“Some people have more impact than others.” – the Wealthy Gardener
LESSON REMINDER 1-4: IMPACT HOURS
The Wealthy Gardener book, in the first year after being self-published, has sold over 45,000 copies. It’s been translated into three foreign languages. It’s been taken over by Penguin. And the audio was good enough that the original version will not undergo a single change.
One of the harshest online reviewers, however, was disappointed to learn that there is nothing special about the author: he’s just a regular guy.
Little does he know that he made the case for the book!
How does an ordinary person, like the author, gain an uncommon result of financial freedom at 50? And while being a family man?
It’s about goals, for sure. It’s about intentional living. But, when the rubber meets the road, it’s about filling up the hours of days with impact.
An impact hour is sixty minutes of doing the right things that lead to a critical outcome. It’s an hour of direction. An impact hour is the opposite of a hollow hour, and it moves us forward toward goals. It is an hour of effort that adds to the great volume of work that is required for achievement.
We can get a lot of things wrong in life––and still be okay––but we cannot get this one thing wrong. The impact of a lifetime reflects the impact of its hours.
We too often fail to observe that success—as defined by the actualization of a thing we desire and intend—is not the result of extraordinary people. It is the result of consistent effort. Success comes to those who just do the gritty work.
It takes time to be a success, but time is mostly what it takes.
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