T. Harv Eker advises new entrepreneurs to schedule their lives around core priorities or “big rocks” (family, health, recreation, business) by intentionally allocating recurring time blocks—e.g., weekly one-on-one time with each child, a weekly date night, and daily workouts. The aim is balance in importance (not equal time): let the business occupy most hours if needed while ensuring each major life area is regularly attended to so you avoid guilt and maintain overall balance.
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I have two kids, Maddie and Jesse. And I made absolutely certain that once a week was alone time with Daddy with just one of them, just one. Never both with both of them doesn't count. Just one. A couple hours with Jesse, a couple of hours with Maddie once a week. But that made up for everything. You see what I'm. See where I'm going to here. It's the same with your recreational life. You know, you do want to work out and stay in great shape. And so you say, okay, I'm going to take an hour every morning or every evening, and I'm going to take care of myself, my body and my health, et cetera. And you do that every day. And so you make sure that you are kind of containing each of these big rocks and handling each big rock. But it doesn't have to be equal amounts of time so you can get in your month. If you schedule your month, you say, what are my priorities in my life? I'm going to take, you know, once a week, I'm going to have date night once a week, I'm going to spend a couple hours with each of my kids once a week. I'm going to do this once a week. Each morning from 7 till 8, I'm going to work out, et cetera, et cetera. And you structure that a little bit, and then you feel free and not guilty about spending as much time as necessary other than the big rocks over there on your business. And your business, probably, if you want to be successful, is going to take most of your time, but that's okay because you're handling every other part of it. So it's balance, but not equal balance in time, but equal balance in importance. If you use that and it worked for you like it's worked for me and literally tens of thousands of my students, you're going to change your life.
