Today at a Glance:

• Question: Redefining Patience

• Quote: Patience & Equanimity - Carl Jung

• Framework: The 20 Minute Rule

• Resource: Patience - Guns N’ Roses

Question on redefining patience:

How is your ability to be patient harming your life?

We live in a world that is obsessed with convenience. We tap our watches to pay for groceries, Uber Eats delivers food in 20 minutes, and Amazon ships to your door the next day.

Heck, studies have now shown that our attention spans are 8 seconds, which is less than a goldfish.

With this current model of society it can be hard to stay consistent when we are not seeing immediate results in various areas of our life. We want things quick. We want things now.

This can be damaging to our self esteem… At least that has been my personal experience at times over the years!

But what if we changed our time horizon?

What would happen if we took the pressure off of ourselves to succeed tomorrow and said “Let me make this a goal to complete by the end of 2024”.

Doesn’t that take some of the pressure off to hit your unreasonable expectations?

Take a breath. Baby steps. One day at a time.

Quote by Carl Jung:

“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.”

All great things take time.

Patience is your new superpower.

Framework: The 20 Minute Rule

Did you know that if you spend 20 minutes a day on a given skill, you will become better than 95% of the world at that particular skill.

That is what happens when you marry patience with consistency. You can apply this to anything from becoming a facebook ads guru, to a wizard on the guitar, or to being a master of meditation.

Here is your new 4 step framework moving forward.

1. Pick something you want to improve in.

2. Dedicate 20 minutes a day for 1 year to practicing.

3. Find an accountability partner.

4. Release all attachment to the outcome and focus on the journey.

Resource: A little music for your Monday work break.

“I sit here on the stairs

'Cause I'd rather be alone

If I can't have you right now, I'll wait dear

Sometimes I get so tense but I can't speed up the time

But you know love there's one more thing to consider “

Much love,

Ian