The 168 Hour Week: Living Life
Your Way 24/7 (2010)......Page 2
Contents......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 15
Foreword by Mark Joyner......Page 16
Can You Really Live Your Life, Your Way?......Page 17
KEYPOINT......Page 20
01: Choosing a REAL Lifestyle......Page 24
What Goes Wrong With Traditional Time Management Strategy?......Page 25
The Well Concealed Facts of Real Life......Page 26
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Problem One......Page 27
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Problem Two......Page 28
The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Problem Three......Page 29
The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Life Solution......Page 30
The Hamster and the Wheel......Page 31
Ownership of Ideas......Page 34
The Ideal Future: Your Design......Page 37
KEYPOINT......Page 38
KEYPOINT......Page 40
Time = Money = Sex......Page 42
Key Points......Page 43
04: To Live Life YOUR WAY, You End Procrastination......Page 46
New Research Reveals a Key Procrastination Factor......Page 47
KEYPOINT......Page 48
The Simple Formula for Predicting Procrastination......Page 49
Factor 3: The Task (D)eadline or, Just How Soon Does This Have to Be Done?......Page 50
Factor 4: The (I)ndividual's Sensitivity to the Desirability of the Task......Page 51
05: Procrastination's Voice......Page 54
KEYPOINT......Page 55
KEYPOINT......Page 56
Mr. Chaos......Page 57
KEYPOINT......Page 58
For every project on which you procrastinate, you reinforce:......Page 59
What do you see as the 'root' of your most common manifestations of procrastination?......Page 61
Calming the Noise in the Bandwidth......Page 63
Mr. Critic......Page 64
Mr. Chaos......Page 65
Making your Personal Plan to Prevent Procrastination......Page 66
Task I'm Putting Off:......Page 67
Create an action plan......Page 68
Procrastination: Practicing for Death?......Page 69
The Procrastination Questionnaire......Page 71
Competing Commitments and The Power of Weakness......Page 75
The Power of The Core Instinctual Drives......Page 76
Goals are Not "Comfort"-able......Page 77
KEYPOINT......Page 78
People Don't Change and Everybody Lies......Page 79
The Single Most Important Factor in Change and Achievement?......Page 80
People's Lives Mimic the Stages of Societies......Page 81
So, what DO you do if you can't afford a First Class coach?......Page 82
Warning:......Page 83
Ugh. Much easier to just stick with what you have......Page 85
5 Stupid Things People Do That Lead to Failure......Page 86
The Science of Split Screen Thinking......Page 89
Why Don't People Change and/or "Do What's Right"?......Page 90
KEYPOINT......Page 91
07: The Ultimate Key to Success in Your Lifetime......Page 92
KEYPOINT......Page 93
MOMENTUM......Page 96
Meaning comes when something is not comfortable.......Page 98
Remember the real secret: See, Believe, Begin, Continue, Finish......Page 101
Life Management for Meaning......Page 103
You already know it, but for simplicity sake, here is your current life script:......Page 105
08: Bridging the Forced Life to Your Desired Life by ReShaping Your Mindset......Page 107
KEYPOINT......Page 108
KEYPOINT......Page 109
Do What You Love?......Page 110
KEYPOINT......Page 111
STEP TWO: Identifying Specific KEY Action Steps - and Taking Them!......Page 112
KEYPOINT......Page 113
STEP THREE: Planning for the Unexpected......Page 114
The Power of Beliefs......Page 115
The Foundations for Your Basic Beliefs about Your Self Quiz:......Page 116
Changing Existing Beliefs......Page 117
Stopping Self-Sabotaging Behaviors......Page 118
Habits......Page 120
KEYPOINT......Page 121
$10,000 KEYPOINT......Page 124
3 Key Goal Setting Principles......Page 125
How Failure Creeps Up .........Page 126
The Goal-Setting Distinction Between Failure and Success......Page 127
FACTORING IN ALL THE MODELS FOR FAILURE is DESTINED FOR FAILURE.......Page 128
One Factor That Hurts ..........Page 129
What Works in Goal Setting?......Page 130
10: Getting What YOU Really Want......Page 133
Simple Ways to Motivate You......Page 134
