Ain't got know time...

Benjamin Franklin once said, “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” We make excuses why we can’t squeeze another task into a day, especially when it comes to learning. We treat learning like we do exercising; we’ll get to it when we can. Eventually, a lack of learning, like exercising, will lead to the terminal illness of your career. It’s more effective to work out for 20 minutes, 5 days per week than it is to work out once for 9 hours straight. Sadly, we think we have to lock ourselves up in a room and cram for 9 hours straight, instead of chunking it into small 20 minute daily sessions. There’s a difference in having no time versus know time. Knowing when and how to spend it will bring you more consistent results. Is it possible to have your cake and eat it too? Absolutely! It is possible to watch your favorite NFL football game and squeeze in a few minutes of training-after all, an average NFL football game is played in just 11 minutes!

Recently, The Wall Street Journal published an article breaking down an entire NFL broadcast game. Here are the results:

11 minutes of actual playing time (the typical play lasts 4 seconds)
17 minutes of instant replays
67 minutes of players standing around
3 seconds of cheerleaders
60 minutes of commercials

Never fear, you won’t miss a single down, replay, booth review, nor sideline shot. Instead of sitting on the couch, like every other salesperson, being pitched by an hour’s worth of commercials, grab your smart phone, ipod, or journal and invest 1200 seconds into getting ahead in your career. Do what others won’t, so you can become what they’ll never be. By the way, your pizza is ready.

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Comment by Marsh Buice on September 10, 2011 at 11:13am: Amen!!!

Comment by Jim Kristoff on September 10, 2011 at 11:08am: Marsh....ALL of us polished head brothers are wizards!!!...LOL....

Comment by Marsh Buice on September 10, 2011 at 11:01am: Jim..lol i introduce myself as Oz-the man bhind the curtain, when meeting a cust

Comment by Jim Kristoff on September 10, 2011 at 10:36am: (using my best Wizard of Oz voice)

"Pay NO attention to that man behind the curtain!!"

Comment by Marsh Buice on September 10, 2011 at 10:35am: Thnks brother! dE is the best...I love hagin with the wizards of the industry!

Comment by Marsh Buice on September 9, 2011 at 11:23am: Thanks Stephanie, we can steal little nuggets of time.

Comment by Stephanie Young on September 9, 2011 at 9:52am: Great blog, Marsh-man!!!! I am thankful that I am a busy body, hyper-active and have two speeds.....awake and asleep. I have done some of my best blog writing watching games...lol. Love the breakdown on play time in a football game. I bet we can do similar analysis on other activities that waste so much of our "know time".

Comment by Marsh Buice on September 8, 2011 at 7:54pm: Tony, "Sell your car in 660 seconds or less" You got my wheels going now, brother. Great idea-thanks for the comment

Comment by Tony Provost on September 8, 2011 at 7:40pm: marsh- interesting? I wonder, If one advertised on the airways, Home of the 11 minute deal!!! Sell you a car in 11 minutes or less! NEVER a wait for anything!! Great BLOG! You really got me thinking!!

Comment by Marsh Buice on September 8, 2011 at 5:52pm: I need to study how long it takes to digest Gator meat!! LOL, thanks brother. Geaux Saints!!