This is a talk I gave at Tufts University at a class for the Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies department. It focused on being aware of the time that passes every day, how you choose to spend it, and how you should be choosing to spend it. It's about finding your "Bottom Line" and letting it dictate how you spend your time. - Albert Nichols
15. No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of
physical training.
What a disgrace it is for a person to grow old without ever
seeing the beauty and strength which their body is
capable
16. No citizen has a right to be an amateur.
What a disgrace it is for a person to grow old without ever
seeing the beauty and strength of which they are capable
17. “You are vulnerable to those who will be more than happy
to define you, and to direct that fraudulent self they
created, toward their fraudulent ends.”
i.e. If you don’t choose,
someone else will for you
18. “It is always
darkest just before
the day dawneth"
- Thomas Fuller
Time spent
Quality of what
you’re doing
But Remember… Your actions predict the future
19. “The night is
darkest just
before dawn”
- The Dark Night
Time spent
Quality of what
you’re doing
But Remember… Your actions predict the future
34. Brick walls are there for a reason.
Brick walls give us a chance to show how badly
we want something.
Brick walls are there to stop the people who
don’t want it badly enough.
They’re there to
stop the other people.
41. Guess and Check Every Month
•What key decisions am I
about to make?
•What outcomes do I
expect?
•What patterns do I see?
•What do I need to
enhance in order to get
what I want?
•What bad habits are
preventing me from
getting the outcomes I
desire?
•What are my strengths?
•What do I value?
Review your results
from last month
ASK:
Tip:
Make a monthly recurring calendar
reminder with these questions and the
next slide as the description
42. Habit Check
Habits speed time
Habits deaden anxiety
Some Habits
•Brush teeth
•Shower
•Laundry
•Have a drink
•Socialize
•Chipotle
•Exercise
•Surf YouTube
•Check Facebook/
insta, etc
•Read
•Pick your nose
Exercise:
1.Write down your daily,
weekly, Monthly Habits
2.Which ones would you keep?
3.Create action plan to eliminate
bad habits and build new ones
45. If you leave with
nothing else:
Actively choose how to spend your time
Determine what your “Bottom Line” is
When in doubt, do what feels good (right)
Look in the proverbial mirror and ask “do I like what I see, where I’m going?”
If yes? Scale the Brick Walls
If no? Feel the Rhythm
46.
47. What You’ll Encounter
Salary Negotiations
Quitting
Transitioning Jobs
Saying No
Dealing with the office a**hole
Being a serious commuter
Being a 9-5er
Being taken advantage of
Being called a millennial
Unknown Expectations
48. Tools
Meditation and Mindfulness
headspace.com
Pen and paper — Burn after reading (writing)
Reading
medium.com
getpocket.com
The people next to you
twitter.com
Productivity
Clear realmacsoftware.com/clear