There are a ton of websites that are dedicated to the hack, the short cut, the magical cure to "not having enough time. SPOILER ALERT, there is no such thing. Unless you are into some deep physics or you believe in a different universe than time is the same for all of us. So how do leaders, or anyone for that matter "make time" for anything new? Well we have talked about routine before and we have touched on habits as well but one thing that we have not looked at is what are those leaders doing with their time. If you google habits of leaders you will get a ton of sources that talk about pretty much all of the same things:
While you will eventually learn that multi tasking is not possible there is a way for you to combine two activities, one that is on auto pilot... like walking, taking the bus, sitting in the back seat of your chauffeured car (thanks mom and dad) and one that is beneficial like either reading the good old fashioned way or what I do to "make time" for reading. Right now while you are reading this, take out your phone, open your app store and download Blinkist and Headway. These two apps summarize a book a day for free. Usually under 15 minutes, you will get a totally random choosing from these companies. If you like the apps you can upgrade obviously, but 15 minutes of free learning giving you someone else's thoughts to add to your own is an easy way to adopting a habit that all great leaders have. "Never stop learning." How's that for "making time" Richard Hortness
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nevada
11/11/2020 10:08:06 pm
Especially at our age, when we think about bettering ourselves, we think mostly about the physical aspect. You talked about how easy it is to read and you told us when to do it as well as gave us resources. I really like how you included a list of good qualities in a leader and tied in two things that we actually did in class.
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Lucy Greene
11/12/2020 01:06:08 pm
I personally have the struggle with not finding enough time in the day to read so I really appreciate this. I tend to be a super busy person with sports, school and work. But i like how these apps just summarize it up for me. because I could just pop on a book while im walking to school or driving to practice. Also I love how. this was written, as in just the style and choices of words you used. It seemed like I really talking to the writer.
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Tyler Lenton
11/12/2020 01:43:43 pm
I find it very hard right now to manage putting in other things besides school and work.I liked reading this because knowing that there are tools that will help me out and potentially take down the amount of stress I have from doing four classes and two of them being the hardest courses I have this year. I really think reading a bit every day will help me calm down and realise I do have tiem to put whatever I want in my everyday schedule. I really feel that this blog will really help me out thank you!
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Kaysey
11/12/2020 04:18:33 pm
Right now I feel like I've got lots of extra time and flexibility in my schedule yet i'm still unproductive, probably even more than last year. I've always said that i wanted to start reading more but then i don't. I never knew about an app that summarizes books which sounds really cool, thanks for the tip. I personally have found podcasts a great alternative as well. I love it cuz its just on my phone and i can listen when im doing random stuff like walking the dog, or dishes, or any chore really. If you think about it, you're not losing time either cuz chores have to get done anyway. Super efficient and great learning tool.
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Lucas
9/16/2022 02:13:09 pm
I really liked how you gave a list of characteristics that define a leader. I also greatly appreciated the app recommendations you gave, and I will definitely be checking those out in the near future. I wish I had the time to do all the things I want to do while still doing the things I need to do. This will help me take a big step in the right direction,
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