{"id":18,"date":"2006-03-04T15:13:12","date_gmt":"2006-03-04T22:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/04\/how-much-time-do-you-have\/"},"modified":"2018-02-15T13:33:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T20:33:49","slug":"how-much-time-do-you-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/04\/how-much-time-do-you-have\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Time Do You Have?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A common expression I here is that people say they \u201cdon\u2019t have enough time\u201d to do important things in their life. Have you ever heard someone say they \u201cdon\u2019t have enough time to exercise\u201d or they \u201cdon\u2019t have enough time to spend with their families\u201d?<\/p>\n

This is garbage<\/strong>. We all have exactly the same amount of time. Sixty seconds in every minute, sixty minutes in every hour, twenty four hours every day and seven days every week. Time is constant.<\/p>\n

What you really mean when you say you “don\u2019t have enough time” is that it isn\u2019t important enough to you. If you really valued it, then you would make time for it. Its that simple. When you say you don\u2019t have enough time, you are saying you don\u2019t value it enough.<\/p>\n

People tend to be more frivolous with their time than their money. This is a dangerous mind set, because time is quite often a far more precious resource than money. More money can always be earned, but once time is gone, its gone forever.<\/p>\n

I think if people actually had to carry around time in their wallets, they would be more careful with it. Imagine if actually saw yourself paying sixteen minutes worth of time just to watch the commercials of an hour television program.<\/p>\n

Imagine that you actually paid thirty minutes of time just to respond to an e-mail that could have taken only six by phone. If that had been money you would probably have jumped at the chance to get a sale of 80% off!<\/strong> You might even brag about it later.<\/p>\n

Even though it may seem odd to think about it this way it is completely true. The next time someone asks you to do a favor for them, really consider how much time you are going to have to spend. Now I\u2019m definitely not saying you shouldn\u2019t help people, but realize that \u201chelping\u201d isn\u2019t free if it uses your time. Don\u2019t do it if you don\u2019t feel you can justify the cost in time.<\/p>\n

The other reason people make the assertion that they \u201cdon\u2019t have enough time\u201d is because they feel that they have<\/em> to do certain things. You never have<\/em> to do anything. Lets make that perfectly clear. There will be consequences for doing and not doing things, but you are never forced to do anything. You always have a choice.<\/p>\n

If you stop going to work you would simply become poor. In other words you want to go to work because you don\u2019t want to be poor. I know this may sound like semantics, but if you get it inside your head that you only do something because you want to do it, then it is far easier to make conscious use of your time.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t even have to breathe if you don\u2019t want to. Now I\u2019m sure your desire not to suffocate is sufficiently important that this doesn\u2019t happen, but it is an critical distinction. You breathe because you want to stay alive, not because you have to.<\/p>\n

Because time is constant, the only thing that makes it valuable is how we use it. Basically, your time is more valuable if you use it to do more important things. The CEO\u2019s time is worth far more than the cubicle worker because it is used for things that ultimately make a bigger difference (at least at work \ud83d\ude09 ).<\/p>\n

That is the essence of the other half of the equation. The value of your time is based on how important the things you do with it are. This importance can be defined from the perspective of yourself, others or even society. So if you are currently doing something that is incredibly important to you, to benefit yourself or others, then you are being productive.<\/p>\n

Another reason I feel people are so frivolous with time, is because we assume more will always keep coming.<\/p>\n

Most of us have experienced being broke, unable to buy anything. Therefore we understand the consequences if we waste all of our money. We have memories that tell us why we don\u2019t like feeling broke, unable to buy things.<\/p>\n

None of us have any direct experience of being out of time. We have never had a moment in life where we literally stopped receiving time. Therefore, we can\u2019t even conceptualize this happening.<\/p>\n

But what is really dangerous about this is that there is going to come a time when we all are going to run out of time. And when we do run out of time, we better hope it was well spent, because unlike money, you can\u2019t ever come out of a time deficit.<\/p>\n

That is why we need to do what is important. Not tomorrow, not in a few weeks, but now<\/strong>. Because most of us never know when the river of time will stop flowing, but when it does chances are you won\u2019t regret not watching a television show.<\/p>\n

Make sure you use the time you have wisely. And if you ever catch yourself saying you \u201cdon\u2019t have enough time<\/strong>\u201d, change it to \u201cthat isn\u2019t important enough<\/strong>\u201d. If you can say that honestly then you don\u2019t need any more time.<\/p>\n

So, how much time do<\/em> you have?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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