The Best Minute: Every day, inspiration, and adaptation
1 IDEA FROM ME
If you have something you want to improve upon, find a way to spend a few minutes on it every day instead of larger chunks of time that are less frequent.
Exercise 10 minutes every day instead of going to the gym 2-3 times a week
Read 10 minutes a day instead of scheduling a couple of 30-minute blocks a week
Practice 10 minutes a day instead of waiting until you feel like it
While your total time per week may be less by doing it every day for shorter amounts of time than a few times a week with longer amounts of time, you are developing the habit of doing it. You also take away using willpower to get yourself in the mood to do it. It is easy to internally debate whether you should go the gym today or tomorrow; it’s too easy to argue yourself out of it altogether.
When you do it every day, it becomes something you do, not something you have to decide or make yourself do. And over time, you’ll likely increase your daily time spent on it as well.
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I. Jon Acuff on waiting on inspiration to write (and can be applied to anything):
A quick note to myself for the next time I write a book: The words will show up when you do. They never come before you write, they always come as you write. Don't wait, just write.
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II. Marshall McLuhan on why we should adapt and evolve:
“Resenting a new technology will not halt its progress.”
INTERESTING FACT
Four times as many people speak English as a second language than as a native one.
While more people speak English as a second language, nearly three times more people speak Mandarin Chinese natively. English has nearly two billion people learning it as a second language and only 350 million people speak it natively.
Source: House
1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH
Imagine your workday was 2 hours shorter every day. What would you cut out?
P.S. Definitely not a penguin.
