Books about the importance of time.

[oneac]

I've been really wanting to understand the importance of time.

I know the surface level things that entrepreneurs should know (ie time is more valuable than money, how to make returns on your time etc) but I can't seem to find good books talking about how a man should use his time, what things to put time into that matters, philosophical arguments against wasting time.

All I find are new age books about being efficient with your time.

While that certainly is important, I don't just care about how to manage time.

I want to know more about how great thinkers understand the importance of time in our day to day lives. I want to be able to put into perspective wasted time (yeah yeah, I did the weeks til death thing).

I've asked ChatGPT about this but it's been largely useless

 

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[ZackerySprague]

Your Money or Your Life is a good book, I don't remember the authors name. I haven't read it and it's entirety. But it's a way to view your life as a currency as much as the actual dollar and how you are trading it.

 

[ZackerySprague]

Amazon.com

 

[luminis_]

On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

 

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[oneac]

Amazon.com

definetely checking this one out. I'll tell you what I think

 

[oneac]

On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

Oh hell yeah

 

[Epynok]

I've been really wanting to understand the importance of time.

I know the surface level things that entrepreneurs should know (ie time is more valuable than money, how to make returns on your time etc) but I can't seem to find good books talking about how a man should use his time, what things to put time into that matters, philosophical arguments against wasting time.

All I find are new age books about being efficient with your time.

While that certainly is important, I don't just care about how to manage time.

I want to know more about how great thinkers understand the importance of time in our day to day lives. I want to be able to put into perspective wasted time (yeah yeah, I did the weeks til death thing).

I've asked ChatGPT about this but it's been largely useless

I think you mean books about time management and how to do it effectively.

 

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[e_ryan]

I've been really wanting to understand the importance of time.

I know the surface level things that entrepreneurs should know (ie time is more valuable than money, how to make returns on your time etc) but I can't seem to find good books talking about how a man should use his time, what things to put time into that matters, philosophical arguments against wasting time.

All I find are new age books about being efficient with your time.

While that certainly is important, I don't just care about how to manage time.

I want to know more about how great thinkers understand the importance of time in our day to day lives. I want to be able to put into perspective wasted time (yeah yeah, I did the weeks til death thing).

I've asked ChatGPT about this but it's been largely useless

Marcus Aurelius talked a lot about it in Meditations, he seemed to have a quite melancholic view of it.

Valuable nonetheless though.

 

[Andy Black]

I've not read it but people recommend The Power of Now. I presume that's about time.

 

[StrikingViper69]

1. Decide on the things you want to achieve
2. Figure out a schedule

From a broad perspective, your time is a reflection of your values and your schedule is the person you become.

You need time to:

1. Eat
2. Sleep
3. Work
4. Work on your business
5. Relax
6. Exercise

 

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[oneac]

Marcus Aurelius talked a lot about it in Meditations, he seemed to have a quite melancholic view of it.

Valuable nonetheless though.

Currently readin on the shortness of life , this will be the next one

 

[oneac]

I've not read it but proper recommend The Power of Now. I presume that's about time.

Read it a couple years ago, I’ll give it another look as it was a life changing book

 

[MTF]

Die With Zero by Bill Perkins. It's about using your money while you're alive and not waiting for retirement to make your dreams come true. It has really changed how I view spending money now. It also addresses how to value time.

I believe @biophase liked it a lot as well.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Die With Zero by Bill Perkins. It's about using your money while you're alive and not waiting for retirement to make your dreams come true. It has really changed how I view spending money now. It also addresses how to value time.

I believe @biophase liked it a lot as well.

+1 … I really liked it too, although I don’t agree with general concept of dying with zero, but it does a spectacular job of laying down a great philosophical framework between money and time.

 

[perchboy]

I can't seem to find good books talking about how a man should use his time, what things to put time into that matters, philosophical arguments against wasting time.

That’s a question that you can only ask yourself.

Put the phone down and take a day to ponder.

Go for a walk in the cemetery to remind you about the impermanence of life.

Reflect on how you only live once and how you can make the most out of your life.

Following what other people want is the biggest waste of time. Do what you truly want to do.

 

[The-J]

I've not read it but people recommend The Power of Now. I presume that's about time.

Power of Now helped me a lot because I've dealt with worrying and such. I think I was a teenager when I read it. It's not really about "time" it's more about living in the present. The present moment is all there is, so there's no point in dwelling on the past or ruminating on the future. If you plan for the future, you do so now. If you learn from the past, you do so now. If you're living in the past or in the future, you're thinking about something that isn't here now.

The other caveat is that if there's anything you want to do, you must do it now. You cannot rely on there being a future because the future is just made up. You could die today.

I don't necessarily recommend the book unless you're really in a down state. If you're depressed, if you're anxious, if your trauma is weighing you down, then I recommend the book. I recommend it to people who are overthinkers, because it basically says "think less by focusing on the present moment". Be still for a moment and just... be. It's also a very wordy and convoluted book. It comes off as "new agey" and makes references to a lot of spiritual traditions while kind of going against what they actually mean lol.

I don't believe that it's a "must read". But I read it and it helped me.

 

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[Kevin88660]

I've been really wanting to understand the importance of time.

I know the surface level things that entrepreneurs should know (ie time is more valuable than money, how to make returns on your time etc) but I can't seem to find good books talking about how a man should use his time, what things to put time into that matters, philosophical arguments against wasting time.

All I find are new age books about being efficient with your time.

While that certainly is important, I don't just care about how to manage time.

I want to know more about how great thinkers understand the importance of time in our day to day lives. I want to be able to put into perspective wasted time (yeah yeah, I did the weeks til death thing).

I've asked ChatGPT about this but it's been largely useless

These are things like strategies. Because you do not have infinite resource, (limited time) being one of them, you want to focus on most important goals and objective.

Just like nations develop their own geostrategies
based on their own geopolitics, you invest time towards things that you should value the most, based on your own circumstances.

The hardest part is to figure out what are things you should invest most of your time in and why.

 

[WillHurtDontCare]

I can't seem to find good books talking about how a man should use his time, what things to put time into that matters, philosophical arguments against wasting time.

Forget the books. Go spend time in a graveyard. Go stand near the edge of a cliff. Go skydiving. Go caving. Go climb a mountain. Go visit a nursing home. Volunteer at a hospice center.

Do things that make you acknowledge the inevitability of death.

The only way that you will learn to really appreciate your time is to feel deep in your bones that you are going to die some day. You're young so you feel like you're going to live forever, so you need to pursue experiences that break that illusion.