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The Playbook With David Meltzer

How do I find the time to "do it all"? | #AskDavidMeltzer 18

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

People always ask me how I manage my time or how I find the time for all the activity in my life and I always tell them to be a student of their calendar. There are three things you need to study on your calendar, not just look at, but study. 1. Study the things you have planned for the day. Look to create efficiencies with your habits. For example, I have a 5/20 Rule, where I try to schedule five-minute phone calls and keep my in-person meetings to 20 minutes, which ultimately promotes a more productive conversation. 2. Study the white space of your calendar. How can you schedule more of those five-minute calls or 20-minute meetings? How can you be more accessible to those who might need you? And don’t forget to ensure you schedule downtime for activities that you enjoy, which I call “activities you don’t get paid for.” 3. Study your sleep. It not only is the restorative process, but it enhances your immune system, which is of the utmost importance. You need to build a consistent sleep routine that helps restore not only your physical being but your mental health, as well. If you want me to answer your question on the podcast, tweet me @davidmeltzer, or email me a video at [email protected] of you asking me a question and I will answer it for a future episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

How do you find the time to do it all?

0:03.7

That's awesome.

0:04.2

So I don't believe in busy.

0:06.2

I really don't.

0:07.2

This is one of my favorite questions.

0:08.7

I believe in activity you get paid for and activity

0:10.7

that you don't get paid for.

0:12.2

I believe in having two routines.

0:14.6

One for when things are normal at home.

0:18.3

And then one for when family comes in town, you travel,

0:20.7

et cetera.

0:21.8

I have rules like a 520 rule.

0:23.8

I was taught by Bob Proctor years ago that every phone call

0:27.1

for business should be five minutes

0:28.6

because after five minutes you're visiting,

0:30.4

every meeting should be 20.

0:32.3

Go ahead and schedule time for visiting.

0:33.9

One of the other things that I do that's different

0:35.9

is the most common habit in the world is sleep.

0:39.9

It's also I look at life with a lens of productivity

0:43.0

accessibility.

0:44.3

Nobody study sleep.

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