Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash

Use the “1 Hour Rule” to Catapult Yourself into the Top 1% of Income Earners.

#1. Don’t be cheap.

Hallel K.
Published in
5 min readFeb 9, 2024

--

I fell for it too.

I used to feel that my life was just too busy and chaotic; there was too much going on and not enough time for learning or mastering the topics I was interested in.

To become a true expert, I would need hours and hours of focused study…maybe even 10,000 hours.

You know what happened when I was confronted with such insane requirements for mastery?

I was crushed by a gnawing feeling of helplessness.

All my efforts felt like only tiny drops in a bucket.

I couldn’t imagine them taking me anywhere.

Giving up and doing nothing actually felt like a better use of my time.

And then I came across a quote by Earl Nightingale:

“One hour per day of study in your chosen field is all it takes. One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. Within five years you’ll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at…

--

--