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This morning, millions of people around the world woke up with an extra hour.

Daylight Savings Time rolled back the clocks, and for most, that "extra" hour went straight into their pillow. An extra hour of sleep without the need to hit snooze.

And honestly? That's a great use of it.

Yet, for the vast majority of people, today is the only day of the year they'll ever "gain" time.

The rest of the year? They're convinced they don't have enough. Not enough time to work on that business idea. Not enough time to take care of their health. Not enough time to spend with the people who matter most.

But here's the twist:

The version of yourself who is living in alignment with your vision and the one who is stuck, struggling, and frustrated have one thing in common:

They both have 24 hours in a day.

The only difference is how they spend it.

Because what is "high-performance" other than the effective use of time?

That's why, on a day when many of us "gained" an extra hour, I'm sharing some of my best strategies for feeling like you've gained even more than that every day.

Focus on Focus

True high-performers don't try to do everything well.

They figure out the one thing that matters most, the area where their time investment will yield the biggest return, and they dedicate as much focus as possible to that area.

This is harder than it sounds.

Because every opportunity looks valuable on the surface. Every project seems worth pursuing. Every meeting feels necessary. Every request for your time comes wrapped in a sense of urgency.

But most of it? It's noise.

The person who tries to excel at everything often ends up being mediocre at most things. Their attention is scattered. Their energy diluted. Their results underwhelming.

Elite performers are different. They identify their arena, the place where they can create disproportionate value, and they ruthlessly protect their time to work in that space.

And this is where their edge comes from. They identify the area of greatest leverage, dedicate the majority of their focus to this area, and iterate a hundred times before the competition gets in one good rep.

Both sides have the same amount of time, but when you concentrate on what truly matters, you compress time, accomplishing in weeks what others take years to achieve.

The Power of No

Saying no feels like closing doors.

It feels like missing out on opportunities, being difficult, and disappointing people who matter to you.

So most people say yes to the meeting, yes to the project, yes to the favor, yes to the "opportunity".

And before they know it, their calendar is full of things that don't actually move them forward.

Here's what separates high performers from everyone else: They understand that not all opportunities are actually opportunities.

Most things that demand your time are distractions dressed up as possibilities.

Real opportunities have a few defining characteristics:

• They align with where you want to go

• They leverage your unique strengths

• They create compounding value over time

• They energize rather than drain you

Everything else? That's noise pretending to be signal.

The highest performers can spot the difference between a genuine opportunity and a shiny distraction within seconds. And they have no problem saying no to the latter.

Not because they're arrogant or closed off. But because they know something critical:

Every 'yes' to something that doesn't matter is a 'no' to something that does.

When you say yes to mediocre, you're saying no to exceptional.

When you say yes to busy work, you're saying no to meaningful progress.

When you say yes to everyone else's priorities, you're saying no to your own.

The power of no isn't about being selfish. It's about being intentional.

It's about respecting your time enough to guard it. To use it for what truly moves the needle in your life.

Because time is the one resource you can never get back. And treating it carelessly is the most expensive mistake you can make.

Take The Short Cut

There's a belief in our culture that doing it yourself is somehow more noble than getting help.

That struggling alone builds character. That figuring it out the hard way makes you tougher.

Yet, the highest performers don't waste years reinventing the wheel.

They find someone who's already mastered what they're trying to learn, and they compress their timeline by learning from them.

This is what coaching does. Whether it's for your health, a specific skill, your mindset, or your business strategy, a good coach significantly reduces the time it takes to reach your goal compared to trying to do it alone.

Not because you can't figure it out yourself. You could.

Eventually.

But why would you want to spend three years making every mistake in the book when someone can show you how to skip 90% of them?

Every hour you spend spinning your wheels on something a coach could solve in a single conversation is time you're not spending on what actually matters.

Every month you spend trying to DIY your way to a goal that a coach could accelerate is a month you're not living the life you're capable of.

It's recognizing that your time has value, and that investing in someone who can compress your timeline is one of the highest-ROI decisions you can make.

The best performers seek out shortcuts rather than avoiding them. Not because they're lazy, but because they're focused on getting to a result as fast as possible.

They can't create time, but they know that the fastest path between where they are and where they want to be usually involves learning from someone who's already walked that path.

The Time You Already Have

So here we are. You woke up with an extra hour today.

But what about tomorrow? What about next week?

An exceptional life comes from an extraordinary use of time.

That means being intentional about where your focus goes.

Getting comfortable saying no to what doesn't serve you.

And being willing to accept help from those who can show you the quickest path to where you want to go.

Because the truth is, there is no such thing as "enough" time.

The highest performers have the same amount of time as everyone else.

The difference is how consciously they spend it.

So, this week, ask yourself:

What should I be putting most of my focus on?

What should I say "No" to?

What's a problem I'm trying to solve, that I could accelerate with the help of a coach?

Hit reply and let me know. While I may not be able to respond to everyone, I read every message.

See you next week,
Elliot Roe