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Good Morning Thinkers!
Archive: October 2, 2000
Book Survey -- we're still taking book recommendations:
We'd like to create a "classics" list of books that have been
truly impactful to your organization and/or your career -- books that
you return to time after time. Please suggest no more than two books
in each of the following categories and include no more than two sentences
about why you're recommending these books. Categories:
The One-Hour-a-Day Phenomenon
Recently we heard about a UPS driver who could teach us a lot about life management. Enzo Gugliuzza is a trumpet player who realized that if he didn't keep practicing regularly, his playing lost its spirit. Like many of us with an over-busy life, he needed more time in his day.
Then he thought about his lunch hour. "I did the math: an hour a day, 5 hours a week, 20 hours a month -- I could do so many things with that time. I could learn French. I could do anything!" What he did was play the trumpet -- sitting in his UPS truck, he plays the trumpet during his lunch hour.
One hour a day. What could we do with one hour a day focused solely on something that makes our spirits soar? Where would we find that hour? A missed lunch? Most of us wouldn't miss the calories. A missed hour of nightly news or sitcoms? Our minds would probably bless this break. It's something to think about ... perhaps even something to make a commitment to ... even if it was only half and hour ... even if it was only 15 minutes.
--Joyce Wycoff