496 - Tim Ferris - Author of New York Times Bestseller: Tools of Titans
The Less Doing Podcast
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Can I Afford the Time?
There is a very dangerous frame or lens through which a lot of people make decisions. And meaning, well, if i can perform this task, and say, five minutes or less, i should just do this task now. But the question you should be asking is, not only can i afford the time, but can I afford the distraction? For instance, everybody in tolls, the titans, nearly everybody, makes a habit of blocking out on their calendar uninterrupted blocks of time where they are completely uninterrupted. So you have the time,. but you can't afford the distraction. Viewing attention as a more valuable currency than time - because time without attention is not valuable -- is really,
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