chasing your bottom line
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This is a talk I gave at Tufts University at a class for the Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies department. It focused on being aware of the time that passes every day, how you choose to spend it, and how you should be choosing to spend it. It's about finding your "Bottom Line" and letting it dictate how you spend your time. - Albert NicholsTRANSCRIPT
Albert Nichols albertcnichols.com April 7th 2015
Spending Time
Why are you here?
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š š First Kiss
š š« Driverās License
š š 21st Birthday
š š Graduation
š¼ ā ļøPromotion
š° š Marriage
š¶ š¼ First child
How do you choose to spend your time?
Do what āThe Manā says Go with the Flow Dreams (be an olympian) Lead others Follow others Comfort Push the limits Change the world
Why should you choose how to spend your time?
No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training.
What a disgrace it is for a person to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength which their body is
capable
No citizen has a right to be an amateur.
What a disgrace it is for a person to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which they are capable
āYou are vulnerable to those who will be more than happy to define you, and to direct that fraudulent self they created, toward their fraudulent ends.ā
i.e. If you donāt choose, someone else will for you
āIt is always darkest just before the day dawneth"
- Thomas Fuller
Time spent
Quality of what youāre doing
But Rememberā¦ Your actions predict the future
āThe night is darkest just
before dawnā
- The Dark Night
Time spent
Quality of what youāre doing
But Rememberā¦ Your actions predict the future
How should you choose to spend your time?
The
āBottom
Lineā
The
āBottom
Lineā
3 Examples
Patagonia1% Revenue -> NGOs
TOMs# of Shoe Donations
Tesla# of Reduced emissions
What is your Bottom Line?
Feel the Rhythm
Chasing the āBottom Lineā
There is no destination
Ignorance, is productivity
Brick walls are there for a reason. Brick walls give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Brick walls are there to stop the people who donāt want it badly enough.
Theyāre there to stop the other people.
Days are not for counting
Howās the water?
What the hell is water?
Do the
Mirror Test
Feel the Rhythm
Exercises
Read Converse
Listen
Think Meditate Be Aware
Write Speak
Exercise
Guess and Check Every Month
ā¢What key decisions am I about to make?ā¢What outcomes do I expect?ā¢What patterns do I see?ā¢What do I need to enhance in order to get what I want?
ā¢What bad habits are preventing me from getting the outcomes I desire?ā¢What are my strengths?ā¢What do I value?Review your results from last month
ASK:Tip: Make a monthly recurring calendar reminder with these questions and the next slide as the description
Habit Check
Habits speed time Habits deaden anxiety
Some Habitsā¢Brush teethā¢Showerā¢Laundryā¢Have a drinkā¢Socializeā¢Chipotle
ā¢Exerciseā¢Surf YouTubeā¢Check Facebook/insta, etcā¢Readā¢Pick your nose
Exercise: 1.Write down your daily,
weekly, Monthly Habits2.Which ones would you keep?3.Create action plan to eliminate
bad habits and build new ones
Ride the PLB Continuum
PLB
Look for the Dishwashers
If you leave with nothing else:
Actively choose how to spend your time
Determine what your āBottom Lineā is
When in doubt, do what feels good (right)
Look in the proverbial mirror and ask ādo I like what I see, where Iām going?ā
If yes? Scale the Brick Walls
If no? Feel the Rhythm
What Youāll Encounter Salary Negotiations
Quitting
Transitioning Jobs
Saying No
Dealing with the office a**hole
Being a serious commuter
Being a 9-5er
Being taken advantage of
Being called a millennial
Unknown Expectations
Tools Meditation and Mindfulnessheadspace.com
Pen and paper ā Burn after reading (writing)
Readingmedium.com
getpocket.com
The people next to you
twitter.com
ProductivityClear realmacsoftware.com/clear
