13180: Two Ways You Can Buy Back Your Time
Hey there, hero!
If there’s one thing we don’t have enough of, it’s time.
But there are ways to guard your time and protect what you have.
You can even take steps to re-claim that precious commodity. One is fairly obvious.
The other can feel a bit dangerous. A bit risky.
I’d like to set your mind at ease about that “dangerous, risky” one.
How do you guard your time? How do you make sure you have the time you need to do the things you want? Let me know in the comments below.
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Raw transcript:
Raw transcript:
if I haven’t told you lately how much I
adore James clear the author of atomic
habits let me reiterate that I really
really love what he has to say how he
says it and today is no exception
because today he shares something with
his followers that I want to share in
turn with you it’s a couple of ways to
buy back your time
H let’s take a look at that in this
episode of the vo Heroes
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podcast Atomic habits is an amazing book
uh it’s changed how I approach uh honing
and refining my life James Clear has a
very distinct way of of operating and he
recently shared a thought in his Weekly
Newsletter which I’m a proud subscriber
of two ways to buy back your
time the the first one you know is
fairly obvious second one not so much so
here’s what he has to say the obvious
way to buy back your time is to pay
someone to do something for you pay the
mechanic to change your oil or a dry
cleaner to press your suit the less
obvious way to buy back your time is to
say
no passing on a promotion might buy you
more time with your family
declining the dinner invite might pay
for the time you need to exercise we
buyback our time not only with the money
we spend but also with the opportunities
we decline the more clearly you know how
you want to spend your days the easier
it becomes to say no to the requests
that steal your
hours amazing
amazing um saying no is hard for some
people to do especially in our business
because if you say no they might not
ever ask again it’s hard enough to get
them to say do you want to do this job
do you want to be the voice of this
character do you want to be on camera do
you want to narrate this book you know
uh why would I say no oh my God they
might go oh well clearly he or she
doesn’t want to be in our business you
know no that’s not the way it works and
in fact some ways it works in the exact
opposite oh they’re not available wow I
wonder what’s going on with them it
might make you even more enticing to
that person in the future I wouldn’t
play those
games but I certainly wouldn’t worry
about if you say no will they stop
asking you know if you say no and by the
way don’t ever ask me again or no and I
hate your show or no and I hate your
product yeah that might lead them to go
maybe we won’t ask again but just saying
no no that’s that’s not that’s not a
thing that’s not a thing that’s going to
prevent you from being approached in the
future usually but the notion that you
can pay somebody to get your own time
back have them do this the the work that
you were doing on your own that’s one
thing and saying no and claiming your
time back I think that’s really powerful
I wonder how that landed for you I’d
love to know is this something that you
engage in do you pay people to do work
for you and do you say no enough tell me
in the comments below hit the like
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when a new episode is coming out we’d
love to have you do that share this with
someone who you think might need to
reclaim some of their time they might
need to hear both of these strategies
and
tactics I’m David H Lawrence the 17th I
thank you so much for watching and for
listening and I will see you in the next
episode of the vo Heroes podcast
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(from YouTube)
I love ❤️ this.
The ability to say “No” I learned from you. Even though you have brought this up specifically in your courses it pretty much permeates your teaching. The same with buying back your time—you have always promoted outsourcing to other professionals what they do best so we can concentrate on what we do best—acting.
Building websites, using tools for time management, using Pozotron, etc., etc.
While Mr. Clear may have a catchy way to message, don’t sell yourself short. This valuable message comes across in all you teach.
Acknowledging that I am`in a secure enough position to say no, (courteously and kindly of course,) is an amazingly empowering feeling. In addition to reclaiming my time – as the senators say – that feeling alone makes the experience worth it. Thanks for turning me on to James Clear. You and he make excellent points and have helped me clarify my thinking about this and many other subjects.
I got that same email newsletter. I love it! And yes, I try to know when to say no to get my time back.