Do you really think Bill Gates and Warren Buffet run around with an A, B, C to-do list, or use GTD and Evernote? Or course they don't. This book will reveal the secrets to expanding time and productivity from best-selling author and self-made multimillionaire Hank Reardon.

1. Top 10 TIME
and Productivity
Secrets of
MILLIONAIRES

2. Time and Productivity Secrets of
MILLIONAIRES & BILLIONAIRES
Do you really think Warren Buffet and Larry Ellison and
other super successful people walk around with a to-do
list, marking items as A1, A2, B1, etc.?
Do you think Bill Gates uses GTD and Evernote?
Of course they don’t.

3. The Magic of 1440
MILLIONAIRE TIME SECRET #1
Nothing is more valuable than time.
Money, friends and even spouses are replaced often;
but you can never replace time that has ticked away.
Each of us is given 1440 minutes a day. What you do with it makes all the
difference.
ACTION: Write “1440” on a piece of paper and
stick it on your office door. Let it be a reminder.
Tick, tick, tick…

4. Curly’s Finger
MILLIONAIRE TIME SECRET #2
“Do first things first, and second things
not at all.” –Peter Drucker
ACTION: Decide on your top goal in the areas of
wealth, health and relationships.
Decide!
In the movie City Slickers, the old cowboy Curly gives
a secret to Mitch:
Curly: Do you know what the secret to life is?
Mitch: [shrugs] No, what?
Curly: [holds up his index finger] This.
Mitch: Your finger?
Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and
everything else don’t mean sh*t.
Mitch: That’s great, but what’s the one thing?
Curly: That’s what you’ve got to figure out.

5. Guilt-Free Work-Life Balance
MILLIONAIRE TIME SECRET #3
There will always be more to do. There will always be more than can be done.
Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg, leaves daily at 5:30pm to eat with her kids.
U.S. President George W. Bush read
between 51 and 95 books a year while he was still in office.
Decide how much to give, and stop when you’ve given that much.
ACTION: Come to terms with the fact that you will never “catch up.”
Choose your priorities, allocate a reasonable amount of time to them, then let it go.

6. Ignore Your To-Do List
MILLIONAIRE TIME SECRET #4
The super-rich don’t watch their to-do list, they watch their calendar.
Schedule blocks of time on your calendar for everything that is important…
daily time blocks for exercise, strategic initiatives, client calls; weekly blocks of time for
date night or socializing; annual blocks of time for vacation, etc.
ACTION: Get clear on your goals. Break them down into
chunks of action that can be scheduled on your calendar.
Protect those calendar entries as if they were doctors appointments.

7. Richard Branson’s Advice
MILLIONAIRE TIME SECRET #5
“Always carry a notebook.”
So simple yet so powerful. How can you quiet your lizard brain, never forget an
idea, have perfect recall of every meeting—and create a gift of life and wisdom
that you’ll leave to your children? Carry and use a notebook.
ACTION: Go online and order right now a notebook that you’ll carry
everywhere. It can be a fancy Moleskine, or a corporate Boorum & Pease.
Evernote? OK as long as you use it.

8. Touch It Once
MILLIONAIRE TIME SECRET #6
Super productive people take immediate action.
Don’t duplicate mental processing by reviewing things and coming back to
review them again. Open your bills when you are ready to pay them. Look at
your mail over your recycle bin. Move dirty dishes from the table into the
dishwasher, not the sink!
And the big one—open each email and delete, forward, or respond.
ACTION: Go through your day being mindful of how many items
you “touch” with plans to come back to them. Begin a touch-it-once mentality.

9. The Magic Word To Use Daily
MILLIONAIRE TIME SECRET #7
Just say “no”.
If you aren’t spending time on your goals and dreams, you are spending it on
someone else’s. Too often we say yes to calls, meetings, coffee chats because
we have been raised to be polite and helpful. But every “yes” becomes a “no” to
something else—most likely your true priorities.
ACTION: Practice saying “no” as a first reaction.
Say it nicely; explain your schedule is currently packed. Remember 1440!

10. The 80/20 Rule
MILLIONAIRE TIME SECRET #8
20% of the effort generally yields 80% of the results. What is your 20%?
Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto, made a discovery: 80% of the land was
owned by 20% of the people. This pattern is everywhere: 20% of your sales
reps generate 80% of your revenue. 20% of patients account for 80% of
healthcare spending. And 20% of your activities get you 80% of your results.
Stop doing the other stuff.
ACTION: Apply the “Pareto Principal” to your life.
What is taking a lot of time, but with little results? Create your “Stop Doing” list.

11. Cash Value of Your Time
MILLIONAIRE TIME SECRET #9
What is a minute of your time worth?
Think about how much you earn in a year—or better yet, how much you want to
be earning. Divide that by 1800 hours. That’s your hourly rate.
If you did the math and you are making $100 per hour, and a time thief stops
you for just 15 minutes of your time, you just let them steal $25.
ACTION: Calculate the true value of your time to the minute.
Do the mental math every time someone asks if you “have a minute.”

12. More Important Than Time
MILLIONAIRE TIME SECRET #10
The real secret is to manage your ENERGY not your time.
Ever have an hour when you’re in the zone, feeling the “flow” and cranking out
high quality work? Remember other times when you catch yourself reading the
same sentence over and over and are zoned out? You need energy and focus
to get the most of every minute, hour and day. Focus more on your energy.
ACTION: Drink less alcohol and more water. Eat less processed foods
and more whole foods. Get more sleep and exercise. It will suck for a month then you’ll be
amazed.

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14. About the Author
Hank Reardon is a bestselling author, business
columnist, and serial entrepreneur who has started
and sold several multi-million dollar companies.
Today, Hank is an active angel investor with
interests in banking, technology and commercial
real estate.