Value Your Time

Sitting in the bleacher at a basketball game and I overhear these powerful words from a teenager. If you do not value your time, no one will. These simple word immediately drew my attention. Who was giving such profound advice at a high school basketball game? I had to know, who gave this advice and to whom was she speaking? It was a teenager chatting with her friend. What! Yes, these magical words that instantly stopped me in my tracks were spoken by a teenager.

I jotted these words down on my phone as a reminder, because they were so simple yet powerful in meaning.

I've spent time reflecting on this. Why when I did not hear any of the other words spoken in the conversation did I hear just this one sentence. I think it was because I've been struggling with valuing my time. My Mama raised me with excellent values, one of them happens to be very considerate of others time. She also drummed in me put others before yourself. These values have served me very well, and I do appreciate them.

Where this has been a double edge sword, is my own business. Continuously, putting others before my own business. Well, um that's not good for my business. It limited my possibility to expand my reach and help others outside my current customer base. Assisting others to success makes me happy.

It took the words of a teenager for me to realize this.

After these few precious moments, I will get back to doing what I love. And that's helping solopreneurs take back their valuable time allowing them to focus on revenue-generating tasks. That's valuable stuff.

How do you value your time?

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