Constant Star with Daily Success Hour
Eat, sleep, work, repeat... The rush hour. People meandering and grabbing things as they go. A coffee. A bite to eat. All getting from A to B as quickly as possible. Putting in a shift and managing to cram in exercise and socialising and cooking and cleaning. There's never enough hours. By the end of the week, we're extremely knackered. With jelly legs barely able to hold up and misfiring minds so drained the charge can hardly hold a spark. You recharge and go again. Week after week. Dealing with urgent matters and neglecting the rest. One day you'll get around to the things that would benefit from a bit more attention. Until then, this endless cycle continues.
Everone's doing the same thing, while few are successful. It feels like we're encouraged onto this hamster wheel. Just to keep things going so they get what they want.
And yet, there's really nothing stopping you from becoming successful too
It could be as simple as jumping off the wheel for a moment. Take the time to see if the drum is spinning in the right direction, otherwise, you could miss opportunities and success and your true desires.
When you truly focus on success and what drives it, at some point, someone will quote this question to a woodsman and credit the response to somebody influential and successful, Abraham Lincoln...
“What would you do if you had just five minutes to chop down a tree?” The woodsman answered, “I would spend the first two and a half minutes sharpening my axe.” Let us take a few minutes to sharpen our perspective.
Success breeds success, right? It's because successful people do similar things... consistently... to become a star in their space. They shine brightest dwarfing all other. Specifically, one thing they will do more than the average Jane is, they use the time to think. They plan. They strategise. They know what they want and work their way to getting it. Many successful and rich people allocate thinking time. In fact, Warren Buffett estimates that he spends 80% of his time reading and thinking.
Just like everyone else, prosperous people could get stuck on the hamster wheel but instead, they let the wheel continue spinning while they figure things out. When they scamper back on, they are precise with their performance. They can...
...make better-informed decisions and complete tasks to higher standards
There's no reason why you couldn't apply effective thinking. You could take two weeks off just to reflect and ponder like Bill Gates. However, you don't have to sleep less and do more to maximise every minute of every day like Elon Musk. Simply take an hour out of your day to focus your mind on the task or aspiration or desire that will take you from ordinary to a star. It doesn't even need to be scheduled time specifically for thinking. Alternatively, you can use N.E.TIME (No Extra Time). While you are commuting or exercising or anything where you find your mind wandering, you can refocus it to your topic of choice.
Start now by planning when you are going to focus on being a star.