Making Time

How we spend or invest our time daily makes all the difference in the world. We all have 24 hours in a day. How come then some people achieve great things in their lives while others don’t? The big difference is in how they think about time and money.

Most of us chase time and money yet most of us lack time and money. How can that be? Money is a byproduct of where we invest our time in.

Which one of the two is more important? I say time is. Time is our most important resource.

The challenge is that when we exchange time for money by definition we cannot have both; therefore we lack time or money. How good is it to have money and no time to enjoy the great things that money can buy? How good is to have time if we do not have the money to do the things we would love to do?

In order to have both we have to invest time and money by a concept called leveraging. Improper priorities are the issue for most people. Focus on what is important not just the urgent. The important things whisper at us while the urgent ones scream at us!

In order to have time we have to make time; investing time instead of spending time. Where are you spending your time? Where are you investing your time?

Most people lack money because they spend money instead of investing money. First work hard for your money, and then put the money to work for you. What a novel concept? Simple, yet most people don’t do it.

From neck down we are all worth minimum wage. Start investing money in you, from neck up that is. Imagine if you would just invest 3% of your income in you, to sharpen your mental faculties, in your continuing education. We all can do that, can’t we? Just do it for a few years and see dramatic positive changes in your life.

 

In the book Life’s Greatest Lessons (20 Things that Matter) by Hal Urban, you can see how losers misuse or spend their time while winners use or invest their time. This picture extracted from the book has a great description of the 7 contrasting areas where time goes.

Be blessed and be a blessing to others!

Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx

Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being a Great Follower)

Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy)