The Story of Catan
I recently came across “The Other 8 Hours” by Robert Pagliarini at the library. His idea is that while holding down a day job, you should be and can be making a dent in your wealth creation efforts.
This reminded me of the story of how Settlers of Catan was invented. If you haven’t played Catan yet, think of it as a version of Monopoly with much more depth and much more fun. Klaus Teuber, the creator of Catan, was designing boardgames to entertain his family while working his day job as a dental technician. Today, Catan is sold in Chapters bookstores.
Honestly, after working full time at a day job, there isn’t enough energy left to work another job. (If you have a secure slacker day job, please let me know when you have an opening.) It is important to scale back on what you think you can accomplish during your “off” hours instead of pushing hard at building the next Pyramid of Egypt; setting unrealistic goals give you an excuse for failure.
What are you doing during your other 8 hours?
