Boredom Is The Enemy: 16 MORE’s to Maximize Your Time

By: Scott Ginsberg

 

When was the last time you were bored?

Today?
Yesterday?
Last week?
Last year?

And when you were bored, what did you do?

Eat?
Watch TV?
Doodle on a piece of paper?
Spend an hour on www.boredatwork.com?

I haven't been bored since college. And you know what? I'm damn proud of that. It's consistently enabled me to accomplish more stuff, meet more cool people and have more fun.

And here's what amazes me: friends and fellow professionals often ask, 'Wow! Books, speeches, article, podcasts, blogs, traveling and marketing - where did you find the time to do all that stuff?'

Well, um, last time I checked, all of us had the same amount of time in each day, right?

Maybe it's simply because I wasn't bored.

But don't take it from me. Take it from these guys:

Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom. ~Mignon McLaughlin

The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war. ~Norman Mailer

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself. ~Jules Renard

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face. ~Charlotte Whitton

You get the point: boredom is the enemy. Which is kind of funny considering that the world is filled with people who complain, 'Gosh, there's never enough time,' and people who complain 'Gosh, I'm always so bored??'

Therefore, consider these MORE's for eliminating boredom:

1) MORE reading
2) MORE writing
3) MORE blogging
4) MORE podcasting
5) MORE exercising
6) MORE brainstorming
7) MORE networking events
8) MORE reviewing your goals
9) MORE audio learning systems
10) MORE research on the Internet
11) MORE enhancing your creativity
12) MORE lunches with hot prospects
13) MORE reviewing old underlined books
14) MORE calling your clients to check up
15) MORE asking clients why they work with you
16) MORE calling your friends you haven't talked to in months

Think of it this way: if you're bored, maybe that means you're a boring person.

LET ME ASK YA THIS...
When was the last time you were bored?

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Scott Ginsberg is the World Record Holder of Wearing Nametags. He's the author of thirteen books, a professional speaker, award-winning blogger and the creator of NametagTV.com. His publishing and consulting company specializes in approachability, identity and execution. For more info about books, speaking engagements, customized online training programs or to Rent Scott's Brain for a one-on-one session, email scott@hellomynameisscott.com.