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The Value of Time
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Explore the true value of time with host Phillip Ramsey in the Uncommon Wealth Podcast. Delve into the importance of intentionality and time management, reflecting on how our time choices reveal personal values and priorities. Ramsey shares insights on balancing life's obligations, enhancing relationships through quality interactions, and the impact of technology on our time. He references Bob Goff’s approach to being generous with time. Consider how financial planning intertwines with gaining more time, and find inspiration to lead an uncommon and fulfilling life.
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Introduction to the Uncommon Wealth Podcast
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Everyone dreams of living an uncommon life and the best asset you have to achieve your dreams is you. Welcome to the Uncommon Wealth Podcast.
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We're going to introduce you to people who are living uncommonly. We're also going to give you some tools and strategies for building wealth and for pursuing an uncommon path that is uniquely right for you.
Philip Ramsey on Life and Mindset
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Hello and welcome everybody to another episode of the Uncommon Wealth Podcast. I'm your host Philip Ramsey. Thanks for tuning in for another episode of me talking about life, uncommon things, and what this maybe a different mindset for today.
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ah Today I wanted to do one about the value of your time. Something that I am horribly horrible atd horrible at um And I don't know if that's biblical or not. I don't know if that's a good thing or if it's bad. But I do know that time is a gift and something that I think we all feel, especially when something's cut short. Think about goodbyes. Goodbyes suck.
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They're the worst. They're obviously better for the person leaving because they have something to look forward to. But the person that's being left, it just stinks. And so time is a gift. How we spend our time reveals what we value. want to talk about that a little bit.
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um And wasted time can become wasted purpose. Something that i really am thinking about recently of just how many times that I'm scrolling through my phone or watching something that I could be way more intentional. And where would my life be if I was more intentional with my time? Something to think about and being a wise steward of your time is is part of just maturing and realizing our time is valuable. So that's our podcast today. That's kind of the outline.
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ah But let's just first talk about how time is a gift and think about all the people that you've lost in your life that have graduated, as we like to say, and Uncommon Wealth Partners.
Reflections on Time and Values
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And think about how much you would pay in order to have even one hour left with those people. Holy cow.
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I think that dollar amount would be high for a majority of people. I'm thinking about the people that I've lost in my life. i would spend a lot of money to be able to have an hour with them. What questions would you ask? What things would you hope to glean from them?
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ah but just think about how valuable that time is or the proverbial story where somebody like writes a quick note and, uh, something happens to them, they pass away. Those notes that they wrote at the end are priceless to those individuals, even if it's just chicken scratch.
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So time is valuable because our time is is is definitely not eternal here on earth. it's It's very limited, you think about it. and the way that we have to go to sleep and all the different things like our obligations, how we have to work for our money, it makes time super valuable.
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And it's a gift. So how we spend our time really reflects on our core values and what we value. So if it's one of those things like my wife loves to eat, um and it's not necessarily that she loves food, but she loves the people that she gets to be around the dinner table with. She loves conversation. She's a quality time person.
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And so... how you spend your time is really a reflection on how you, how you value life. Um, because time is a currency, right?
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which is fascinating to me, but it really is true. And so when you think about just the way that you spend your time, it's a good indication of a time audit, if you will, about what you value. And so there's there's been people in my life who were like, I really want to get ah in shape. Okay, let's do a time audit and just see how that maybe very few amount of their minutes are going to getting in shape.
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So that would probably cause you to wonder, do you really value that or not? So it's got my point with it's a value. And and the way that we reveal the way we spend our time reveals our our values.
Intentional Time Management and Distractions
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So. Okay, wasted time can become wasted purpose, meaning it is it is totally okay to unwind. is absolutely, to Sabbath is is obviously biblical.
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But when you're not doing that, are you intentional with your time? And I feel like how readily available our phones are really does take away from time.
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And so, thinking about that, it's convicting to me. of What can we do to try to be more purposeful with our time so it doesn't become like wasted space?
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and We don't regret the time that we have with people or opportunities that we have in front of us. Okay, I'm kind of like on my phone. i'm I'm more speaking to me, so don't feel like I'm trying to convict you because, man, our cell phones Man, they are a time suck.
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And every Sunday, I get a little indication of how my week went with my time like with my phone. And I'm always like, it always happens where I'm in church and I feel like, oh man, I got to do better.
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um And so another thing I've been doing is kind of dissecting, like has it been social? Has it been financial? Has it been productive. You can, you can look at that. I'm sure you have.
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i have an iPhone, so I probably should let everyone
Maturity and Time Stewardship
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know that. Okay. The last thing is, um being a wise steward is part of your maturity, spiritual maturity. If you have a faith, but also just maturity,
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no matter what your faith is. I feel like the way that we spend our time, the wise people seem to be a little bit older, um and they've figured out that their time is very finite. like it good it can It can go away very quickly. And so they're very purposeful with their time.
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And then I think everyone kind of sees that as maturity. One, they've lived this world. They've been through experiences, but they also can glean from how important it is to spend time with people.
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Now, there is something that I stink at is I'm like super generous with my time, so much so that people have been frustrated about that. Like, hey, Philip, spending too much time here, or there, everywhere.
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I wanted to point out Bob Goff. I don't know if you've ever heard of Bob Goff. He has a couple books. One is Love Does. That is such a good book. I feel like he's so generous with his time. In fact, I've called Bob Goff before, and I wanted to know this exact same thing is how do you...
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How do you continue to be so generous with your time when everybody wants a piece of your time and you have priorities that need to take place like your wife, for example, and and he had a great answer is he he definitely has boundaries in place so he doesn't answer his phone.
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for example, while he's eating dinner. Um, but other than that, he's like, I feel like I'm used by God to be able to spend my time and my wisdom and, and, and pour into other people.
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And I was super encouraged by that. Um, and so that's kind of what I've kind of mentored my time and being generous with it. Um, after Bob Goff, I'm nowhere close to what he's doing. Um, But I do feel like time is valuable and i want to show people how much their love appreciated. and I hope I can encourage the next person, which is my time. It's free, but it's also super valuable.
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And so if you can continue just to love other people, well, I think that there's. blessings or there's definitely something that comes around where you feel better and more things come your way. So there's my podcast on time and value and valuing your time, all of that.
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I hope you liked it. I hope this encourages you to just step out your comfort zone, invite somebody over to your house, ah get around the dinner table like my wife would want to, and just think about how valuable your time is and who you're spending it with and how you can encourage others because time is so valuable.
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And on people's deathbeds, they don't think about like all the money
Connecting Time Value with Financial Goals
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they wish they would have. They just wish they had more time. You get it. Thanks for listening. You've been listening to Uncommon Wealth Podcast. I've been your host, Philip Ramsey. How does this parlay to financial stuff?
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Man, aren't we all trying to use our finances to get more time? That's at least what I'm doing. That's what a lot of our clients are doing. So if that sounds like you, love to hear your story. I'd love to get more people on the podcast to just highlight their uncommonness. So if that sounds like you or you know somebody that's uncommon, send them my way.
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Philip at UncommonWealth.com. P-H-I-L-L-I-P at UncommonWealth.com. That's where you can get me. i'd Love to hear from you. Till next time. Have a great day. Bye-bye.
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