Remember that time is money.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Time has economic value; wasting it is equivalent to losing money.
- In plain terms
- Time is money.
- What can you take from it?
- Use time efficiently.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is downtime valuable?
- How do we balance profit and rest?
Another view
Not all time can be monetized; leisure has intrinsic worth.
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