We tend to overvalue money and undervalue time. This makes us constantly fail to realize the tradeoffs we make between the two.
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We don’t really value time as much as we value money, even though money one lost can be earned again, but lost time can never come back.
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Divide your total money earned by your total time spent.
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Money is tangible and easily calculated. One can see how much money they have and figure out the net worth in minutes. Time, on the other hand, is intangible and its value not easily measured. Almost as a reflex action, most of us prefer saving money instead of s...
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