Your time goes to whoever asks the loudest unless you decide who gets it first.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Time that is not claimed in advance gets taken by whoever is most insistent, which has nothing to do with what matters to you. Urgent requests arrive with volume attached, and important things usually arrive quietly, so the quiet ones lose by default. Deciding first is the only real defence.
Choose two things this week that get your hours before anybody asks for them. Write them down so that saying no has something behind it.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Who gets your time just because they ask loudest?
MORE IN TIME, MORTALITY & LEGACY
- The couple who’s ordered the same thing every Friday for years isn’t boring. They found something worth repeating.
- Showing up to someone’s recital, game or graduation costs you an evening. To them, it’s proof they mattered.
- A coach’s real record isn’t wins and losses. It’s how many of their players turned out to be good adults.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.