Common people have become uncommonly successful by using their creative imaginations and persisting. The problem for most of us is that doing things at 90% of maximum effort is easy. The extra 10% may be disproportionately difficult, but it’s that little bit extra that makes people exception.
- The average American spends 52 days a year watching TV
- In the UK, the average commute to work is 45 minutes. Over a year, that’s 24 8-hour working days
- If we live to 70 and get 7 hours sleep a night, we’ll have spent 20 years asleep
Charles Darwin said “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life”. How do you spend your time? Are you filling every minute and living each day as if it’s your last?
To learn more, read ‘Safari to the Soul’ by Denis Waitley and ‘Personal Best’ by Marc Woods.
