How to Get More than 24 Hours in Your Day
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time
it’s an interesting concept isn’t it
sometimes it goes fast
sometimes it goes slow but regardless of
who you are or where you are
each and every single one of us has 24
hours
in a day now although i know this to be
a fact
i don’t choose to accept it and neither
should you
but before i explore this concept of
time with you
let’s put some real numbers into
perspective but not just
any numbers your numbers
i’ll ask you grab a pen piece of paper
anything to write with anything within
arm’s reach your phone
and do this don’t just do it in your
head do it it’s powerful when you see it
within a 24-hour period on average
how much time do you spend sleeping
write that number down
now again work
if you work or if you’re at school how
much time do you spend on average a day
write that number down now
going to the gym personal healthcare
showering reading a book lump it in
there
how much time on average write that
number down now this last one
i need you to be very honest with
yourself
social media instagram
youtube netflix dming
lump it all in there and don’t be too
conservative we often tend to be
what’s that number write it down now add
every single piece of line item add them
all to
add them all up together what number did
you get
was it anywhere close to 21
the bureau of labor statistics tells us
that it would be quite around that
approximately
but it’s not about that it’s about your
number now take that number
and subtract it from 24.
how many hours do you have left how much
time do you have left
additionally i’ll ask you what would you
do with that extra time
if you had more of it now where i’m
going with this if you’re anything like
me
you have dreams goals and aspirations
now there’s wanna work more on your
health want to spend more time with
family
you want to travel when it’s appropriate
again you want to work on that startup
you want to work on that non-profit that
new club you want to start
the list is endless as a matter of fact
when i asked you
what would you do with that extra time
something probably came to mind
matter of fact something probably came
to mind when you tuned into this talk
how to get more 24 hours in your day
what was that
and if it’s anything like you if it’s
anything like me and you
you know that we tend to run out of time
whatever we really want to do continues
to fall by the wayside
so then what i tell you next i think is
going to get your attention
see the thing is you’ve been looking at
this whole time thinking correctly
see it’s not about the 20-something
hours that at the time that you added up
it’s nor is it about the time that you
have left over
the problem is we’ve all been wired to
look at
time as something that we consume
rather than something that we create
see the problem is
we’ve all learned to consume time we
it’s all around us we’re consuming it
but there are two types of people
watching this right now who are
listening to me
there’s those who consume time and those
who create it now all of us
are consuming time and only a few of us
know how to create it so how do we
become like the notable feud
where luckily you don’t have to look for
it see this model has been all around us
we actually happen to fall victim of it
rather than being the beneficiaries of
it
so in this next example that i gave you
may or may not have heard of these
companies
but it’ll help you put this model into
perspective
let’s start with uber one of the largest
taxi companies
in the world owns none of its vehicles
facebook one of the largest content
media producers
worldwide owns none of its content
airbnb one of the largest accommodation
providers
in the world owns none of its real
estate
alibaba one of the most valuable
retailers
worldwide owns none of its inventory
lastly the good old stock market
one of the largest market exchange
places in the world
uses other people’s money something
interesting is happening here
and that model that model is called
leverage
and you don’t actually have to go far
you can go across the street to your
bank
your local bank is using it these very
local these institutions are using it
your very own employer your future
employer will use this
the question is why aren’t you
see my goal is for you to be the ceo of
your time
the chief executive officer of your time
because i can assure you that if you’re
not
somebody else will be somebody else
already has
so how do i create more time you ask
well five months ago i would have said
look around the room now i think it’s
more appropriate to say
look around the zoo but i say that to
say this
start with the lowest hanging fruit
start with the people who are currently
actively in your ecosystem
who can you count on lean on depend on
look into your phone
start there right
we need to stop looking at time
as something that we consume
individually
and start looking at time as something
that we can create
collectively one of my favorite books is
the four hour work week by tim ferriss
fantastic book by the way and
his notion is that we should all
optimize for a four hour work week
as opposed to the typical 40 hour work
week
now where tim was getting at was the
concept of
automation and liberation but i want to
add a third pillar in there
and that’s pillar of creation see
instead of a four
hour work week why not optimize for a
400
hour work week of production
productivity how about that
okay so how does this work for you
you’re probably thinking
reuben i’m not a corporation
and i barely have enough time to make
coffee at the point
what does that look like well if you
don’t get anything from this talk
make sure you get this stop
asking how can i and start asking who
so when you start asking who you
fundamentally change and drastically
change
the action that follows rather than when
you start operating with i
when you start with you you start the
who are the people
platform and resources that you can lean
on
count on depend on start there
it’s vital extremely important
so how does that look like for you
start with the who in everything that
you do
correct so why don’t we go there
practically you’re probably thinking
okay that sounds nice
but how does it practically work for me
reuben
well it starts with adam and sal see
adam and sally are both like you and me
they’re very busy individuals they have
jobs grad students
activities socially engaged in their
community
socially active in their community but
they both
operate with time very differently
let’s start with adam adam
has been a type a personality a student
all his life always picked up
really was really good at sports always
picked him up top of his claw now adam
is very
