The 888 Formula
Abigail Barnes
? Global Speaker | Author | Coach | Trainer | Podcast Host | Productive Wellbeing | The 888 Formula
Is a framework to help you confront & decide how you want to allocate your time on a daily basis.
The 888 Formula is the simplest way for you to divide your 24 hour day based on Science & Society.
→ Science advises us to sleep between 7-9 hours, so lets call that 8.
→ Society operates an 8 hour work day.
→ That leaves 8 hours for your life, Activities, which is everything that isn't Sleep (which we call Rest as it's more than just sleep) or Work & yes your commute comes out of this bucket .
You can find out more about the Formula in Time Management for Entrepreneurs & Professionals.
Playing the 24 hour game
We all get the same 24 hours, but we don't all want the same things, come from the same circumstances, or have the same education about what's possible for us.
Some of us were 'raised' to trade our time for money, doing jobs that paid us but didn't necessarily excite us, rewarded us for working longer than everyone else, sleeping when we could and making do without a life.
Which worked then, was the product of societal norms, a world war, great depression, boom, bust and a lot of generational mis-information, assumptions and self worth trauma - but that's not how the world we live in today, is designed to operate.
"Do the best you can until you know better." Maya Angelou
It's Your Time
★ I started teaching the 888 Formula in November 2017
A near death experience is the reason I do what I do today, where it not for nearly dying after a stroke on a work Business Trip to Boston Massachusetts on 25 February 2012 I don't know if I'd have found the courage to quit my successful, corporate job, write a book or two and start a business teaching on Time.
It was in the moments when I thought I might die, that I realised the importance of time, I saw and felt the pain of regret for the things I hadn't done, said or tried while I'd been alive and it felt 1000% times worse than any failures, rejections or mistakes I'd ever experienced.
After that I BEGGED them for a second chance to come back and REALLY give living a go, and to share the message with the world that It's Your Time too!!
"The Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Lao Tzu
I stepped off the cliff without a parachute & a net appeared...and the next 10 years really is a story for another day, and something I'll be sharing more about on The Time Management Podcast launching on my Birthday 19 October :-)
What are you ready to change?
They say the result you want comes from the days, weeks, months, years of dreaming, discussing and deciding. That the manifestation may come over night, but it's been in the works for a while...
▲ You don't need a near death experience to start your new chapter
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▲ Your new chapter doesn't need to be quitting your job & starting a Business
▲ Your next step doesn't need to be a giant leap
Success is the product of momentum - Momentum is the product of an action!
??? Let me know in the comments, what are you ready to change?
See you again next time.
Abigail
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Abigail Barnes is the Author of Time Management for Entrepreneurs & Professionals
"Abigail’s book is a mindset changer. I read the book cover to cover in one day and have implemented so many changes to my life and mindset. Time management is the key to getting more done. Abigail’s book is thought provoking and challenging, throughly recommend it to anyone who wants to be successful in more than one area of their life."?Kev Orkian
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1 年I’m all here for the 8hr activities time, what’s life all about if we don’t carve the time out for what we want to do from a fun capacity!
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1 年I am aghast at the thought of having 8 spare hours for personal time a day! You don't realise when you are rushing through... Definitely a great concept ?? I need to push more to make my personal 8 hours more productive ??
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1 年Love this! Your words always land!
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1 年Thanks for posting.