[at-l] jobs, and life, and such

[icw at esisnet.com (Clark Wright)]

I have not read Time Power, but it sounds like Charles Hobbs has similar 
ideas to those in "Your Money or Your Life."  One of the most powerful 
themes in YMOYL is that money equals your life essence - literally.  In 
other words, every time you spend a dollar, you are really spending a 
piece of your actual, very real, finite LIFE!  The book asks you to 
perform some really important exercises, such as:  (a)  adding up every 
cent you have ever made in your life; (b) taking your present pay and 
dividing it by the hours you directly work, and then adding in all the 
indirect costs, such as work clothes, insurance, car costs, commute 
time, etc. - all to come up with a net-net-net dollars per hour figure 
which you then use to quantify everything you spend money on in terms of 
units of (your) "life time;" (c) the book then asks you to answer some 
important questions, such as (1)  if I only had 3 months to live, what 
would I do? (2) as a kid, what did I want to be when I grew up? (3) of 
all the jobs I have ever had, which ones offered me the most personal 
fulfillment?  The book does not judge and say that "x" spending is or is 
not "too much;" rather, it simply asks that you evaluate your spending 
in a new way, that you view all spending in equal terms, and - most 
importantly - that you then adjust your money-related habits (both on 
the spending side and the earning (i.e., job) side so that you maximize 
your personal life fulfillment NOW . . . I cannot think of a better book 
to read while either unemployed or recently re-employed after a thruhike!

Clark

Bror8588@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/14/04 20:54:52 Eastern Standard Time, 
> icw@esisnet.com writes:
> 
> 
>     "Money defines
>     many things, but how often do we truly think through how we really want
>     to define what money means in our own lives?  Once we really dig
>     into it
>     and properly define money, suddenly things like jobs, and bills, and
>     standard of living take on entirely new - and better - meanings."  This
>     truly can be a life-changing book - it has been, and continues to be
>     for
>     me, and it somehow helped me reconcile the many new thoughts whirling
>     thru my mind after returning from the AT in 2001.
> 
>     Happy reading!  (and changing!)
> 
>     Thru-Thinker
>     [who is still reading and changing - good things take time!]
> 
> 
> 
> There is a book by Charles R. Hobbs (out of print), that I bought 
> through Amazon at a premium, titled: Time Power -- The revolutionary 
> time management system that can change your professional and personal 
> life -- and I think it is the best book I have ever read on the subject 
> of time management.  It not only helps one to organize time as on a 
> calendar but gives a way to make decisions about what one includes in 
> their scheduling.  To sum it up the principle idea is that people have 
> congruous and incongruous goals and the discipline of defining one's 
> Underlying Principles, (which can be a good use of meditative time on a 
> Thru-Hike) is key to having all of the other goals in life show 
> integrity.  So, Long-range Goals, with Intermediate Goals and then 
> Daily-to-do Lists, would all compliment and build on each other.  The 
> book shows ways to make one's life goals worthy of each action. Time 
> Power is a powerful book that can make a difference in how one views 
> one's life. The book is not easy to find but it is worth finding.  No 
> matter what field one is pursuing or active in the book gives a tool 
> toward making one's dreams come true.  Local libraries may have a copy 
> but I suspect that if you read it through once you will want a copy for 
> your own library and also copies to pass on to your best friends 
> including your children.
> 
> The pursuit of one's inner dreams is a good thing to do while hiking on 
> the AT or any other long distance walk.  Time to think abounds on a long 
> walk.  Directed thinking (along with the pleasure of stream of 
> consciousness thinking) can result in achieving a life that is honored 
> and appreciated.
> 
> Skylander Jack
> 
> 
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