Learning to manage time is essential for success and satisfaction. Yeah, we know: Easier said than done! Even the most accomplished scheduler can struggle with “how,” “where,” and “when” to do “what.”

After all, we all get caught up with details, distractions, and delays. At the extreme, that leads to less leisure and family time, less sleep, and more stress.   Especially during this holiday season.

It’s natural for productivity and outlook to suffer if immersed in a mire of backlogged obligations. Sure, some are great performers when stressed, but nobody performs better when preoccupied and exhausted.  A haphazard schedule is a recipe for such conditions.

One critical part of efficiency is analyzing how time is spent.  Through such basic observations we can make the most of each moment.

Renewability
Guess what? More than a second just past, seconds we’ll never have back. Poof! They’re gone forever. That’s one less heartbeat, one less breath, and one more moment where a sensory experience was imprinted into your brain.

Opportunity Cost
So time is a finite resource. Now picture yourself waiting in a 10 minute line for coffee. Sure, your cup of jo is only $3. But how much is your time worth? In fact, how much money or satisfaction could you earn in 10 minutes? Consider what you could’ve accomplished. So is queuing worth it, or should you invest in a coffee machine?

Perception
Our present is often governed by anticipation of the future. In fact, time is one of the only commodities where buyer’s remorse haunts the present. The difference between a positive, droll, or hassled workday is far from just the day’s tasks.

Investment
The immediate past doesn’t just affect our present outlook, but current and future prospects. Think output, skill development, and networks. Of course, that also requires personal appraisal. With enough time near anybody can learn brain surgery. However, are they going to be any good at it? More importantly, what else could they have accomplished?

Time is Essential, Not just “of” the Essence.
Spend your time wisely and reap the rewards of overall performance, not just productivity.

Using money requires time and good sense, but spending time requires experience and self control. So how can you assess that?

Find a coach who can review your daily patterns and offer solutions. Learn how to boost your performance and up your daily happiness. 

First off, kudos. By looking into media about self-actualization you’ve taken two very important strides in becoming who you deserve.

First, you’ve decided something should change.

Second, you’ve researched options and demonstrate an active interest in the process of change. Everything starts with awareness.

There’s a wealth of information out there, and an informed person is the foundation of an empowered person.  A full life is one of inspiration, research, experimentation, and then decision-making.

That mentioned, one mind’s eye is ever superior to two, no matter how perceptive, brilliant, or experienced. Collaboration and communication are two cornerstones of success and happiness both.

That brings us to the major point: Utilizing media is a solitary and isolative endeavor. Let’s look at the finer aspects.

Coaches are Observational, Media is static
Hard to believe while absorbed with it, but media isn’t with you: It’s a relic from a different time and place, most likely created by people you’ve never met. There are two integral aspects to that:

Observation
Media doesn’t observe you, let alone your tangible or social environment. Coaches do.    

Reaction
Coaches and media alike can provide general suggestions, sure, but only the former provides actual input unique to yours interests, goals, and challenges.

Coaches Form Bonds, Media is Impersonal
Encouragement is often derived from obligation, either to yourself, others, or both. Coaches aren’t only somebody to confide in, but work with.

Coaches Tailor Questions and Suggestions, Media Doesn’t
Whatever media you’ve read, watched, or heard is a record meant for an audience, and often a wide one. On many levels we have the same wants and needs, but the “why,” “how,” and “when” are very individual.  

Coaches Are Here and Now, Media is Escapist
Humanity is innately social. Media is incapable of actual socializing. Part of a coach’s job is challenging you. Media can do that, but no book is like on-the-fly discussions with another person.

In other words, Coaches offer tailored solutions while media provides broad suggestions.

Seize the Moment!
Currently you likely have two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, one set of opinions, one set of memories, and anywhere from 19 to 23 billion neurons in your cerebral cortex.

Together, we have four eyes, ears, and nostrils, two sets of opinions and memories, and anywhere from 38 to 46 billion neurons.  Yep. Coaches add quantitative benefits too.

