In an early episode I made a comment that we all have the same 24 hours as Beyonce which prompted a listener to write in and say she’s barely human. I addressed that comment here, and I wanted to take a couple minutes to approach the topic from a slightly different angle.
It’s not easy to suddenly discover more time in your day. You might have a demanding job, a family, long commute, etc. I get it.
(and I’m pretty sure most of the green section is Netflix, right?)
So it looks like there’s absolutely no spare time to add anything extra to your plate, and that’s why I love internet-based businesses.
You can take your skills, experience, & expertise and offer them to the world 24/7 while your online process does all the hard work for you, no matter where you are in the world. Sure, it takes effort up front, but then that time invested can pay off on an infinite scale.
I know what you’re thinking (I am a mind reader, remember?). “Look at that chart! I don’t have time to build a business! I don’t know how to build a website!”
There are several objects I hear when I suggest people start an online business, so let me work through ’em and see why you can do it.
This is by far the most common reaction, and I understand. It really does feel like you can’t spare an extra second. But, in all the people I’ve worked with, creating massive change can be reduced to the question of:
Can you find 5 hours in your schedule?
See, when most folks are saying “I’m too busy to start a business,” they’re thinking of some future tomorrow time where schedules are kinda hazy. There are tons of things you’ve been “meaning to do” forever. Projects that are half done for months, people you mean to visit that you’ve not seen, etc.
But, until you take active control of your time, you could putz around at things that feel productive without actually getting anywhere. You’ll always be reacting instead of choosing how to respond.
Or, you could create an actual calendar where all your duties & responsibilities get put on the calendar and create an actual schedule of your time. Then, you put 5 hours somewhere in the week that are absolutely sacred. That’s your time to work on something that will make a difference in your life.
Like start an online business.
If you don’t have a calendar yet, that’s cool. You’re going to start one. In my own life, I found that when I started putting things on the calendar, shit got done. There wasn’t anymore “I’ll get to this someday.” I knew that I was getting to it on next Thursday.
“Let’s get coffee soon” turns into “I have a great opportunity to get coffee with you on Tuesday afternoon. Are you free?”
That’s how you GSD.
From that point on, you’ll stop reacting to what’s immediate, and start making time work on what’s important. (There’s a great way to think about urgent vs important in this episode as explained with Jedi & Stormtroopers, because I’m a nerd).
Creating a calendar that plans out how you will spend your time over the week is a small change, and seems too simple to do any good.
But it changes everything.
Before the magic of the internet, if you wanted to start a business. It was a big deal. You’d have to find investors, write a business plan, find office space, hire secretaries, pay experts to get your company incorporated, and the list goes on forever.
Now, though, with the most powerful tool in the history of mankind (the internet), we can put in time once, and it pays off forever. And it can be as simple as creating a list of people who want to hear from you (like an email list), and who want to exchange value for value with you.
It doesn’t matter where you are, just as long as you can connect to the internet, and you can run your business.
I’ve traveled the world, been all over the country, and I’ve always been able to plug in, put some time into the business, and continue choosing where I am.
Without the cube job I can:
I know you might be thinking that, so that’s why I decided to try an experiment.
About 7 months ago I got an office job. My day looks exactly like the chart at the top of this article.
And I’m still working on my online business. With just a few hours a week, I’m building a successful online business that’s helping people change their lives for the better.
So, if you’re tired of all the excuses for why you don’t have the time to change your life, I can help.
I’m thinking of putting together a complete walk-through of how I build a successful business using automated systems that anyone can use (no matter what your niche or industry).
I know. That’s where I come in. My mojo really centers around helping people understand what they bring to the table, and figure out how to showcase that skill in a way that people will want to pay you money for it.
It’s basically my superpower.
No matter what your expertise, you can build an automated process that will your message in front of the right people who are willing to pay you for it: even if you’re asleep or on a plane.
If that sounds like something you’re interested in, sign up and I’ll let you know when it’s ready.
To sweeten the deal, I’ll throw our super gorgeous e-book that will help you start thinking like a designer with 10 things you can do to get your head right.