Here’s a “timely” story:<\/p>\n
After last Sunday’s “Ben Settle Show” podcast (where I talked about\u00a0paying yourself in terms of time amongst other things), a dude\u00a0told me about his adventures at a IM seminar once. Apparently, a\u00a0bunch of people were going to eat during a break at a restaurant a\u00a0mile or so away from the seminar. And, when they walked outside\u00a0everyone whipped out their phones and fiddled with their Uber apps.\u00a0Uber, of course, being the newest bright shiny object for\u00a0transportation. Apparently, it’s better, faster, and cheaper than\u00a0Taxis and, well, everyone’s doing it, so it must be the thing to\u00a0do, right?<\/p>\n
Well, not so fast, Chachi.<\/p>\n
In this case, it was the opposite.<\/p>\n
This person said they all waited some 15 minutes or so for someone\u00a0from Uber to pick them up, yet there were 3 fat yellow Taxis right.\u00a0in. the hotel. drive up. waiting there to take them anywhere they\u00a0wanted to go.<\/p>\n
“But Uber is really cool and cheaper than taxis,” one of them said.<\/p>\n
Sigh.<\/p>\n
Look, I have nothing against Uber.<\/p>\n
That’s not the point here.<\/p>\n
The point is, here was this small crowd of successful Internet\u00a0marketers who thought saving 80 cents or whatever was more valuable\u00a0than their time. Yes, I know it was just 15 minutes. But it’s not\u00a0the amount of time that’s the problem here, it’s the corrosive\u00a0affect not valuing time has on people.<\/p>\n
This mindset carries over into business, too.<\/strong><\/p>\n I see it all the time.<\/p>\n Like people who spend weeks screwing with their wordpress instead\u00a0of hiring it out to a trained pro to “save money.” Or the schlub\u00a0who spends hours each month trying to do their own taxes and\u00a0bookkeeping instead of having someone who’s versed in the ways of\u00a0the IRS and audit\/asset protection do the deed to, you know, “save\u00a0money.” Or the newbie who changes his own oil, mows his own lawn,\u00a0and sprays his own yard for bugs (instead of outsourcing these\u00a0tasks to experts at these things) to, you know, “save money.”<\/p>\n And so on, and so forth.<\/p>\n All that time is gone.<\/p>\n Poof.<\/p>\n You’ll never see it again.<\/p>\n Unlike spent money, you cannot “make” back spent time<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n You can only spend it.<\/p>\n And, when it’s gone, it’s ain’t returning.<\/p>\n Anyway, I know this falls on mostly deaf ears.<\/p>\n But, it’s the one or two people who take it to heart I care about.<\/p>\n The rest of y’all?<\/p>\n Well, go ahead.<\/p>\n Keep stepping over dollars to pick up pennies.<\/p>\n Those of us who value time will see you from the top…<\/p>\n One of the benefits of “Email Players” newsletter is, you can learn\u00a0what’s taken me over a decade and Lord-knows-how-many failures,\u00a0frustrations, and trial & error to make lots of sales with email in\u00a0just 16-pages each month. All presented in a simple to use and easy\u00a0to learn way you can immediately (the same day you get it) use to\u00a0make lots of the green stuff.<\/p>\n Anyway, that’s that.<\/p>\n Subscription info here:<\/p>\n