𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

You've heard the saying when it comes to money, pay yourself first, meaning put money in savings before you have time to spend it on everyone else. 

Its a great practice but a lot of people don't do it then end up living paycheck to paycheck, always saying they will start saving 'when they get enough money' which never happens. Time works the exact same way. Pay yourself first. 

Most people make a big task list of things they need to do, then work on the stuff that does NOT move the needle then avoid the things that they do need to do, or spend too much time doing things that have no effect on the bigger overall picture at the expense of important moments in life.

I'll never miss out on an important event for my kids. Once I had a 3 day mastermind in Austin that I really wanted to attend, but my daughters dance recital was on day 2 of the event. So I flew back and forth and caught day 1 and 3 AND caught my daughters performance.

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If you’ve followed me or my content for a while, you know that I LOVE time hacking! 

Time hacking has a lot to do with your mindset, feelings and beliefs around time and less about strategy. 

But still, strategy around time does have its merits! 

Lately I’ve been investing some time to clean up what I’m not using so there’s less mental clutter to take up the precious space in my mind.  

Things that ‘hang out there’ will suck up your mental bandwidth without you even realizing it.  

Here are 5 things I’m doing right now to reclaim more bandwidth in my life: 

#1 Tightening up my inbox – anything I’m not currently interested in gets the unsubscribe button. I’ll keep value driven emails but if its pure marketing emails with no substance, I know where to find them if I need them.  

#2  Tighten up your notifications – grab your phone right now and trim...

My baby girl came into my office the other day, rummaging around and just being curious, drops a notebook in my lap. 

It flopped open to a page that had my handwriting:  

October 5, 2021:  

“Feeling the self-doubt and the insecurity, really wanting to give up because I don’t want to keep working this hard.”  

The next part said, “Feel it. Observe it”. 

I knew the feeling would pass so I wanted to write it down to remember it.  

This day was 2 days into launching the 3^rd version of my Leveraging LinkedIn course and I had not made any sales.  

Self-doubt and anxiety was high, and of course my ego was messing with me worrying about me ‘looking bad’.  

But then the next day I got a sale, and then another, and then another. I started tallying the sales up and by the end of the 10 day launch window, there were over 40 sold, and then have kept selling ever...

Most people who follow me on social media probably think that I am a full-time coach. 

I’m not. I do this stuff because I love business and entrepreneurship.  

I actually have a full-time sales role that I LOVE and have no plans to leave anytime soon. 

I also LOVE podcasting (2 episodes a week). And time with my family/kids. And working out. And sleeping 8 hours per night. 

So how do I get it all done? Am I working from 5am until 9pm?  

The first thing that will people back from doing great things is they think you have to spend tons of time (building a podcast, social following, writing a book, creating a side hustle or business). 

Here’s the deal: you can build something great with small steps, repeated over and over with consistency. 

The Sticky Note Party: 

One of my favorite techniques for doing this is what I call the sticky note party. 

Grab a few stacks of sticky notes in various colors...

It was September of 2021 and my wife just had a hip replacement.

We couldn’t find anyone to hire to help us, but we did have some neighbors bring food and help with the kids here and there.

My wife had to stay in bed for at least 4 weeks, with me assisting her to go to the bathroom, shower and I would bring food for her to eat.

I also have 3 kids to take care of, one of them was a baby.

I had to get them up and ready and take the 2 bigger ones to school, and put them to bed at night.

I had to clean the house, with the exception of our house cleaners coming 2 times in a month.

I also worked the entire time she was out of commission (12 weeks).

I also kept up my morning routine (working out, meditation, visualization).

I was also launching my 3rd version of my Leveraging LinkedIn course.

I was also creating content on multiple platforms and starting my Mindset Hackers podcast.

I was also creating 2-4 videos a month for my YouTube channel.

I was also spending 2-3 hours learning...

I always get asked about my schedule, which looks like this: 

• Wim Hof Breathwork 
•  Meditation, Visualization, Journaling 
•  Work Out 
•  Cold Shower + affirmations 
•  Content creation & social media time (LI, IG, TT, FB) 
•  Engaging with my network
•  Full time sales job 
•  2-4 coaching calls (teaching) per week plus 1 group coaching call 
•  2-4 hours (participation) in coaching or mastermind 
•  Creating content for my product offerings 
•  1 podcast episode per week (sometimes 2) 
•  1 YouTube video per week 
•  Family time 
•  Sleep (7.5-8 hours)  
•  Weekends off except 2-3 total hours of creating 
•  Other random shit  

It seems like a lot but I’ve been able to keep up what I call a highly productive schedule for well over a year now without burnout.

How do I do it? 
In the most recent episode of the Mindset Hackers podcast...

Myths of Hustle and Grind culture:

Busy-ness is the same as productivity
Time is money
I have to work hard to succeed
If it's urgent I need to act all frantic
I don't have enough time

What is Busy-ness? It's a feeling of stress, overwhelm, lack of time, rushing around, all associated with trying to GSD.

The crazy thing is you can still feel Busy-ness even when you aren't GSD.

And GSD can be done more effectively without Busy-ness.

If you want to always be stressed out running full speed on the hamster wheel, missing out on life, always chasing, count me out H&G culture.

It's time to break through some of the myths of the hustle and grind culture and take back your own life before you spend the entire time on the dopamine treadmill and miss out on all the beauty in life. 

Check out me and Bobby Dysart on the Student of Intention Podcast where we go deep on so many mindset topics. 

I want to challenge you on how you view time (and time management).

There is a big difference between being productive and being ‘busy’.

Productivity is quantifiable.

Busy is just a feeling, and a feeling of lack.

Think about all the people that have vast sums of money but never feel like they have enough, or always worried that it will be taken away.

Time is the same way.

We live in an age of more convenience & tools for efficiency than ever, but are people are any less busy?

If you live in what I call a ‘chronic state of busy-ness’, you are worried about things that haven’t happened yet, therefore thinking about the future and not the now.

Time seems to go by so fast.

Kids grow up in a blink of an eye.

You knock off massive checklists, but it does not feel like you are going anywhere.

When someone asks, ‘how are you?’, you respond ‘busy’.

Most of my days contain the following:

Breathwork

Meditation

Workout

Exercise

Cold...