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Busy Waiting Room
Right now I am at the Dentist Office typing this on my laptop. While in the waiting room, I looked around and saw 5 people patiently sitting. Of the 5, one was reading a magazine, one was reading a romance novel, and the other three were sitting around frustrated because their appointment was at 11 and it was now 11:15.
Does this sound familiar? You go to an appointment, wait about 10-15 minutes in the waiting room, and then another 10-15 minutes for the doctor to actually shop up, about a total time of half an hour. The thing that amazes me is that everyone goes to their appointment, knowing that they will be waiting for at least a half hour, yet they don’t do anything about the time lost.
Here are some ideas of what you could do with that extra half hour of waiting time:
- Read a book on personal development. Sure romance novels and magazines might be entertaining, but do they even bring you 1 step closer to your goals?
- Don’t listen to music. MP3 Players have become very inexpensive; why not listen to some of your favorite personal development audios. I would highly recommend the Creative Zen Stone, very reasonably priced at around $40. There are hundreds of sites online where you can even download free personal development or motivational MP3s. For more information on this, read the following post: Personal Development Where Ever You Go
- Make those calls. Does your to-do list include making any phone calls? This is a great time to make those calls.
- Make contacts. Do you have your own business, home-based business, or Network Marketing business? Well this is a perfect time to talk to other patients waiting about your opportunity.
- Get some work done. Why not bring your laptop or your other work-related tools? That’s what I’m doing right now 🙂
Next time you have an appointment, don’t just sit there looking at all the pretty pictures in the waiting room, or all of the nice, shiny, tools in the doctor’s room. Instead, put some time into your greatest investment, you.