To Your Measurable Intentional Success.
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About two years ago my friend, Kyle Morgan, asked me to help him design a program which would educate and train people on the importance of, and the how-to’s for, discovering, defining & developing their passions, purpose and principles.  It started as a way to build a foundation for establishing Collaborative Communities, which is one of his passions.  It was certainly very much in alignment with Intentional Achievements’ philosophies and most of these concepts were already in our material as significant components for living an Intentional Life.  So it was a no-brainer.

Through the synergy and power of three–Kyle, our good friend Mark Miller, and me–came the PPP Workshop.  We have had great feedback and results from those who have completed the program.  For us, the workshop was only the beginning of us exploring the depth and power of PPP.  Yes, it is the foundation for building Collaborative Communities, because it is the basis for establishing a peaceful, purposeful and powerful [personal] life.

Kyle wrote me the other day and said he has been asked, “why would someone want to know their PPP?”  In the middle of the answer he wrote, he said  this; “When you discover that you have specific gifts to give, the service in your life has meaning.  When you develop an attitude to live each day with and on purpose, you intentionally infuse that meaning into everything you do. You make every moment and every activity meaningful. Consequently, you are able to live with purpose, on purpose, no matter what you do, no matter where you go…  Then you can say… “I live each day with and on purpose, I am a peaceful, powerful, purposeful person”.”

In response to his request for feedback, I wrote the following, which he suggested I share. (Click on the visual to see how it all fits together)

“The intersection of passion and principles is meaning.  When a person identifies/rediscovers their passions and principles, and lives their life by them, it opens them up to a life with more meaning.  Most of us today have lives devoid of meaning.  We go day to day just surviving and existing.  But, still, underneath, the human condition and our natural instinct is to ask why and look for significance.  We are looking for more and don’t know even where to look let alone how to find it.  PPP is the where, the way and the answer.

The intersection of purpose and principles is intentional.  Intentional is control, not power control, but life direction, choice, decision control.  How many of us think we don’t have as much control in or over our life as we should or want to?  How many of us are trying all kinds of things to gain this kind of control back?  What would having total control and choice in and over your life do for you; what difference would it make?  Huge.  The only way to do it is through purposeful and principle-centered decision-making and living–by being intentional.  We decide where, how and why our life goes where it does.  We choose who and what we want to be.  And we can’t do that without being intentional.

The intersection of passion and purpose is gifts.  It is through our gifts that our purpose and passions are known, lived, experienced, demonstrated and fulfilled.  Without knowing our gifts we will never fully know what and who we are capable of being or becoming.  Our gifts are the vehicles used to help others find their passions and purpose.  Our gifts are the vehicle through which the fullness of our passions and purpose are realized.

When we are intentional, live a life with meaning as a result of experiencing and giving away our gifts and live every day with and on purpose, we become peaceful, purposeful and powerful people–and help others become the same in their own lives and in the ones they love.”

I hope this answers, just a little, the question of why should we know our PPP.  Thanks, Kyle.

To Your Intentional Success!

We are taught when first learning to drive to check in the rear view mirror every once in a while. That makes sense.  It’s a part of knowing your surroundings so you are more prepared to handle any challenges which may arise.  Maybe someone is tailgating too close and there isn’t a safe distance behind you if you had to stop suddenly.  Maybe an emergency vehicle is approaching and you need to get out of the way.  It’s just a good practice and habit to get into.

What if, however, you are looking in the mirror because you are being chased?  You are driving at high speeds down the road so as to not get caught.  Fear is your motivator and you are running away from something.  You are traveling fast forward but constantly looking back and never looking ahead. How far would you get before something very unpleasant happened?

‘Running from’ is based in fear, can be dangerous and will never ultimately get you where you want to go.   Many of us are living lives running away from things we don’t want instead of running toward those things we do want.  We might be running from a bad relationship, or difficult job, or being overweight, or not feeling adequate, or an addiction.   ‘Running from’ is like driving forward and never taking your eyes off the rear view mirror.

