Self

Mom's of the world this post is for you. (If you aren't a mom keep reading, it does apply to everyone in some way)

What makes a successful business person? Hard work? Connections? Right place right time? Luck? Some of all of these play a part I would wager. Most importantly time management plays a large role. If you are successful or working your way to being successful you have to manage your time well.

Time is the only real thing we have of value - we sell our time to get money to by other things, but make no mistake you can't buy time. I'm sure someone could argue that you can, but really at the basic level you can't, you can pay for services and vacation days but it doesn't give you more time it just frees up the time you already have.

So of the 24 hours in a day or 1440 minutes in a day, how much time do you spend on yourself? Mom's if you answered more than an hour or two, you are probably ahead of most. The rest of us may get somewhere between 3-8 on average. My free time tends to start around 6 and ends when I go to bed at 10 pm(on average). What do I do with those 4 hours of "personal time"? Well I used to waste at least 30 minutes of it on Facebook. The rest would be spent on video games or TV, maybe a book (if I wasn't out or hanging with the family). How much of that was I working on me? Zero. I was recharging from the day, but I wasn't doing anything to improve on who I was or reach the goals I had.

To be totally honest I still fail at time management. I have a lot of personal goals and most of them don't get much personal time - it's a work in progress.

So here comes the important part. Ladies and anyone who is giving everything and not taking personal time - you are hurting everyone in your life! Yup I'm the jerk who just said giving it all away is selfish. (Waits for tomatoes.) Seriously if you don't have time for you - your first goal is to make time. If you are a single mom with two jobs I can't even begin to know how much time you don't have and I have no advice for you, but I do pray you get relief. For the other Mom's...

You need to take time for yourself, regardless who you are or where you are at in your life. In order to be the best version of yourself you need me time. Figure out how to make that happen.

Husbands, fathers, dudes - You need to do this too - but make sure you are supporting your better halves in the process! Also Dad's your health is important - having ditched my Dad bode I can tell you that it was worth it. Worst case you can just go back to eating donuts - Dad bodes are easy to make.

Bottom line - In order to be your best for those you care about, you have to take care of yourself too. There is no I in team but there is an I in family!