Execution the simple action that drives progress and is so difficult to accomplish.
I hear talk of how busy people are and how hard it is to find the time to do everything, how difficult it is to execute.
The truth is everyone has the same amount of time in a day. Each person is choosing how to spend our days.
It is pretty disheartening to break down the average week:
8 Hours a sleep a night – 56 hours a week (almost no one gets this much sleep)
8 Hour a day 5X a week of Work – 40 hours a week (Most people work more than 8 a day)
2 Hour commute 5X a week – 10 hours a week
That totals 106 Hours a week. Do you know how many hours are in a week?
168
So you still have 62 hours a week to spend on things like family time, Family dinners, working your side hustle, etc.
62 hours a week that you say “I have a hard time finding the time to ….”
62 hours a week, that is the equivalent of 1.5 full time jobs.
Do you know the numbers for the average amount of time spent on watching TV each week? Do you want to know?
I am going to tell you anyway…
US adults spend about 6 hours a day watching TV, thats everyday of the week, so 42 hours a week. THATS A FULL TIME JOB!
These same adults spent an average of 38 minutes a day socializing. The “boob tube” really has taken over society. No wonder we are all sucked into the rabbit hole of the 24 hours news cycle and we have no idea how to talk to people anymore.
I digress.
For the average person 40+ hours of their week is spent on TV or some kind of video (DVR, YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, etc) So when you say “It’s so hard to find time for…” Just realize that you (very likely) are making a habitual choice to spend a full time job each week watching TV.
This leads into all kinds of other discussions, how can we deal with Stress in a healthy way, why do we feel the need to “relax” as much as we do, how can the culture recover from so little human interaction with one another. We may have already entered the post human contact age. But again, I digress, our focus here is execution and how can you accomplish it.
“Finding” the time to work on your plan, your side hustle, whatever – is a matter of making a conscious decision to work on it number 1. Then set aside time each day/week to work on it. KEEP that APPOINTMENT! Don’t allow the time to get away from you be religiously dogmatic about keeping that time holy and set apart for the purpose of reaching your goal!
To make it step by step – How to Execute
1. Make it a priority
2. Set aside time to work on the tasks needing to be accomplished
3. Even if the first few times you start to work on a task and you get nothing done, keep setting aside the time and keep working, it will get easier and easier as you and your brain adjust to the new schedule.
4. Keep showing up each day for the appointment
5. Watch as your actions begin to compound and your progress grows exponentially with each passing day.
6. Last thing to remember, consistency is key. If you do not set aside the time on a regular basis, you will not see results. Daily action is the best way to make progress!
Now go out and kill it!
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