"20 percent time" versus "100 percent time" The decision is yours.

A concept that I have recently learned about is something called “20 percent time”. It is time that is allotted by a company that allows an employee a certain amount of time in a given week for self directed projects. People generally use this time to create something they are passionate about. Companies like Google, Atalassian and GE have different names for this self directed time but the end result is similar. Many great ideas have come from companies that allow “20 percent time”.

Google as an example, has had some very well known things that have been created by the use of “20 percent time”. Some of the projects that were developed by Google are Google News and G mail. One Google employee is quoted as saying “Just about all good ideas here have bubbled up from “20 percent time”. How amazing is that? The two most popular items you may be familiar with from Google were due to someone using 20% of their time to follow their passion. This does make one think about the 80% of the time left over to do your “regular” work. The “regular” work that you do because you have to.

What if Google got rid of “20 percent time” and did “100 percent time”. Just imagine the amazing, in fact endless possibilities if they used a new and improved “100% time” module. Does this mean that Google has only reached 20% of their potential since they have been in business? One can only speculate about that. How much of your potential has been reached in the last week, month or year? Do you allow yourself any time in a given week to pursue your passions?

What is holding you back from your “100% time”. Are you ready to pursue what you love full time?What if you didn’t work at a regular job that just got you by 100% of the time. What if you did what you loved 100% of the time? If you’re not ready for full time pursuit of your passions, what can you do with some of your free time? It is obvious that you are able to do some pretty amazing things with the time you use to pursue your passions. If you get discouraged just look at what others have accomplished and strive to better yourself and become more like the successful people that you admire.

Take inventory of your free time and put it down on paper. Everyone has 168 hours in a week. Of course most of us have obligations like work and sleep. However most of us have time to watch television at night for maybe a couple of hours. Take your TV time and turn it into “20 percent time”. In other words do something your passionate about that will help you to better yourself in the days ahead. Get out of the rut and seek your purpose in life. Its time to Profit from Purpose. You deserve it!