Why, without a leverage mindset, it's impossible to have enough time and be free.

The biggest challenge that most of my readers have is not having enough time for:

• Themselves

• Their family

• Hobbies

• Education

Anything that is written on a to-do list and stays only on paper at the end, basically for life itself.

Most people think that a better time management system perhaps solves the problem. When, in fact, it's not about learning how to do more. It's about learning how to do less.

Meaning: to get rid of unimportant things and use the power of leverage.

Let's talk about mindset…

Broken mindset that pushes people to a lifestyle where, with time, it is more complex and harder to make a change.

Not because it's impossible. Everything is possible. But the mind is already deeply used to controlling everything - any tiny task.

So, even taking a house cleaner becomes like a NASA project.

“What if they steal my stuff?”

“And what if the cleaning isn't good enough?”

“And what would my friends think?”

The mindset of a controller eventually brings you to a point where there is no space for anything new — just controlling routines over and over again.

Or...

A "busy" person mindset. The guy who always has things to do, and it seems that it's a never-ending loop. A simple suggestion like:

“Would you like to go for a coffee?”

“No... I can't. I'm too busy.”

Time problems aren't challenges for people with tough corporate jobs or families with kids.

I met a single solopreneur who also declared that he didn't have enough time and seemed to be stressed all the time.

How come?

A solopreneur with kids would laugh about him and look at him with a judgy look. And then perhaps say:

"How dare you not having enough time when you don't have kids."

But in reality, there is also a third person.

A solopreneur with kids who has time for all the essential things in his life.

But this type of person would not judge anyone. Because judging, in the end, is just a coping mechanism for your own tough life. It helps to deal with the pain of the reality that you don't know how to change.

Not having enough time. It's never about the tasks. It's always about our thinking habits.

• It's easier to be busy than lonely…

• It's easier to do everything by yourself and to feel that you are in control and safe.

It's easier to find a reason why, in your situation, it's impossible to change. Because then the responsibility of solving the problem isn't on you.

The modern world is designed to make us busy and distracted. There are so many temptations and things to do. You can always blame the world or social media. Or how about the school education system?

In reality, all these excuses aren't going to help to make any change.

But maybe you don't want to change? Think about it…

Maybe being busy actually serves something inside of you that you aren't aware of?

There is always a hidden benefit of any destructive behavior. Benefit that keeps the reality as it is. Until you wake up, see the blind spot in your behavior, and realize that you don't want to live like that anymore.

Then the reality changes around you like some kind of miracle. Time isn't a problem anymore in your life.

Because your way of being changed. 

People forget that first, we change inside, and only then does the reality around us shift.

Not the other way around. Not with another time management system.

Without proper priorities and knowing what you want, it's impossible to be free. But freedom starts in our heads. With a decision, stop trying to do everything and start letting go of things that aren’t important anymore.

Take care,

Alex