Are You Spending Your Time Like This?

In this email: - Time tracking can be powerful - Practice hard things: repetition is the mother of skill - How to win at life: keep going when others give up Here was the headline from Bloomberg by Justin Fox (@foxjust) in late July... The key stats, based on a big US government survey, showed that older Millennials have the least leisure time of any group. Just 3.9 hours per day. And they also watch the lowest amount of TV, next to teens at 2.0 hours per day. So they say. With thousands of hours of new streaming content every year, somebody must be watching that stuff. We know that teens and Gen Z are playing video games more than watching TV. Are you sacrificing your goals to watch TV? Most people set goals and make plans. But after a few months, they might be frustrated by how little progress they've made. One way to get insight on how well you stick with your plans is to do a time audit. Track your time for a week -- a month is best -- and find out where it goes. But I'll give you something you can use immediately to see where you stand. Because the US government's Bureau of Labor Statistics does surveys about this stuff all the time… Data about our time usage can be powerful. I'll even save you the time of going to look at this survey data. Just imagine what it shows. In a word, it shows the "averages." Fact: Most people aren't millionaires. So if you spend your time like the average person, your chances of becoming rich are slashed. I said it in 2015 and it bears repeating… Do Hard Things, Learn to Win I talked recently about the work of Dr. Roy Baumeister and his book Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. Here's what I wrote… But you can still train your mind to go way beyond where you were 5 years ago. And when it comes to training yourself for new habits like working out, playing an instrument, or running a business, the same mindset applies. It all comes down to how much you practice with quality and consistency. You foster that by designing your environment for more frequent practice and training. Cancel your Netflix subscription. Then commit to practice the newest skill you want to acquire. Practicing needs to become a habit you just prefer to do so that it's almost automatic. And here I was with my basketball coach, former NBA player Pooh Richardson. At that point in our practice session, I'd taken 110 shots. Nowhere near the greatness of discipline in Kobe Bryant. Pooh was selected in the first round of the 1989 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He also played for the Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Clippers during his 10-year NBA career. He helped me get my 3-pointer solid. But it took work. And reps. --------------------------------------------------------------- Since 2019, I've acquired over 7 major name brands like Pier1, Dress Barn, and RadioShack. Then I shifted their sales to ecommerce. Now I'm opening up one niche for hungry entrepreneurs that could change their lives. Imagine getting all 3 of these going in your new business for less than $100… - A fully-operational Shopify store - Loaded with brand-name products - Marketing templates that let you advertise for free [Watch this video]( now and learn about a quick on-ramp to multiple streams of income. The business skills alone you learn from partnering with me will carry you for many years to come -- no matter what the economy is doing. --------------------------------------------------------------- The Secret to Self-Discipline When it comes to skills, it also helps if you enjoy the practice. If you enjoy getting better at shooting 3-pointers, or guitar, or selling, you will look forward to each session. In the new book Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness, peak performance expert and running coach Steve Magness retells the story of "The Junction Boys." This was the 1954 Texas A&M football team coached by Paul "Bear" Bryant. He took the college boys to a small town called Junction, 140 miles west of Austin. And he worked them to near death in the blazing heat. Half of the players quit. And Bryant later admitted it was the wrong approach to building a winning and disciplined team. Magness says this is the old military model of discipline. "Sink or swim" works in some cases, and military instructors usually know how to foster that. But if you're trying to develop your own willpower, you need to set up the conditions of practice so they work for you. That way you can handle the stress and discomfort that naturally arise when you take on new challenges of learning and effort. Business and Sports: Skill-Building Gyms You can't be overwhelmed all the time and still get your reps in to build skills in anything. Practice takes focus and flow. Some athletes make great business people… IF they apply the lessons of their sports discipline to learning new business skills. Magic Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal come to mind. Are you ready to start using more of your free time for building business skills? If so, I have a new opportunity I want to share. I'm teaching a test group of hungry entrepreneurs how to build business skills in ecommerce. The [Ecommerce Academy]( is loaded with real-world training. The lessons are like a practical MBA in running a modern online business. [Watch this video]( to learn all about it. Stay strong, Tai *** You are receiving this email because you are connected/signed up to receive emails. You can stop receiving these emails by clicking the 'unsubscribe' link. This email is an advertisement and is designed for marketing purposes only. Nothing in this email is designed to be financial, legal, or tax advice. Past performance is not indicative of future results. 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