The Secret to Success: Your 5-Hour Rule
Do you know what a prominent businessperson and leader like Bill Gates, Elon Musk, or Oprah Winfrey all have in common? They all adhere to the “5-hour rule,” which requires them to set aside at least 5 hours each week for reading, reflecting, and experimenting.
1. READ
David Rubenstein, a billionaire, reads six books every week.
“Books were my pass to personal freedom,” claims Oprah Winfrey.
Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank reads for two hours every day.
Dan Gilbert, a billionaire, reads for a few hours each day.
You get the idea—they’re always learning new things and expanding their horizons. That is not all, though. Additionally, they carry out the following two other tasks as well:
2. REFLECT
Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, allots two hours each day for reflection.
Billionaire Ray Dalio sets time with his team to determine the reason of mistakes and logs them in a system that is available to all of his employees.
Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, requests that his senior team set aside 4 hours each week for thinking.
Billionaire businesswoman Sara Blakely keeps detailed records and lists all the “disasters” that have helped her receive greater riches.
Yes, they pause to reflect carefully on what they’ve learned. Finally, they act by quickly experimenting in order to validate their understanding.
3. EXPERIMENT
Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of America, set aside time throughout his life to conduct experiments, collaborate with like-minded people, and keep a journal of his values.
Due to Google’s practice of allocating 20% of employee work time to innovation, major concepts like Gmail, AdSense, and Google Talk came to be. [We say “was” because they abandoned it in favor of “targeted innovation” in 2013; however, that is a different tale altogether.]
Thomas Edison, a genius, would rigorously test each and every solution to his discoveries until he had a breakthrough.
LEARN AND THINK LIKE DA VINCI
One of the greatest minds in history, Leonardo da Vinci, spent his whole life asking questions and conducting experiments to try to find the answers to them. In reality, the seven “Da Vincian principles” that underlie his brilliance include learning, thinking, and experimentation as essential components.
SO ANO NGAYON?
Every Filipino has tremendous untapped potential, and just like muscles, the brain gets stronger with use. Establish a weekly cycle of reading, reflecting, and experimentation, and keep a log of your knowledge gained.
Supplement your efforts with the summaries and career and personal advice on this site, where we present you the best concepts, choices, insights, and viewpoints that might lead to new opportunities.
Author: The Pinoy Engineer
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