Donald Trump, Oprah, Richard Branson…The Secret of the Rich…

The greatest secret of the rich…

There is one force in our life that makes everyone equal. You are given the same amount as Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump. How you handle and treat this force is the single most important contributor to the income you will have and the lifestyle you will lead. This is why Jim Rohn called it the single “greatest secret of the rich.” The secret? The management of time.

It was difficult to select from your excellent STOP DOING suggestions. Below are 10 great ones with bonus suggestion I particularly like!

1. STOP doing tasks that do not pay me my appropriate hourly rate. (Even if you are Self-Employed you can figure your ‘hourly rate’).
2. STOP trying to make everything perfect.
3. STOP letting my days go on forever. Get a good night’s rest. (Early to Bed, Early to Rise, Makes a Man, Healthy, Wealthy & Wise).
4. STOP checking email all day long and STOP replying to them immediately.  (BIG one for me!)
   
5. STOP shortchanging my health by replacing exercise with work
6. STOP doing other people’s work for them; train them to do it for themselves.
7. STOP being distracted by work during family time.
8. STOP ‘pausing’ so often in the middle of major tasks.
9. STOP wasting time (mindless T.V, gaming & nonessential social networking) and replace with quality motivational reading and DVD’s.
10. STOP taking meetings and appointments that are not using my best time to produce the results and goals that I have.

10.5.  STOP listening to news talk radio and listen to only material from SUCCESS magazine.

Some additional great STOP DOING ideas:

• STOP doing important things last minute.
• STOP  doing projects and tasks that don’t fall into my top 3 priorities, delegate them instead.
• STOP  reading all emails to the end (I do not need to read them all).
• STOP  doing personal issues during business time and vice versa.
• STOP  procrastinating and start selling!
• STOP  listening to gossip and the like.
• STOP  procrastinating regarding the most important (#1 task of the day).
• STOP  fooling/convincing myself that I’m doing my best.
• STOP  taking calls from people who want to complain/vent about the job.
• STOP  logging on my computer first thing on weekend mornings.
• STOP  reading all the emails that I’m copied on (especially attachments).
• STOP multitasking and practice more focus. (‘SINGLE TASKING‘ is much more effective. Book: “The Power of Less” by Leo Batauta)
• STOP  checking mindless, social netstalking sites. (Another BIG one for me)!
• STOP  worrying about things that I have no control over.

Read entire article here:  http://darrenhardy.success.com/2009/01/wa-stopdoinglist/#comment-936

More Thoughts:
Rich or poor, we all have 24 hours every day, seven days every week and 365 days every year. Time is life’s most precious commodity, and how it is managed separates the rich from the poor.

A few distinctions:

• The planet is spinning, the clock is ticking and the fuse of time is burning, despite what you do. It’s up to you to make your time count.
• Time is perishable; you can’t save it. Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. You have to spend it. Spend it wisely.
• You cannot manage time; time marches on with or without you. All you can do is manage yourself.

The Only Way to Get More Time

You are already spending 24 hours a day and you don’t have enough time. How are you going to possibly get more done? The only way is to reevaluate how you spend your time and stop doing the time wasters, period. If you don’t like what your life has become or you want to take your life to the next level, you need to figure out what you can stop doing so that you can concentrate on what you should be doing in order to get better results in your life. We covered this process extensively in Step 1 and your Stop-Doing List.

Life is time. How you learn to utilize it determines your life. Want a better life? Become better at allocating your time.

Read entire article here: http://DarrenHardy.com