Just 15 minutes can really add up. 15 minutes might not seem like much time, after all what can you really do with just 15 minutes. Taken at a glance or single moment in time, not much. It really only is 15 minutes. However, when you consider a lengthy period of time, things start to add up.

15 minutes one time isn’t a big deal, but over a period of time it is. Let’s say you think you spend an hour to practice a skill or study 3 times a week. In the month that you think you studied for 12 hours, you actually only studied for 10. Still, only 2 hours no big deal….. The problem is more noticeable over an even longer period of time. Take the same logic and apply it over the course of a year. In twelve months you would have missed out on 24 hours of study time. In a plan where you had budgeted 3 hours a week for a total of 12 hours a month, missing 15 minutes equates to 10 months of activity not 12. You thought you did work for an entire year but in fact, you only worked for 10 months. If someone else was on the same training regiment, but were never late, they are 2 months ahead of you! Continue to expand it out to a longer period of time and 15 minutes become more and more valuable.

Just like consistency adds up, inconsistency adds up in the same way. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that 15 minutes won’t make a difference. 15 minutes makes THE difference. In a peak performance, fighting for an edge type of situation, 15 minutes is huge! If one person was early 15 minutes extra every session and the other was 15 minutes late to every session, in a schedule of 3 sessions a week for a month, there would be a SIX HOUR difference between the two. Imagine what the gap would look like in a year! 72 hours! You would have a year and a half to their year.

If you’re looking to perform, manage your time. Peak performance is strongly correlated to proper time management. Don’t fall into the trap that 15 minutes won’t make a difference. Instead get the upper hand, spend an extra 15 minutes every time.