That 5-hour Rule

 

There are so many shared commonalities between Warren Buffett, Elon Musk and many more moguls and one that stands out of late is their adoption of the 5-hour rule.  NO matter how busy these moguls are, they NEVER cease learning, they NEVER stop learning NO MATTER HOW busy they may be.  BUT before you balk on that 5-hour rule, it's NOT spending 5-hours per day on something.  Instead, it's spending an hour a day, five days a week, focused solely on LEARNING📗📙📘

Before I get suspected for being in cahoots with BLINKIST, it being an apps [WHICH is free only on trial basis], allow me to qualify that BLINKIST is NOT the only platform for us to try pursuing that 5-hour rule.  There are tons and tons of FREE learning apps and platforms.  BUT again, those WON'T be delivered on your very door steps by UPS or DHL.  You got to have that hunger and thirst for LEARNING dude💥💥💥

Let's touch a bit on the anatomy of a day.  As there are 24 hours in a day [OR 1,440 minutes] and the average person sleeps around eight hours a day [with the Dutch sleeping the most and the Singaporeans the least].  That leaves us 16 waking hours left to spend.  We need to subtract the seven to eight hours a day during WHICH most people work though those sleepy Dutch work a bit less.  So, we're down to nine remaining hours.  Much of those nine hours are taken up by life 'admin' tasks and of course eating /drinking.  Of course there are massive cultural differences lurking in that category❎❎❎

YES, most of us have at least a few hours to do with WHAT they want.  And for some, those hours are wasted away on non-work related phone worship.  BUT these are NOT the people WHO will become the entrepreneurs, innovators and success stories in the future.  The recent past decades, we have heard Elon Musk, Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates all employing that 5-hour rule.  The idea here is that devoting an hour of your day to learning and education, improving one's skills💚💛💜

Our takeaway:  SO HOW?  Even accepting the wisdom in the 5-hour rule, it can still come over as daunting.  After a long day, with tired eyes and a throbbing headache, most of us will reach for our smart phone.  SO, let's learn however we can.  Reading print on a book is one way of learning BUT it's NOT the only way.  In fact, if you DON'T enjoy reading that much, it's likely you'll learn less from it anyway.  Today, podcasts and audiobooks are great ways to spend your hour [as part of the 5-hour rule].  WHAT's more, the internet is full of educational, entertaining and enlightening articles].  Dude, bettering yourself is NOT a tough task😁😁😁