How to Find More Time to Get Things Done

Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

I dug a little further and found that John Clarke’s Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina, printed in 1639 contains the nearly identical “Earely to bed and earely to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

Dr. Peter Kim is here today to share how he discovered the secret to getting more done and how he has implemented it in his life.

How to Find More Time to Get Things Done

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I don’t know about you, but as I get older, I find that I have less and less time to get things done. When I was in residency, I thought to myself, “I can’t wait until I’m an attending and have all this free time.”

How to Find More Time to Get Things Done

However, once I did become an attending physician, reality began to set in. Life changes and responsibilities get added on, and priorities tend to shift. Sure, I completed my training and became the “boss” and that was a great accomplishment.

Not that the busy-ness is all bad. I love the time I spend with my family, and it’s the reason I focus so heavily on creating passive income streams – so I can spend more time with them. 

I was struggling to find a good work/life balance, but the solution eluded me. That is until I read The Miracle Morning… Elrod posits that if you change your morning routine by waking up earlier, it can have a dramatic impact on your life, attitude, well-being, and productivity.

Finding Work/Life Balance

My rushed routine involved hitting snooze at least once before dragging myself to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. I would then feed and walk the dogs, grab a quick coffee and muffin at Starbucks.

After reading the Miracle Morning, I realized I would have to try to change all that – even though it seemed, to put it mildly, daunting. However, I made the decision to commit to waking up one hour earlier each day as Elrod advocates. Just one hour!

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