We all know super busy people who seem to get more done in a day than we do in a week. They don’t have any more time than we do. They simply have different beliefs about time.
Most people believe time is scarce. They believe that because time is finite, there’s never enough of it to do what we need to do. But our beliefs create our reality. If you believe you don’t have enough time, then you don’t. If you have an abundant view of time, however, if you believe there is more than enough time to take care of everything that’s important, you will always have more than enough time.
How do you change your beliefs about time?
One way is to treat it like money.
If you believe you will always have enough money, you probably will. People who are generous with their money, tend to have plenty of it. People who tithe, for example, often report that money comes to them faster than they can give it away.
If you want to change your beliefs about time, give it away. That’s one idea that caught my attention in a post about re-framing our attitude about time.
“I have enough time to be generous with it”–is a surprisingly effective antidote to the time-scarcity mindset. Simply giving your time away to others, even as little as ten minutes, creates a sense of “time affluence.”
I can hear what you’re thinking: “You can always earn more money, but you can never get back your time.”
This is true, but too literal. We’re not keeping score, here. We’re trying to change beliefs.
I think giving away time as an attitude adjustment mechanism would be very effective for lawyers who often equate time with money. (They shouldn’t, in my opinion; but they do). “What? Give away billable time? Like, for free?”
Yes, for free.
“I don’t know, that doesn’t make any sense. I’m not sure I’d be comfortable with that.”
I understand. But maybe that’s exactly why you should try it. You might be surprised to find that like money, the more you give away, the more you have.
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