All We Have Is Time - Or Is It?

If you had a bank that credited your account each morning with $86,400—with no balance carried from day to day, what would you do? Well, you do have such a bank, its ... "time."

Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it rules off as "lost", whatever you have failed to use, toward good purposes. It carries over no balances, and allows no overdrafts. You can't hoard it, save it, store it, loan it, or invest it. You can only use it one "time".

Here are six terrific truths about time:

First: Nobody can manage time. But you can manage those things, that take up your time.

Second: Time is expensive. As a matter of fact, 80 percent of our day is spent on those things, or those people, that only bring us two percent of our results.

Third: Time is perishable. It cannot be saved for later use.

Fourth: Time is measurable. Everybody has the same amount of time...pauper or king. It is not how much time you have; it is how much you use.

Fifth: Time is irreplaceable. We never make back time, once it is gone.

Sixth: Time is a priority. You have enough time, for anything in the world, so long as it ranks high enough among your priorities.

Resist Multi-Tasking

Resist Multi-Tasking

Once you stop doing 10 things at once, you can be very purposeful about the one thing you NEED to be doing

Quiet Your Mind

A lot of times in yoga class, you will hear the instructor talk about meditation and mindfulness and quieting the mind, and that's exactly what you need to do to allow yourself to find your inner clarity.

Stay Engaged

Too much of our lives, we're on autopilot. You have got to stay focused and engaged with the world and the task at hand.

Highly Effective New Years Resolutions

1.   Know Your Why.   For a resolution to stick, it has to be aligned with your core values. We all want to look better or get richer, but your resolutions have to go beyond superficial desires and connect with what truly matters most to you. In other words, you have to "Know your why" and feel truly passionate about the goals you set for yourself. Connect your resolutions to those things that give you a deeper sense of purpose and align with your core values.   2.   Be Specific.   Resolutions to 'eat better, get fitter, be happier, relax more or have better life balance' are doomed for failure because they lack specificity. The more specific you are, the more likely you will be able to succeed.   Describe your goals and resolutions in ways that allow you to track your progress and measure your success.    3. Don't Just Think It, Ink it!    A Stanford University study found that when people wrote down their goal, it increased the probability of them achieving it by over 70%.   But don't just write down the specific goal, write down how you will feel when you've accomplished it.  When you have finished penning your desires, jot down on sticky pads the words that inspire you most about your goal and put them around your home/office to remind you of why you are committed to doing what it takes to bring your goal into reality.   4. Design Your Environment.    Never underestimate the power of your environment to support or sabotage your success.  Design your environment so that it's hard NOT to do what you resolved.  Create a progress chart, recruit a cheer squad among your family and friends, find someone to hold you accountable, hire a trainer, join a group, create a blog.  Likewise, if there are people or things in your life that pull you down or off track, address them directly and set whatever boundaries you know you will need up front.   5. Narrow Your Efforts.    Trying to do too many things at once can make you so unfocused that you just bounce around like Tigger on Red Bull, not quite sure which direction you are going. Set yourself up for success and start with JUST ONE MAJOR UNDERTAKING.   Then break that goal down into small bite size steps.  Small steps, strong start!   6. Focus On The Process.   It's easy to get caught up in an initial wave of enthusiasm, only to come crashing down when your initial efforts don't produce immediate and amazing results. So focus on the process itself, and develop greater competence of the actual activity, habit or skill you want to acquire.  PERSISTENCE ALWAYS PAYS OFF.   7.  Forgive Your Failures.   Your setbacks and failures will not define your success in the year ahead or any year. HOW YOU RESPOND WILL. If you happen to mess up, lose your resolve, press the snooze button or revert to a familiar well-practiced behavior, don't beat up on yourself. Okay, so you didn't get to the gym like you'd planned.  How about 5 minutes of stretching?  Don't let your mishaps, setbacks and failures mean more than they do. Reflect on the lessons they hold, make adjustments accordingly, then tap your inner self and get back in the saddle.   Life rewards those who work at it