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The Sound of Sixty Seconds

by Mike Vardy




During the workshops and talks I deliver I’ll often ask the attendees (or audience) to do absolutely nothing for an entire minute.

I time that minute and to this day I still get fidgety at around the forty second mark.

Sixty seconds is both a short and long time. Many moments can happen during that minute. One way to identify them is to take note of every sound you hear over the sixty seconds.

I’ll demonstrate here by sharing what I hear in that time period in bullet points below:

  • Running water in the bathroom
  • Voices coming from the tv on the living room
  • The barely audible tapping of my thumbs on my iPhone keyboard
  • The tiny crackling sounds of bones on my neck
  • My breathing
  • Music from the television

That’s quite a bit of noise in sixty seconds. (And I didn’t even count the sound of the thoughts rolling around in my head.)

My challenge for you to take a minute today and just listen to the sound of sixty seconds. Take note of everything that you hear, no matter how insignificant it may seem. There is power in that timespan. In fact, what you hear might just change the way you approach the rest of your day…and beyond.

About Mike Vardy

Mike Vardy is a writer, speaker, productivity strategist, and founder of Productivityist. He is the author of The Front Nine: How to Start the Year You Want Anytime You Want and The Productivityist Playbook.

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