{"id":866,"date":"2008-11-10T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/10\/how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-your-most-important-goals-in-life\/"},"modified":"2018-04-03T08:26:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T15:26:03","slug":"how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-your-most-important-goals-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/10\/how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-your-most-important-goals-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Time Do You Spend on Your Most Important Goals in Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a typical day, how many hours are you directly working on your biggest goal in life?\u00c2\u00a0 Subtract sleeping, eating, errands and working at the 9-5.\u00c2\u00a0 Subtract television, relaxing and talking on the phone.\u00c2\u00a0 What number are you left with?<\/p>\n

Run a timelog<\/a> and count up the minutes.\u00c2\u00a0 In my experience, most people are horribly disillusioned with where their time goes.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u2019s easier to lie to yourself than to be productive.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u2019d rather trust my watch and a spreadsheet than a subjective evaluation.<\/p>\n

Now for the big question: If most of your time is spent maintaining the life you have, how will you reach the lifestyle you want?
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\nI\u2019ve already talked about why time is a poor indicator of productivity<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 However it\u2019s the easiest to measure.\u00c2\u00a0 All else being equal, the guy spending 8 hours a day on his #1 goal will have better odds of reaching it than the person who spends fifteen minutes.<\/p>\n

Becoming a workaholic isn\u2019t the point.\u00c2\u00a0 The point is to delete all the middling important commitments that steal time away from the #1.\u00c2\u00a0 Because, if your priorities don\u2019t match how you spend your time, then you don\u2019t really have priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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