314: Takeaways from Slipstream Time Hacking by Benjamin Hardy

07-12-2022 • 43 mins

How do you like spending your time alone?

Welcome to today’s episode of the ‘School of Self-Image’ Podcast with host and self-image coach, Tonya Leigh, where personal development meets style. This a go-to podcast for women who desire to transform their self-image so that they can create mind-blowing results in their lives.

Today, I’ll be sharing the key takeaways from the book of Benjamin Hardy, ‘Slipstream Time Hacking.’ It is a self-improvement book that revolves around time, life, mindset, and decisions. Imagine yourself taking control of your life where time is the number one currency and reasons why you should take action.

Time = Money. For Ben, time is the new money. In the book, you will realize the value of time in a very realistic way. Every page has that effect on your life ~ what you do, what you think, and what you know.

So, here I am challenging you to live the life you always wanted to live right now! But before that, listen to this week’s episode to learn ways how to make it possible.

What I Cover In This Episode:

0:37 - 2022 Thanksgiving

2:11 - The concept of slipstream

6:32 - Takeaway #1: Measuring life as distance traveled rather than time elapsed.

10:26 - Takeaway #2: A well-lived life is nothing more than a collection of well-lived days.

15:24 - Decision making: speed VS magnitude

16:34 - Takeaway #3: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”- Parkinson's law

18:44 - The story of Tim and Ben

21:40 - Takeaway #4: Change doesn't have to take a long time, it happens the instant we decide.

25:49 - Takeaway #5: Time is our only currency.

30:19 - Takeaway #6: Those who become the greatest and go the farthest are highly selective about what they take on.

31:22 Takeaway #7: Most of us engage in far too many priorities.

32:20 - Takeaway #8: Despite turbulence and other conditions, keeping the plane off course.

34:20: Takeaway #9: True commitment can only occur when turning back is no longer an option.

36:15 - Takeaway #10: When you commit to something a hundred percent, all of your future choices are already made no matter how attractive the circumstances.

36:52 - Takeaway #11: Time is sacred in the first few hours of your day.

37:49 - Takeaway #12: Leveraging other people's time, skills and money are essential for getting where you want to go faster.

39:05 - Takeaway #13: We all have invisible doors and the direct proximity that will transport us decades into our best futures.

40:55 - Takeaway #14: You're bound to fumble along the way.

42: 06: Takeaway #15: When the end of life comes, we leave with nothing but our relationships.

Quotes:

“I set really big goals for myself.”

“If a task is perceived to be unimportant, it will take enormous amounts of time to complete. Conversely, if a task is perceived to be important, it will get done soon. Sometimes immediately depending on how important and urgent the task is.”

“... think about how we're spending our time. Are we spending our time on the things that we really want to be spending it on?”

“Life in general in our world with limitless options, limitless books to read, limitless clothes to wear, a limitless path to take it is extremely important to be picky.”

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