You'd have more time to exercise...hurrah! Many years ago I went to Brazil, and on one occasion I had a 2 month vacation, and then about 6 months later, I had a 3 month vacation. If you have never done this before, you are missing out, and you'll never look at life and your job the same.
I came across a book, The 4-hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss, which has totally reinvigorated me. I completely agree with Tim in that it is better to define your dreams and work backwards. So many people slog along along until some magic time in retirement when they may or may not be able to do what they had always dreamed of doing.
Ferriss speaks about being "effective" rather than just "efficient". I see this as being so important not only in your business life, but also with your training.
I know that some of you will doubt that something like working four hours a week is possible. If you continue to be consumed by emails, Blackberry's, and TV watching amongst other consumers of your time...then I guarantee that you life will not change. But there are other options.
One suggestion in The Four Hour Work Week is outsourcing. Limit what you personally have to attend to, and outsource those things that others can do for you.
Basically you need to be the director of your life, or you will be pulled in all different directions.
I have implemented the author's suggestion with regards to email overload. if you email me these days you'll get an automated response that says,
As most of my day is spent in the field training clients, I am
checking email once daily, often in the evening. If you need a
response before tomorrow, please call me.
Have an incredible day,
Stephen"
