4 years old at Primary school, I never thought I had enough playtime it seemed as soon as I was home from school if would almost already be bed time.

At 12 years old at High School I dodged doing most of my homework, but because it was a 45 minute commute to and from school, I felt I had less time than ever, especially with my 30 minutes piano practice every night.

At 17 I started university where homework could no longer be avoided and I felt like a prisoner, condemned for 5 years of hard labor.

At 23 I had a full time job 45 hours a week, and felt my life passing me by with all my good time being consumed and never having a chance to get anything meaningful accomplished outside of work.

By 28, I run 2 businesses full time (totaling about 50-60 hrs/week), I read a book a week, I work out 6 days a week, I’m learning salsa, I’m in a full time relationship (that requires time), and I now feel like I have more free time than ever before.

What Happened?

One of the wonderful things about being an attraction coach (there are a few), is that you get to see so many vital pick up skills reflected every day in the world around you and marvel at how much success in anything requires such a similar range of skillsets.

I had such an experience last week when I came home after a night coaching session to my lovely girlfriend.

I’ve been on a very strict diet recently in an attempt to reclaim my six pack which 6 months ago was overwhelmed by my keen eye for good chocolate. So you can imagine my feelings when I came home to my girlfriend on the couch watching TV, eating a large piece of chocolate cake.

The ensuing conversation went as follows: