Time is on Your Side - How Much Can You Learn in a Year?
How much knowledge can you gain in a year? One of the great joys of my life is mentoring.
I meet with college students and help them figure out strategies to get through the hoops of getting that college degree.
The last couple weeks have brought up a common theme that you as a business owner, virtual assistant or for that matter a human being can relate to: "I feel like I have no time to..
..
fill in the blank.
" Whether it is studying, learning a new skill, getting more information on a topic you are interested in or any number of items on your to do list, we all seem to have that problem.
The truth is you have the same amount of time as many other people that "rock it" every day; the President, George Clooney, Bill Gates, Edward Cullen...
oh ya he's fiction.
The point is we all have the same amount of time and it is what we do with it that counts.
So if you really do feel like you have "no time" for your goals, it's time to get creative.
One thing I noticed as I talked to several students is some of them have a lot of drive time.
Take for example if you drive 25 minutes one way to work M-F, that is 50 minutes a day or about 4 hours a week.
So what could you do with an extra 4 hours a week to learn something new? That is a whole afternoon or evening to do something else.
One thing you can do is what a lot of time management experts call the "Automobile University".
Study in the car.
I am not saying to type on your computer or read a book or anything dangerous but to get creative.
One practice I have done for years is listening to books on tape and now mp3's of seminars and coaching sessions.
Sometimes I am truly amazed at how much I can listen to (even without torturing my family).
Let's look at the numbers.
Taking those 4 hours a week multiply that by even 40 weeks per year (you don't want to be a total nerd after all!), that is 160 hours or 6.
5 days! And those would be days without sleep! To put it in perspective a 3 credit hour college course over 16 weeks is only 48 hours of total lecture time.
While that does not include your outside class studies, you get the point.
This simple exercise is like getting the content of about three 3 credit hour college courses, and you didn't even do it all year in our example.
Be creative! You can do a lot with the time you spend driving, even if you commit to only one way.
In our example that is 2 extra hours of study a week.
So quit making excuses and start getting creative! It really does work and with the wealth of information both free and what you pay for, there is nothing you can't learn about and even become an expert in.
I have friends that have learned foreign languages, started a new business, and changed the focus of their lives this way.
So here's to moving forward...
and learning all you can along the way.
To your success!
I meet with college students and help them figure out strategies to get through the hoops of getting that college degree.
The last couple weeks have brought up a common theme that you as a business owner, virtual assistant or for that matter a human being can relate to: "I feel like I have no time to..
..
fill in the blank.
" Whether it is studying, learning a new skill, getting more information on a topic you are interested in or any number of items on your to do list, we all seem to have that problem.
The truth is you have the same amount of time as many other people that "rock it" every day; the President, George Clooney, Bill Gates, Edward Cullen...
oh ya he's fiction.
The point is we all have the same amount of time and it is what we do with it that counts.
So if you really do feel like you have "no time" for your goals, it's time to get creative.
One thing I noticed as I talked to several students is some of them have a lot of drive time.
Take for example if you drive 25 minutes one way to work M-F, that is 50 minutes a day or about 4 hours a week.
So what could you do with an extra 4 hours a week to learn something new? That is a whole afternoon or evening to do something else.
One thing you can do is what a lot of time management experts call the "Automobile University".
Study in the car.
I am not saying to type on your computer or read a book or anything dangerous but to get creative.
One practice I have done for years is listening to books on tape and now mp3's of seminars and coaching sessions.
Sometimes I am truly amazed at how much I can listen to (even without torturing my family).
Let's look at the numbers.
Taking those 4 hours a week multiply that by even 40 weeks per year (you don't want to be a total nerd after all!), that is 160 hours or 6.
5 days! And those would be days without sleep! To put it in perspective a 3 credit hour college course over 16 weeks is only 48 hours of total lecture time.
While that does not include your outside class studies, you get the point.
This simple exercise is like getting the content of about three 3 credit hour college courses, and you didn't even do it all year in our example.
Be creative! You can do a lot with the time you spend driving, even if you commit to only one way.
In our example that is 2 extra hours of study a week.
So quit making excuses and start getting creative! It really does work and with the wealth of information both free and what you pay for, there is nothing you can't learn about and even become an expert in.
I have friends that have learned foreign languages, started a new business, and changed the focus of their lives this way.
So here's to moving forward...
and learning all you can along the way.
To your success!
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