"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak." — Hans Hofmann

Good Morning,

Today we are going to discuss eliminating unproductive actions. My question to you is, if you could pick one productive action you can take everyday to help you reach your goal, what would that be? Think of something that you currently are not doing. Maybe you think you don't have the time to do it.

Now, my challenge to you is to add this one activity to your daily routine. You must manage your time and simplify your tasks. Maybe your one activity you want to add is exercise for 45 minutes, 5 days a week. But, you think you don't have the time to fit that activity in your daily routine. Well, I am here to tell you that your using time as an excuse. If you really want to fit an activity in your routine, you need to make time.

You might have to look at your daily routine and cut some unproductive activities out of your daily life to make the time to exercise. An example, you might wake up every morning, drink coffee and spend about two hours surfing the web before you get ready for work. Well, what you need to do is simply cut your web browsing down to an hour. Than you have a whole hour to exercise or do what ever your activity is.

Now, that's a simple example, but the bottom line is you can cut and shift things around to fit that activity into your schedule. You have 24 hours everyday. Cut eight hours out for sleep. That leaves you 16 hours. Cut, let's say 10 hours for your job. That leaves you 6 hours. 6 hours left!! That's a good amount of time everyday. You can surely cut some unproductive activity and replace it with a productive one. You CAN find the time. So STOP using time as an excuse. Because that is what it is. An EXCUSE !!!

Until next time, be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!