Have You Heard of “Knowledge Obesity?”

Yesterday, I read an article from Human Resources Director Magazine called, Struggling with ‘knowledge obesity’? You’re not alone.

In the article, Jess Bell shares a warning from Elmo Software’s Chief Human Resources Officer, Monica Watt, about the tsunami of information we now have to face in a remote world.

Watt says that this immense wave of information has brought about what she calls “knowledge obesity.”

What’s the difference between knowledge obesity and good old ordinary information overload? Here’s what Watt told Bell…

“…the concept of knowledge obesity is subtly different to too much information.

“With the rise of apps, employees have tools at their disposal, for example, organisation apps to streamline productivity or meditation apps to prioritise their mental health.

“But with knowledge, it’s much harder to assess what is and isn’t necessary in our working lives.”

– Monica Watt quoted in Struggling with ‘knowledge obesity’? You’re not alone by Jess Bell

So, according to Watt, all this knowledge makes our brains “obese” and paralyzed.

That’s why I told you in a previous article that our problem is NOT with time management.

Our problem is with ATTENTION Management.

When we manage our attention better, then we’ll manage our time better.

And here’s the good news.

Trying to manage our time can seem overwhelming and complicated.

But managing our attention doesn’t have to be like that.

The 3 Keys to Increased Focus, Efficiency & Creativity

I’ve come across three simple things that will help any of us to become more focused, more effective, and more creative in the new year.

Just to be clear, these three simple things are not just something I made up.

I discovered them. Let me explain…

1. The first key is something that many of the “Greats” from the past implemented daily in their lives. 

2. The second key is based on an ancient concept that was unknowingly implemented by one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century.

3. The third key is based on a mindset that both modern productivity experts and an ancient group of people agree upon.

What Makes These Three Keys Better Than Your Typical Time Management System

These three keys are NOT like your typical time management system.

In fact, the interesting thing about these three keys is:

• They DON’T require more work or effort on your part. In fact, it requires less.
• They DON’T require you to memorize some new time management system. They can be easily remembered once you learn them.
• They DO require you to do what the majority of our 24/7, non-stop world doesn’t do.
• They’re not difficult things. They’re just overlooked by most people.
• They DO require you to relax and slow down.

I’ve taken these three keys and I’ve recorded a 39:00 minute video explaining WHAT they are,  WHY they are so important, and HOW to implement them in your life.

I’ll Let You Watch the First 17 Minutes of My Training for Free

When I first found these three keys, I was so sure of them that I reached out to some friends on Facebook to see if any would want to give them a try.

Thankfully, I had some friends who wanted to be my guinea pigs. 🙂

I was glad to have people try out these keys, but I was even more excited to see the positive results they got from applying these three keys.

After I knew that these three keys worked, I offered the training for $56. This year, I’ve decided to offer them to you for a special price.

(*I’ll begin offering it for a special price during the week of January 4th, so stay tuned.)

But before I give anyone the chance to buy it, I decided to let you watch the first 17 mins of the recording for free.

That way you can get a taste of it before you decide if you want to get full access to it.

Just to be clear, you won’t learn what the three keys are in the first 17 mins. I’m saving those for people who purchase the recording.

But you will discover:

• The connection Benjamin Franklin has with time management systems
• How/why ancient people cared more about time than we do
• The most important thing that all successful people seem to do

This will give you a significant taste of it before you decide to purchase the whole thing.

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If You Missed the Previous Articles

If you missed the previous articles in this series on the myth of time management, then you can see them here:

• The One Act That Ensures Complete Attention (A Story That Will Make You Think)
• Henry Ford: This is the Weakness of Us All
• Time Management is Not Your Real Problem
• The Art of Living: Are You an Amateur or an Artist?

(*All of the above links open in a new window.)

If you missed the previous articles in this series on the myth of time management, then you can see them here:

• The One Act That Ensures Complete Attention (A Story That Will Make You Think)
• Henry Ford: This is the Weakness of Us All
• Time Management is Not Your Real Problem

(*All of the above links open in a new window.)

And now for today’s article…

The Artist and the Amateur

I want you to think about this.

If you give the average person $1,000 – that they’re free to spend on anything they’d like, in an hour or less, most will have nothing left.

But give a financial expert $1,000 and watch what happens.

In the same amount of time, they can invest it and set into motion the possibility of that $1,000 becoming $2,000 or even $10,000.

If you give the average person a pencil and paper – and ask them to draw you something, most will have trouble coming up with something worth more than something you hang on your refrigerator.

Give an artist a pencil and paper and then watch them produce a masterpiece worthy of being shown in a museum.

Let me give you one more example…

Give an average person access to a piano and they might be able to play you “Chopsticks.”

Give a professional pianist access to the same piano and they can play you “Beethoven’s 9th Symphony“.

In most areas of life, we know that it’s not just what you’re GIVEN that matters. It’s what you DO with what you’re given. 

But somehow, when it comes to time and our lives, we don’t seem to see this correlation.

Don’t Be Fooled By the Calendar

Author Charles Richards once said something powerful about this. 

He said, “Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week.”

Listen to that last sentence again…

“One person gets a week’s value out of a year and the other person gets a full year’s value out of a week.”

We all have the same 7 days each week.
The same 10,080 minutes each week.

No one is getting any more minutes or days than you are.

The question is: What are doing with minutes and days?

You are either using your time like an amateur or like an artist.

