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During the school days, you might have read the story of “Sharpening the Saw”, where the woodcutter spent the initial time in sharpen the axe.
The story becomes more relevant as we grow up. After graduating, how often do you take out time to improve your personal axe? Few of us generally has the courtesy to devote time to oneself to become a better version of oneself. We are quick to update the application in our mobile device but slow to upgrade our own system. Isn’t this strange?
Ironically, just 1% or may be less than that, the readers will be taking an action after reading this write up. That’s why the elite successful human beings make up just less than 1% of the total population. We never make learning as our priority as it lies in second quadrant of the time management matrix. It is important but not urgent, so we keep delaying. The same way we delay the exercise for the next day.
“That which we persist in doing becomes easier-not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased.”
The above quote by Emerson is powerful. It enlightens us that things are difficult at the beginning, but our consistent efforts turn the same activity just an easier one and we reach our comfort zone. However, we shouldn’t stop here and should continue to walk out of the zone. Otherwise, we give a full stop to the growth.
We can start with baby steps. Starting with just 70 minutes for the week or 10 minutes per day. By doing the things we have been procrastinating. Since these activities lie in 2nd quadrant there is no urgent deadlines, however you can set weekly goals, if you work more efficiently with the deadlines. In case, 70 minutes is more for you start with just 7 minutes for the week. 7 minutes a week may sound less or silly. However, persistency helps in compounding. Secondly, you are ahead by at least kicking off instead of doing nothing.