Unscripted, Chapter 41, point #3
"Balance is shit"
In that chapter, MJ talks about how when you build a business, things like relationships and hobbies often have to take a bit of damage because "you can't have everything", so to speak. You can't just work on your business for 1 hour a day. That guy who works for 12 hours a day will always beat you. Balance is the 'in between', it's in the middle, just like average people. "Does Elon Musk look like a balanced person?"
(MJ's viewing point in the book ^)
Now to my questions:
What counts as "Balance" and do you really have to commit to the idea of neglecting your most important things?
Maybe, I'm just wrong and I and MJ actually share the same opinion, but here is my go;
To me, a (beneficially) balanced day/routine (during winter time) looks like this to me :
Would this work in the long run? And perhaps more importantly, is this what counts as the (as in the book described) "Balance" to you and @MJ DeMarco ?
"Balance is shit"
In that chapter, MJ talks about how when you build a business, things like relationships and hobbies often have to take a bit of damage because "you can't have everything", so to speak. You can't just work on your business for 1 hour a day. That guy who works for 12 hours a day will always beat you. Balance is the 'in between', it's in the middle, just like average people. "Does Elon Musk look like a balanced person?"
(MJ's viewing point in the book ^)
Now to my questions:
What counts as "Balance" and do you really have to commit to the idea of neglecting your most important things?
Maybe, I'm just wrong and I and MJ actually share the same opinion, but here is my go;
To me, a (beneficially) balanced day/routine (during winter time) looks like this to me :
- 4:30am wake up
- 4:40am brush teeth and stuff
- 4:30am wake up
- 4:40am till 7:00am practise your instrument
- 7:00am till 1:30pm School and come home
- 1:30pm till 5:00pm work on business
- 5:00pm till 7:00pm do homework, family stuff, maybe some downtime
- 7:00pm till 8:00pm prepare for bed
- 8:00pm till 4:30am sleep
Would this work in the long run? And perhaps more importantly, is this what counts as the (as in the book described) "Balance" to you and @MJ DeMarco ?
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