Have you ever been frustrated with not having enough time to do more of the things you want to do? Things like spending quality time with your children?
I know have. In fact, recently, my frustrations went beyond boiling point. So much so that I took a drastic measure. I started re-reading 'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People' by Stephen Covey.
In Covey's time-management quadrant, he talks about activities that are not important and not urgent to you. I looked at my own unimportant/non-urgent activities and wasn't surprised to find television-watching as the number one time-killer for me.
With further research, I discovered that the average adult spends approximately 2 hours a day watching TV. Children watch more TV. Sounds tame? Think again. I certainly thunk it good and proper when I calculated that on average, an adult can watch approximately 730 hours of television a year. That is an equivalent to being in front of the box for 30 days without any rest!
So why is it so important for dads who wish to consciously transform their realities and their children's to one of their own choosing? One of the key reasons people find it difficult to create their chosen reality is due to their lack of clarity and focus.
Do you realise how much more effective you would be in creating your own reality if you could de-clutter your mind for just 25% of the TV-watching time?
Everything that has been created that you can see, feel and hear began in someone's head as an idea. Should you choose to invest just 30 minutes a day on envisioning your future, you will become a powerful life transformer. Your child will develop the ability to become a conscious leader. At a minimum, they will substantially improve their personal leadership.
If you replaced just 2 hours a day from television (or any other non-important/non-urgent activity), you would gain one extra month a year doing and enjoying the things you would choose to have in your life. How amazing is that?!!
So today, go and invest 30 minutes just to work out what activities you do that are not urgent and not important to you. Get your child to do that, too. Then replace these activities with at least 30 minutes of envisioning the reality you want. Transform your life and you will have the power to help transform the life of your child.
Harun Rabbani
PS Very few television programs are educational. Your child would find it more fulfilling to actively learn by reading and doing rather than observing others.
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