‘Running to’ is based in inspiration, is rewarding, fun and will get you to places further than you would have ever gotten.  Are you ‘running from’ or ‘running to’?  If you are ‘running to’—to what?  Do you have a clear picture and direction of where you want your life to be?  Does it inspire your actions every day?  One thing is for sure. If you are not ‘running to’ something, you are by default ‘running from’ something.  Don’t live your life based in fear always looking in the rear view mirror.  Decide what you really want and go get it.  Don’t run from the past, run to the future! It will be a more peaceful, happy and fulfilling life if you do.

To your Intentional Life!

 
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Ever been placed in a new position and expected to do the job without a single hour of education or training?  Ever gotten impatient with someone you are trying to teach something new to because they just aren’t getting it?

So many leaders create performance and morale problems because they forget that they can’t expect a new level of performance from any individual until they have given that person the knowledge, skills and tools to do the new job or task.   It’s not that everybody wants to do a bad job.  It’s not that they want to fail or disappoint you.  It’s simply they don’t know—and can’t do what they don’t know.

As a parent,don’t expect levels of conduct or proficiency from your child unless you have thoroughly trained them and clearly communicated your desires and expectations.  If you do, you are only setting yourself and your child up for failure–and that is painful in both the short-term and long-term.

People can only do what they know-so teach and coach them first, then expect.

To Your Intentional Measurable Success!

In my conversation with Dave Campbell on his radio show last week we talked about Intentionally planning for the coming year.  Each of us, through our own study and experience, had come to the very same process for accomplishing anything.  It was interesting to both of us, as we interacted with the listeners who were asking questions via chat, that most people didn’t really see the depth yet simplicity of the four-step planning process, and how absolutely crucial it is to start with a very clear vision and statement of where you want to be.

No matter who you talk to or study, you will get the same answer to the question; ‘where do you start’?  Different words are used with slightly different definitions, but the concept and meaning are the same. Vision, outcome, aim, mission, purpose, goal, etc.  If you don’t know where you’re going, how do you know which way to go?  Start with the end in mind, and the references go on and on.

I have been a martial arts enthusiast for most of my life.  I have studied the subject off and on and even practiced several forms and styles of Karate and spent a little time learning a lessor known Korea style.  The one man I have always studied and watched most was Bruce Lee.

His life was a fascinating and powerful one on so many levels.  Not only was he one of, if not the greatest martial artist, but he was a philosopher as well.  What you might not expect, and is so profound to me, was his strong belief and practical application of a concept Napoleon Hill taught about way back in 1928.

In 1969, he was 28 years old and a minor TV star in the United States having been featured in a number of shows which included, most notably, the ill-fated Green Hornet series. With his second child recently born and no financial security to speak of, the clearly determined founder of Jeet Kune Do decided to put his vision/mission down on paper calling it his, “Definite Chief Aim.”   Not many people at the time even knew he had it.  It read:

I, Bruce Lee, will be the first highest paid Oriental super star in the United States. In return I will give the most exciting performances and render the best of quality in the capacity of an actor. Starting 1970 I will achieve world fame and from then onward till the end of 1980 I will have in my possession $10,000,000. I will live the way I please and achieve inner harmony and happiness.  Here is a copy of the original in his own hand.

For those who may not know, he achieved most of that before his death at age 32, demonstrating the power of having such a strong aim and striving for it with all your being.

In 1928, Napoleon Hill taught on the laws of success, with #2 being “A definite chief aim.”  His work was based upon interviews of over 100 American millionaires across nearly 20 years, including such self-made industrial giants as Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison. The original edition featured the eponymous 16 lessons, with the updated 21st-Century Edition featuring an additional 17th lesson drawn from later notes and lecture materials.

Here is a recording of Hill teaching and talking about the principle.

http://youtu.be/4xYFCBcDSX4

At this time when New Year’s resolutions are set with the greatest of intentions, most are not realized because intentions are not visions or chief aims, and people don’t add the critical component to guarantee their successful accomplishment; Intentionality.  Being Intentional starts with a vision/mission, and adds awareness of what stands in the way, a set course of action to overcome the obstacles and the dedicated commitment and actions to see it through.

Don’t let your New Year’s resolutions and best of intentions wither away this year.  Be Intentional.  Create a Definite Chief Aim and back it up with the intentionality necessary to ensure its successful accomplishment.

To Your Intentional Success!