Ali Campbell is an internationally acclaimed life coach; he has built an enviable reputation as a highly motivational Coach, Presenter, Therapist and Personal Trainer. An advisor to celebrities, business leaders and politicians and even royalty around the world. Ali is widely featured in the media, on Television, Radio and in print. He is uniquely placed to assist you to reach your goals.
In my job as a life coach I am lucky enough to meet some very remarkable people. The one thing that is a universal constant is that no matter who you are, rich or poor, young or old, you have the same 24 hours in a day. In Scotland we use the word ‘thrifty’. It’s not the same as ‘mean’ or ‘tight’ it’s more like, cautious or careful. While most of us are ‘thrifty’ with our cash, keeping an eye to our bank balance, and how much month is left at the end of the money, we’re careless with our time.
We even talk about time in the same terms as money. We ‘spend’ time, save’ time, we ‘invest’ our time and we ‘count’ the time until…If time were really money, we’d use it more wisely.
In ‘The Richest Man in Babylon’ by George S. Clason, the author suggests that the key to financial independence is to learn to live on 70% of your after-tax income. For the other 30% you should take 10% and invest in the future, take 10% and invest in the past, paying off debts, mortgage etc, and 10% giving something back to good causes. So if time is money this also works for time.
Today’s exercise
1. Divide a piece of paper into three columns. ‘Backlog’, ‘Current’, and ‘Frontlog’.
2. For ‘Backlog’ jot down anything that is already late, behind schedule, or overdue. (This does not need to be a comprehensive list!)
3. Under ‘Current’, write down those projects and goals you are currently working on. (Yes, all of them)
4. For ‘Frontlog’, list activities that you know you will need to work on at some point in the future. In sub headings ‘urgent,’ ‘three months’ and ‘two years time’!
5. As you go through your day, prioritise working on current items. Whenever you need a change of pace, dip into your backlog or frontlog. Your goal is to spend no more than 70% of your productive time on the demands of the present. You can divide the rest of your time clearing the backlog of the past and the frontlog of the future, being sure to spend at least 10% of your time giving something back to yourself and others.
It’s time to do things differently. The difference between the flower blossoming in the park and the one on your table is that one is growing and the other is dead. There is NO in between. When we stop growing we start dying, the inevitable is only a matter of TIME.