If you're an incredibly famous rich person who does more in one day than I do in a month, does your perception of time's passing go slower or faster than it does for me?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The quote questions how wealth and busy schedules alter one's subjective experience of time passing.
- In plain terms
- Does having more money and busy days make time feel slower or faster?
- What can you take from it?
- Busy lives change how we perceive time.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does your stress level change time perception?
Another view
Perception of time varies by individual, not just status.
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