What good is it to be good at everything else in life, except living our lives well?

Richard L. Evans, the former president of Rotary International, said…

“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.”

Richard L. Evans, the former president of Rotary International

None of us knows how much time we get in this life.

Some of us will get more.
Some of us will get less.

Our only choice is to use whatever time we get in the best way we can.

I want to encourage you to not wait to live your life.

Stop being fooled by the calendar and begin to use your days more wisely.

When people look at your life, will they say that the way you crafted and formed your life was like an artist or like an amateur?

The 3 Keys to Increased Focus, Efficiency & Creativity

The hardest thing these days seems to be figuring out how to use our time wisely.

We have so many options, we’re overwhelmed.

It’s hard to know what to focus on. 

It’s easy to feel like our wheels are spinning, but we’re not going anywhere.

I recently discovered three simple things that can help you to increase your focus, efficiency, and creativity.

They can help you to seize each day more fully.

I discovered them when I was looking at the way people lived in the past.

I’ll Give You Free Access to Part of My Recorded Training on These Three Keys

I recorded a 39-minute video training where I revealed what these three keys are.
In the past, I’ve sold the recording for $56.

I will tell you more about the recording tomorrow and let you listen to the first 17 mins of the recording for free.

And, if you like it and want access to the full recording, I’ll give you the full access for a discounted price.

Stay tuned.

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How Much Time We Waste

If you think that you don’t waste time, you should take a look at these stats:

• On average, we spend two hours and twenty-four minutes a day on social media. (Source: BroadbandSearch.net)
• Average smartphone usage is 3 hours and 15 minutes per day. (Source: RescueTime.com)
• The average American spends 24.4 days a year doing household chores. (Source: PolicyGenius.com)
• The average American sleeps 134 days a year. (Source: PolicyGenius.com)

Our Problem is Not with Time Management

More time.

It’s the thing that we’re all chasing after, but I have become convinced that we’re chasing after the wrong thing.

Our problem is NOT with time management.

Our problem is with ATTENTION Management.

The tools, luxuries, and benefits of our modern lives that were supposed to add to our lives have ended up distracting us from the important things in life.

It’s not our time that we need to manage better.

It’s our attention. When we manage our attention better, THEN we’ll manage our time better.

And here’s the good news.

Trying to manage our time can seem overwhelming and complicated.

But managing our attention doesn’t have to be like that.

You see, when it comes to how you manage your attention and your time, the key is to be an artist, not an amateur.

I’ll explain more about what I mean in my next article…

The Art Of Living – Are You An Amateur Or An Artist?

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Let’s face it. We live in an age of increase.

Everything is bigger and better.

Except for one thing: our attention spans.

Henry Ford once said, “A weakness of all human beings is trying to do too many things at once. That scatters effort and destroys direction. It makes for haste, and haste makes waste. So we do things all the wrong ways possible before we come to the right one.”

Too many things are pulling at us these days.

There are too many things to distract us. Let’s be honest.

• It’s not a lack of opportunity that holds us back in most cases.
• It’s that many times we don’t see the opportunity that’s right in front of us.
• It’s not a lack of time that keeps us from getting our work done.
• It’s the fact that we can’t decide what’s the most important thing that we should be focused on. (It is a flaw in a business setting, but it’s “fatal” in our personal lives.)
• It’s not that the problems that we’re facing are insurmountable. 
• It’s that we don’t have the time to think about them and come up with the solutions to these problems.

We all are so busy that we wish we had more time to see the opportunities, decide what’s important, and come up with more solutions to our problems.

It’s just that we can’t seem to find the time.

But what if our problem isn’t that we don’t have enough time?

What if we’ve been looking in the wrong direction for a solution and actually missing the real issue in the process?

In my next article, I’ll explain why I believe that time management isn’t the real problem and I’ll explain what our real problem is.

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If you’re like most people, you probably think that the biggest thing that will keep you from success in 2021 is your lack of time. In other words, you think that your biggest problem is with time management.

Well, you might not believe this, but your problem (and my problem) will actually be with a different type of management.

I’ll reveal more of what I mean about this in an article scheduled for later this week. But before I do that, you need to first hear this story today.

An Ancient Story About Attention

There is an ancient story about attention that was once told by a man called “Pliny the Elder,” a Roman writer who lived during the same time period as Jesus. 

He told a story of the setting of a massive obelisk, which when erected would stand 99 feet tall.

It was such a monumental task that 20,000 workers were chosen to pull on the ropes and activate the hoisting apparatus.

There was great responsibility and risk in the operation.

It would just take one error and the obelisk would fall, which would ruin years of work.

The King demanded one act that insured the complete attention and best direction of the engineer.

What was the one act which could ensure this?

He ordered the engineer’s own son to be strapped to the apex of the obelisk so that the engineer’s heart, as well as his head, would be given to the task.

Whether you realize it or not, your ability to bring the absolute focus of your heart and mind to the right things in the new year will impact the well-being of the things and the people you care about.

So let me ask you a question… What would it take to get YOUR absolute focused attention in 2021?

I want you to really think about that because your focused attention will be needed if you want to reach new levels in your life and business this year.

In my upcoming articles, I’m going to reveal how you can harness your absolute focus this year without needing to endanger anyone you love to accomplish this. 🙂

In the other articles I’ll share:

• The weakness of us all
• Time management isn’t the real issue (our real problem isn’t with time)
• Three keys that I stumbled upon which will solve our real problem

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