independent but almost to a fault see
adam
does know that there’s no int but he
truly believes that there’s an eye and
wind
sally on the other hand very modest
grub from very humble beginnings was
always just as good as her connections
everywhere that she went she left a
fantastic reputation
and actually when she steps into the
room she typically lights up the entire
room
very admirable but let’s take a look
into their lives they both have
aspirations to become ceos adam wants to
be a ceo
in the corporate world while sally wants
to become a business owner
to help uplift our community they both
operate with time very differently
let’s take a peek at work see adam at
work
we’ll start with at home out of my home
is assembling a piece of furniture
but adam orders that piece of furniture
from ikea did anybody know
to anybody who’s ever been at ikea they
know that whatever time it says on that
manual
multiply it by three it’s quite the
battle but he takes a stab at it because
that’s what adam does
very independent and while he’s
assembling it he finds himself going
down a rabbit hole
he assembles the piece he’s got the
wrong piece in place resembles it again
next thing you know he’s going down a
youtube channel called diy
do it yourself it gives me the
goosebumps just the same
sally on the other hand she’s very sad
and sally knows right away that this is
going to be a challenge
she has the same piece of furniture that
she ordered from ikea but right away she
goes onto a platform
called taskrabbit.com once she’s on
there she finds a good quote from a
handyman that she uses
but she doesn’t stop there what she does
next is interesting she goes and uses a
social platform we’ll call it a facebook
group
it’s that time of the year students are
moving in so she posts on there is there
anybody who would be
interested in receiving quote from a
handyman i got a good one
she receives three responses she takes
those three responses and
gives them to the handman and tells him
would you be able to offer me a 75
off discount price on assembling a piece
of furniture for me if i bring you
through referrals
of course it’s a win-win situation
people platform
resources but she doesn’t stop there she
coordinates in a way that while she’s
in class the gentleman assembles the
piece for her the labor
the handyman assembles a piece of
furniture for her so that when she comes
home
it’s already been assembled one
is creating time another one is solely
consuming
but it doesn’t stop there see at school
adam faces a challenge
he’s tackling the exact same problems
that sally is calculating
but he’s not gaining any traction he’s
spinning his wheels by the way we’ve all
been there
so it’s really important for us to
identify when we find ourselves in that
situation
sally on the other hand knows right away
that she has an issue
she has a challenge so she reaches out
to her former boss who’s a subject
matter expert in that field
she reaches out to a former classmate
who’s taking the class before and then
she posts a question
in a forum when she goes to work she
comes back a very different outcome
happens compared to adam
she has three responses from three
individuals former boss former classmate
and the forum but what happens in the
form is interesting she received
seven responses now those seven
responses
and the professor and the former
classmate collectively
help her get over the hump whatever
challenge she was facing
adam on the other hand after work comes
back home and he’s exactly back to where
he started
back to square one zero attraction it’s
inevitable that we understand that adam
and sally just like you and me
are going to be consuming time the
question you want to ask yourself is
what are you
doing while time is being consumed are
you also creating it
see it doesn’t stop there adam is a
hustler very independent like i said
right
so he has two tutoring sessions they’re
both tutors
adam and sally both tutoring their
students adam has a morning session for
an
hour while also another one in the
afternoon that’s two sessions
sally on the other hand has three
students this computer
only for one hour how could this be see
three months ago sally used a platform
called surveymonkey she reached out to
her students and asked them would they
be interested
in having group tutoring sessions asking
you sean received
they all said yes it’s a win-win
situation but she didn’t stop there
sally went on and offered them to do
group tutoring
on a zoom call she now saves herself the
commute time is making three times
the amount per hour that adam is making
adam still finds himself commuting and
operating individually
towards the end of the year of course
grad students
they’re all optimizing for that next job
so it’s application time
adam is going down the application dark
hole of submitting resume
but by the way we’ve all been there it
feels like you’re submitting your resume
in a dark bowl right
absolutely but he’s spending two hours a
night doing that
sally has heard of these individuals
called head hunters
headhunters from those who don’t know
are individuals that will help
place your resume from confront with
potential employers
those eventually headhunters will then
place you for you to get a job
and they get a commission it’s a win-win
situation for everybody
so of course sally uses one right of
course not
we call her savvy sally for a reason
jesus four
by the end of the semester sally has two
job offers what adam has
none it’s important that we understand
that we must become time creators we
must start asking the question
who in every single thing that we do
when i opened up the conversation
i said it was very important for us to
explore time
explore time in a new framework
framework because only once we start to
explore time
but we then understand that we need to
become creators of it
see we must change the way we look at
time we must change the way we speak
about time
time is money time is not money
production is
time waits for no man actually men and
women can both
create more time
by using that people platform resources
warren buffett tells us that the chains
of habit are too light to be felt until
they are too heavy to be broken
so then how do we apply this new model
this new framework
we applied it by using it in every
single thing and past
challengeful obstacle that we have ask
who stop asking how can i start asking
who
and please share this with the people in
your network
in your life so that they will also be
able to count on you but so that you can
also count on them
so that you can get more than 24 hours
in your day my job is done
and yours has just begun my name is
reuben kanya
it looks like i’m out of time for now
thank you
you