Promoting Health and Wealth - Focus and Time in Just 12 minutes

Time is something that, all too often, I have take for granted. I also know that I have wasted more time in a day, a week and even life to date, than I care to admit too. As I ask myself, "How do I focus my time?", I realize that I often am NOT focusing this valuable resource at all. That doesn't mean I'm not busy but that busyness translates into activities not planned, purposeful action.

A valued colleague, Leanne Hoagland Smith, author of a great sales book called - The Keys to Unlocking the Sales Success be the Red Jacket in a sea of gray suits - introduced me to a concept of 12 minutes a day. She asked the question of a group she was facilitating how many in the audience wasted 12 minutes a day. One hundred percent of the group raised their hands.

Her next question - So, if you wasted 12 minutes a day, in 5 days how many minutes have you wasted?

The group's response - One hour!

Leanne then asked, What if you identified one area that you wanted to improve, wrote a one year goal and entered this goal into your calendar (electronic or manual) for 12 minutes every day. How much time would you have committed to this goal in one year?

The group's response - Fifty two (52) hour!

Can you read a book or two for 12 minutes per day for 52 hours? she asked.

YES!

Can you exercise for 12 minutes per day for 52 hours?

YES!

Can you write an article, a blog, a book for 12 minutes per day for 52 hours?

YES!

The energy in the room was palpable. That day Leanne changed my appreciation for 12 minutes a day. From that day forward, I do a minimum of 12 minutes a day on writing, reading, exercise, following up - whatever, I want to change into a new habit. I can tell you I NEVER do less and almost always do more.

I share this exercise with all my clients, friends and family. I generally have at least one person who decides to take on this habit. Later, they tell me how it changed their lives.

Before you start a project, the first project to tackle is you. Is it worth your time, to invest 12 minutes a day for at least a month or two to identify your FOCUS, what is really important to you? Find your focus and you will find lots more time.

Leanne, thank you for the great tip once again you helped improve my world and my success! For more information about Leanne Hoagland Smith, you can visit her website http://www.processspecialist.com/ or her blog http://processspecialist.com/increasesales/.

All the best in health and wealth,

Laura