Make Every Minute Count
By: 
Brian Tracy
Time management is the central skill of success. Your ability to manage your
time, to focus and channel your energies on your highest value tasks, will
determine your rewards and your level of accomplishment in life more than any
other factor.
Save Hundreds of Hours and Thousands of Dollars in Personal Advancement
Your mind is your most precious asset. You must be continually working to
increase the quality of your thinking. One of the best ways is to turn driving
time into learning time. Listen to educational CDs or audio cassettes in your
car. The average driver, according to the American Automobile Association,
drives 12,000 to 25,000 miles each year, spending 500 to 1000 hours that you
spend each year in your car. That is the equivalent of 12 1/2 to 25 forty-hour
weeks. This is the same as two full university semesters spent behind the wheel
of your car each year.
Use Traveling Time as Learning Time
If you did nothing but use that traveling time as learning time, this decision
alone could make you one of the best educated people of your generation. Many
people have gone from rags to riches simply by listening to audio programs as
they drive to and from work.
Attend Every Seminar
In addition, for personal and professional development, you should attend every
seminar you can. You can often save yourself 100's of hours of reading and
researching by attending a seminar given by an authority in his or her field.
You can learn ideas, techniques and methods that can save you hours, days, even
months of hard work and research on your own.
Increase Your Earnings
Remember, to earn more, you must learn more. Your outer world of results will
always correspond to your inner world of preparation. Continuous learning is the
minimum requirement for success in any field.
Action Exercises
Now, here are two things you can do to put these ideas to work in your life
immediately.
First, purchase an audio program that can help you to be happier and more
effective today. Begin listening to it immediately. Resolve never to listen to
music in your car when you can turn driving time into learning time.
Second, seek out seminars and training programs given by experts in your field.
Sit close to the front, take careful notes, and apply the best ideas that you
learn immediately.