The Component of Confidence That Causes Success......Page 135
Strategies to Lift Confidence......Page 137
Accountability is the Key......Page 138
FACT: Accountability is on the other side of the spectrum from entitlement.......Page 139
The "Third Person" Perspective......Page 140
Re-Framing Influences......Page 141
The Great Equalizer......Page 143
Why Are You Overwhelmed?......Page 144
So What is the Answer?......Page 145
Lesson One in Self Management:......Page 146
Lack of Focus or Proper Planning......Page 148
Lack of Discipline......Page 149
Failure......Page 150
Quick Project......Page 151
The Productive Person......Page 153
Solutions to Most Time Problems are Found in Short Term Goals:......Page 158
Overload and Inability to Prioritize Preclude Productivity......Page 160
Boredom Precludes Productivity......Page 161
Poor Self-Esteem Precludes Productivity......Page 162
Enhance Productivity......Page 163
12: Time Plan: The System......Page 168
The Tradeoff......Page 169
Focus and Intensity......Page 170
Kevin Hogan's Time Plan into Action......Page 171
W.D.K.D.? What DOES Kevin Do?......Page 172
Here's the completion rule:......Page 176
The Time Plan System......Page 177
Overview:......Page 182
Step One: THE COMFORT ZONE......Page 183
Step Two: DECISION......Page 187
The Payoff......Page 188
Step Three: DRAGONS......Page 189
Step Four: THE DRAIN......Page 191
Step Five: THE DECADE......Page 192
Step Six: THE SECOND OPINION PAGE......Page 195
Step Seven: THE FEAR LIST......Page 196
Step Eight: THE WORRY PAGE......Page 197
Step Nine: THE HOW DO YOU FEEL CHART......Page 198
Step Ten: THE CHANGE LIST......Page 199
Step Eleven: THE REWARDS PAGE......Page 200
The Time Plan System Part Two: Shaping and Reshaping......Page 201
Step One: From Then to Now - How You Came to Be the You of Today......Page 202
Step Two: Getting to Know Yourself......Page 204
Step Three: Your Life......Page 206
Step Four: Your Biography - Overcoming Fears and Challenges......Page 210
Step Five: What Life Do I Really Want?......Page 213
Step Six: Forgiveness......Page 215
Step Seven: Getting in Touch With Your Dreams......Page 217
Step Eight: Defining Meaningful Work......Page 219
Step Nine: Discovering Your Natural Talents and Passions......Page 221
Step Ten: Prompts for Talents and Passions......Page 223
Step Eleven: Life Repair......Page 226
Step Twelve: Qualities I Admire About Myself, and Things I Would Change......Page 229
Step Thirteen: Sacrifices and Gains......Page 231
Step Fourteen: Conquering the Fear of Success......Page 233
Step Fifteen: Goal-Setting......Page 235
Step Sixteen: Choosing Strategy to Achieve......Page 239
Step Seventeen: Staying On Target......Page 240
Step Eighteen: Creative Ways to Deal with Obstacles......Page 241
Step Nineteen: Biography: Your Life Chapter Q!......Page 243
Step Twenty: 12-Month Outcomes & Obstacles......Page 244
The Time Plan System Part Three: Taking the Task In Hand......Page 257
My Get to Do List......Page 258
The Daily Significant Project List......Page 260
Prioritizing Projects......Page 261
Step One: Daily Significant Project List......Page 263
3-10 Day Significant Project List......Page 264
Step Two: 3-10 Day Significant Project List......Page 266
30 - 365 Significant Project List......Page 267
Step Three: 30-365 Significant Project List......Page 268
Step Four: Significant Project List for the Future......Page 269
Profitable Project Chart......Page 270
Step Five: Upcoming Productive and Profitable Projects......Page 272
Daily Planner or Weekly Planner......Page 273
Weekly vs. Daily......Page 274
Optimal Time Planning......Page 275
Systemization......Page 279
7-Step Plan for a Realistic Schedule......Page 280
Family Time......Page 282
Unexpected Delays ... Happen All the Time......Page 283
Making Moment to Moment Decisions......Page 284
Setting Boundaries......Page 285
Sometimes IT Really Is NOT Your Problem......Page 286
Boundaries Require You to Decline......Page 288
It's All About Honoring and Taking care of Your Self......Page 289
Conclusion......Page 290
Bibliography......Page 291
Resources......Page 294