How would you feel if a co-worker barged into your office every few minutes to blurt out updates about their life or project? You might tell them that you are busy, but the damage has been done. You’ve been interrupted, and getting back on task might be difficult.
What’s the value of your time?
It’s a simple question, and the answer can help you with a variety of business decisions, from maximizing your productivity to deciding which tasks to delegate or outsource.
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Not all uses of time are equal, and this simple truth can make a big difference in life. 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 creating a flexible career enjoy more freedom. People who spend their time working on high-impact projects contribute more to society. Whether you want more wealth, more friendship, more freedom, or more impact, it all comes down to how you spend and value your time.并非所有时间的使用都是平等的，这个简单的事实可以对生活产生很大的影响。把时间花在更有利可图的工作上的人会赚更多的钱。把时间花在别人身上的人会建立更好的关系。花时间创造灵活职业的人享有更多自由。把时间花在高影响力项目上的人对社会的贡献更大。无论你想要更多的财富、更多的友谊、更多的自由还是更多的影响力，这一切都取决于你如何度过和珍惜你的时间。
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At some level, we all have an internal gauge for how much our time is worth. For example, if someone offers to pay you $0.07 for one hour of work, you would immediately decline. Meanwhile, if someone offers to pay you $7,000 for one hour of work, you would immediately accept.
在某种程度上，我们都有一个内部衡量标准来衡量我们的时间价值多少。例如，如果有人愿意为你工作一小时支付 0.07 美元，你会立即拒绝。同时，如果有人愿意为你工作一小时支付 7,000 美元，你会立即接受。
On extreme ends of the spectrum, it is easy to know if a task is worth your time. As you move toward the middle of the time-value spectrum, however, it becomes less clear if a particular task is worth your time or not. And this is the problem: most of life is lived in the gray zone of the time-value spectrum.
在极端情况下，很容易知道一项任务是否值得你花时间。然而，当你向时间价值范围的中间移动时，一项特定任务是否值得你花时间变得不太清楚。这就是问题所在：大部分生命都生活在时间价值谱的灰色地带。
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Remember—most resources are potentially unlimited. There’s no limit to how much money you can make (someone can pass up Bill Gates, right?). There’s no limit (other than self-imposed) as to how many customers you can have, or employees or locations or products or anything else.
请记住——大多数资源可能是无限的。你可以赚多少钱没有限制（有人可以放弃比尔盖茨，对吧？）。对于您可以拥有多少客户、员工、地点、产品或其他任何东西，没有限制（除了自我限制）。
But there are only 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, and you have to spend some of that time sleeping, eating, playing, relaxing and growing with yourself, your friends, and your family. Time is an entrepreneur’s most precious resource because it is the only one that is truly scarce.
但是一天只有 24 小时，一周 7 天，一年 52 周，你必须花一些时间睡觉、吃饭、玩耍、放松和与自己、朋友和家人一起成长。时间是企业家最宝贵的资源，因为它是唯一真正稀缺的资源。
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Happiness and Meaning – If you want, you can account for factors like how much happiness or meaning a task adds to your life. However, many people don’t pay attention to his important role in your life, such as joining a club and becoming an organizer,but they can act as a tiebreaker between tasks that are close in Expected Value.
幸福和意义——如果你愿意，你可以考虑一些因素，比如一项任务给你的生活带来了多少幸福或意义，然而，很多人不注意他在你生活中的重要作用，比如加入俱乐部、成为组织者，但它们可以充当期望值接近的任务之间的决胜局。
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Understanding Non-Monetary Value 了解非货币价值
The majority of “things” in this world bring value to someone, somewhere. In your life, even if you can’t quantify the value, it doesn’t mean that such value does not exist.
这个世界上的大多数“事物”都会在某个地方为某人带来价值。在你的生活中，即使你无法量化价值，也不代表这样的价值不存在。
As you may or may not know, I’m a big proponent for expanding one’s income rather than spending time and energy focusing on living an extremely frugal life. The practice of saving money is great, but people who blindly follow frugality are not only missing out on life, but also missing out on intangible value.
正如您可能知道或可能不知道的那样，我非常支持增加收入，而不是花时间和精力专注于过一种极其节俭的生活。省钱的做法固然很好，但盲目节俭的人，不仅错失了生活，更错失了无形的价值。
问题来了
作者：Harry 审稿：
Have you wasted a lot of time on unnecessary things in the past?在过去的时间里你有没有浪费过很多时间在一些没有必要的事情上？
Why is time valuable?
为什么时间很值钱？
Why don’t some people value your time?
为什么有些人不珍惜你的时间？
Why are some people’s time worthless?为什么有些人的时间不值钱？
Have you ever calculated how much your hour is worth?你有计算过你的一个小时值多少钱吗？
Why is time valuable?
为什么时间很值钱？
