Time Blocking

 This program was inAmharic.  It was presented by Ato Ashenafi Taye, a motivational speaker.

From the get go, he made sure that I understood that time blocking is sin qua non of personal success.  It is the keystone habit of successful people.  Indeed, he assures me that all successful people carve a few hours a day to deeply think about their lives.

You may have noticed that I write “he made sure I understood” or “ he assures me”.  This is no accident.  When he was presenting, he looks directly at the camera and addresses the audience as “you, the person watching this behind the camera...”. 

I know my translation does not do justice to the effort he put into creating the episode as a kind of one to one session.

In this one to one episode, Ato Ashenafi throws a simple math at me to buttress his points.

Of the twenty hour I have daily, I should expect to allot 8 hours for sleep.  I am also expected to budget about eight hours for my daily work.  May bei need two hours to rest and another three hours for personal maintenance like taking care of my apartment, laundry, grooming, or even preparing meals.

That leaves about three hours worth of times can block daily.  These hours are to be used to build myself from inside out.  

I think the program or podcast is new.  I get the feeling it will be worth spending time to listen to it.