One of my buddies
often tells me
she wants to write a novel
but she doesn’t
have the time
to do that.
She is a fangirl
of dozens of TV Shows.
She HAS the time.
She merely doesn’t wish
to allocate
any of that time
to writing a novel.
“When you bought
your first smartphone,
did you know
you would spend
more than 1,000 hours
a year
looking at it?
Months later,
can you remember
how you spent those hours?
When you upgraded
to a new smartphone,
so you could spend
more hours on it,
did you think about
how you had spent
so much of your ‘free’ time
the year before?
If we wasted money
the way we waste time,
we’d all be bankrupt.”
Time is even more finite
than money.
I can ‘create’ more money.
I can’t create more hours
in a day.
Before starting a new business
or project,
look at the time component
required to make it a success.
Figure out
where you’ll get that time,
what you’re willing
to give up
to complete the many tasks
associated with
building your business.
Time is an important resource.
Ensure your business/project
has enough of it.