The idea of paying yourself first is a personal finance piece of advice. It basically means something like ar if you want to save or invest money, you have to take a bit of your pay check or income as soon as you get it and save or invest it. And then you'll find that you can probably meet your expenditures in life having removed that chunk paid himself first. If instead, you try to pay yourself last by using your money on all the things you need to use it on, and then at the end of the month and hope that there's some left over to put into savings or investments, you will find that actually, you've spent it all because of this way in which
Oliver Burkeman is a journalist and author of the book 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. In this episode we discuss:
- The time management myths that are holding you back - Practical strategies that help you focus on what matters most- The true cost of convenience culture and what you lose
We also talk about how writing the book changed Oliver’s relationship to time, the path to producing original creative work and the issues with self-help culture.