The Best Minute: Not making time, testing a good idea, and why you need to fail

1 IDEA FROM ME

When it comes to something you would like to do but are not doing, it is helpful to state out loud what is really happening. Instead of saying “I don’t have enough time for _____.” Say:

I have chosen to spend time on things other than ______
Doing _____ isn’t a priority for me right now
It isn’t important enough for me right now to ______
I’m not willing to stop doing _____ in order that I can spend time on ______

Many times, the reason why we aren’t doing something we know we should or we would like to do is not that we don’t have the time, it’s because haven’t made the time.

Sometimes, you really don’t have the time. For example, “I have chosen to spend more time with my kids in this season” is a perfectly legitimate reason why we don’t have the time to do something else, even if we wish we did. Other times, we actually do have the time, but it isn’t as big of a priority to us as we say it is, otherwise, we would make the time.

All of that to say, we do the things that are important to us. Don’t assume you’re a victim of a lack of time. Instead, remember that you can spend your time however you wish, it just takes a little bit of intentionality.

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I. Co-founder of Netflix Marc Randolph on how to know if you have a good idea:

“The main thing I’ve learned in 40-plus years as an entrepreneur is that nobody knows anything.

Nobody knows if your idea is good or bad. You don’t know if it’s good or bad. You need to test your idea, trial it, collide it with reality. That’s the only way to learn.”

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II. Seth Godin on how to win in life:

“The rule is simple: the person who fails the most will win. If I fail more than you do, I will win. Because in order to keep failing, you’ve got to be good enough to keep playing.”

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1 INTERESTING FACT

Raindrops are not actually “drop” shaped.

The “raindrop” designation is actually a misnomer since scientists have concluded that rain is not actually shaped like a teardrop. When water molecules condense and bind together in the atmosphere before falling, they form a more-or-less spherical shape, looking kind of like a hamburger bun. As they fall, they encounter air pressure, flattening the bottom of the drops, so that they end up taking on a shape more like a hamburger bun.

Source: RD

1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH

What is something I could benefit from caring less about?

P.S. My childhood was a lie.