe he was called Roosevelt? When asked what his secret was (he was performing so well), he simply said, "I hire my weaknesses".

Let's look at one more way in which a productive person can get "me time" for themselves so that they can even work better!

Like I have kept saying, the human species has no problem with taking action. Every waking day, the streets are filled early with people running up and down to do stuff. And so we find that our calendars are as populated as a productive mango tree.

But at the end of the day, not every mango fruit is ripe off of that tree. In other words, not all the activities that we delve into on a daily basis will result into productivity. Neither should we even do these. The pareto principle in part says that 20%...

Like I have kept saying, the human species has no problem with taking action. Every waking day, the streets are filled early with people running up and down to do stuff. And so we find that our calendars are as populated as a productive mango tree.

But at the end of the day, not every mango fruit is ripe off of that tree. In other words, not all the activities that we delve into on a daily basis will result into productivity. Neither should we even do these. The pareto principle in part says that 20% of activities will account for 80% of output.

Aha! Do you now what those 20% are? Listen to this.