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WotD: The Five-hour rule
It’s the middle of December, and as the year winds down, our thoughts turn to the next New Year.
I suggest starting the New Year by changing things up.
Why not try the 5-hour rule?
I have talked and written ad nauseam about the power of building new positive habits and rituals while eliminating old negative patterns.
The 5-hour rule is a significant life change for the better because it involves reserving at least one hour each day to learn or practice something new.
This rule aims to help you gain new skills and knowledge that can foster personal and professional development.
Adopting the 5-hour rule in the New Year will require commitment and severe time management.
I have read that Bill Gates, Jack Ma and Elon Musk have all used this rule to get to where they are today.
No, I’m not saying you will create the next Microsoft, Alibaba or Tesla, but if you look at how the world is going, it requires us to update our knowledge and skills continuously.
Sure, interpersonal skills are excellent, but the pandemic required us to learn how to develop our professional interpersonal skills for online meetings.
You may know how Facebook, Instagram and Twitter work, but as you read this, those are all morphing into something else.
AI is making its way into the office, and cars are going electric regardless of what you think.
You and I should reserve five hours weekly to learn or practice new skills.
Do you want to end up like those old guys in the office who still can’t use technology?
Think about adopting the 5-hour rule in 2023.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 68.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.