Wasting 100,000 hours
Mark Henson, at sparkspace, explains how to waste 100,000 hours:
"Oh, sure, many of those hours are spend producing useful widgets or information for the company you work for, serving customers, and earning a living for you and your family. But the majority of those hours are still wasted...in negativity.
Because you didn't enjoy them. Because your mindset was negative too often. Because you let your co-workers, boss, the economy, or some other devil drag you down. Because you had a fight with the kids before school. Because you were late. Because you're having a bad hair day. Because you didn't bring your A game. Because, because, because, because, because...because of all the horrible things life does."
Or not:
Thanks, Cara.
"Oh, sure, many of those hours are spend producing useful widgets or information for the company you work for, serving customers, and earning a living for you and your family. But the majority of those hours are still wasted...in negativity.
Because you didn't enjoy them. Because your mindset was negative too often. Because you let your co-workers, boss, the economy, or some other devil drag you down. Because you had a fight with the kids before school. Because you were late. Because you're having a bad hair day. Because you didn't bring your A game. Because, because, because, because, because...because of all the horrible things life does."
Or not:
- walk away from gossip instead of listening or (gasp!) participating.
- get organized instead of fighting through my mess every day.
- get enough sleep instead of staying up late.
- read a positive book instead of watching a ridiculous "reality" show.
- encourage a co-worker instead of criticizing him.
- be on time for meetings and appointments instead of always trying to squeeze in "one more thing".
- avoid negative people that practice the dark magic of sucking all
positivity out of me and replacing it with their negative mojo.
Thanks, Cara.
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