What is your Mantra?

If you feel like you do not have enough hours in the day, perhaps you should read “The Other 8 Hours: Maximize Your Free Time to Create New Wealth & Purpose”. The thesis of Robert Pagliarini’s book is that you work for 8 hours a day, sleep for 8 hours, but what do you do with the other 8 hours? Pagliarini states that the other 8 hours are where you live your life and you should be doing activities that enrich your life during that time. One of the high points of the book is where Pagliarini identifies and describes what he calls “lifeleeches” — activities that take up time in your life and give you very little in return. Some examples are excessing TV or Internet usage, poor health, complaining, etc.; basically, anything that lowers the quality of your life.

At one point, he discussing finding your mantra and, really, I thought that his was the best part of the book. Of course, that could be because I found one that fits me perfectly. I will reproduce it here:

To know more today than I did yesterday. This mantra focuses on knowledge and the never-ending pursuit of learning and growing.

For years, it bothered me that I have never had what others would call a hobby. I do not collect things, I am not very crafty, I only occasionally play games. However, one thing that I love to do with my free time is read books and learn lots of new things. So, I am owning learning as my hobby and going to claim this mantra as my own.

From this day forth, I want to know more today than I did yesterday.

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