Welcome back to the 1st Law Newsletter - Friday Edition.

In this email:

• Three paradigm shifting questions

• Attention based time management

• Listen more, speak less

Three decisions to change your perspective

Too often, our emotions control us and not the other way around. In order to brighten you mood and shift your mindset from scarcity to abundance, ask yourself to answer these three questions.

Do I tend to focus on what do I have or what's missing?

Do I tend to focus on what I can or can't control?

Am I focused on the past, present, or the future?

These three questions are extremely important because they remind us of whats important to us, and the power we have in the present moment. Just these three small perspective shifts can radically change your mood at any point of the day. Try it out.

Ideas from interviews/ podcasts with Tony Robbins.

How to live on 24 hours a day

Ideas from the short book How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett. It's a quick read and I highly recommend it.

One of the worst mentalities I am familiar with is regarding your work day as the day and the rest as merely a margin - often wasted and neglected. The habit of coming home form work and surrendering to 'being tired' and simply watching TV until you go to sleep, only to repeat it all the next day. Arnold Bennett argues the opposite, that you should regard the time you have after work as your full day, and neglect the time it takes you to earn your living. In principle, it makes sense. After all, are you living to work or working to live?

There are 168 hours in a week. If you work for 40 hours, sleep for 56, and workout for 7, you are left with 65 hours. If we take off another 20 hours for miscellaneous tasks of eating, cooking, grooming, commuting, etc... you are still left with 45 hours of free time a week to pursue anything you wish. However, time spend with friends and family is important. As well as having time to 'waste' to help us refresh our mind.

Arnold's stance is that you need only need to use a fraction of this free time to derive great benefits. His recommendation is to spend 90 minutes, 4 times a week, focused solely on cultivating the mind. This essentially means to read, but it can be focused on any pursuit of knowledge that pleases you. Music, art, history, philosophy, and poetry are some of his recommendations. Of upmost importance, is the attention you pay to what you are doing. You must be active in your learning and not rush to complete your task.

He also recommends using the time on your commute to think and concentrate. Pick one subject and spend your 30 minute commute concentrating on it. Don't listen to music, a podcast or read emails, just concentrate. The subject can be whatever you choose. When your mind wanders, gently bring it back to focusing on the idea. If you do this for your commute to work and back, you have just carved out 1 hour a day of time that you are training your mind to concentrate.

Quote I Want To Share

Be precise with your vernacular. When in a conversation, truly listen to people before responding. Reminds me of another idea of how one of the worst addictions we can have is to repeating and regurgitating poorly thought out ideas. Take what you will from this one.

Thanks for reading!

Lucas