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Monetary Value of Time
We all have some idea of how much our time is worth. On extreme ends, it is easy to know if a task is worth your time. For instance, if someone offers you $0.07 per hour and another $7,000 per hour, you would have no problem to decide.
However, in the middle of the time-value spectrum, it is less clear if a particular task is worth your time. While everyone has an hourly value, few people know the exact amount.
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The Expected Value Method
- Break your time out by task.
- Find a unit of measurement that connects the tasks you work on with the income you earn.
- Estimate the expected value of each task.
- Add all the expected values together to calculate the total expected value of your time.
- Add extra v...
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The Value of Your Time
Divide your total money earned by your total time spent.
For example, let’s say you spend 2,500 hours per year earning money:
- If you make $46,226/year, your time is worth $18.49/hour. This is the 2014 median income for women in the United States.
- If you m...
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Get The Most Out Of Your Time
It starts with knowing what your time is worth. For instance:
- People who spend their time doing more profitable work make more money.
- People who spend their time investing in others build better relationships.
- People who spend their time ...
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The Real Worth Of Your Time
Use the Realized Income Methods to calculate the value of your time. It is based on the income you received and will help you make better decisions on how to spend money day-by-day. You need two numbers for your calculations.
- How much time you spend to earn money.
- How much you ...
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The Growth Multiple Method
This method calculates how your work of today will pay off long term, but does not tell you how to use your time more effectively. It works on the assumption that your actions from this year will continue to drive growth over the next 12 months, so the real value of your time is high...
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Track Your Time
Measure the total amount of time you invest each year to earn money. It includes the time you spend to commute to and from work, and time spent working on a side hustle or dropping your kids at daycare.
If you're unsure how much time you spend working, use 2,500 hours per year as a starting...
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Track How Much Money You Earn
If you're an hourly worker or a salaried employee, look at your latest paycheck and multiply it by the number of paychecks you receive per year. Also, include money from side hustles and freelancing gigs.
You are trying to calculate your take-home pay.
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Keep in mind
- Misguided success. Don't waste time becoming successful at the wrong thing. Know your core values and what you want out of life.
- Tradeoffs and Opportunistic addition. Opportunistic Addition refers to choices that would decrease the value of your time if you spent all o...
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What Value You Can Expect
Expected Valued Methods are based on the value you expect a given hour of work to create in the long-run. This method can help you make strategic decisions about where to spend your time.
- What projects should you focus on?
- Which uses of time are not valuable a...
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Checks and Balances
- Take-Home Pay Method. This method is based on the pay you take home.
- Market Rate Method. This method is useful to test your numbers. Check the rate you could expect to earn if another company hired you for a job you were qualified to perform.
- Cost-Based Metho...
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