Day 94 Time V Objective

Time V Objective

As the academic year proceeds, it has been getting harder to find a parking spot in the university lately. So I decided to leave my apartment 20 minutes earlier. When I arrived the campus last morning, I realized there were still more than 200 parking spaces available. Which induced me to meditate about the consequences between the time value and its enormous impact over our objectives.

One step ahead then we will be more likely to success at the end. This corollary is, in fact, genuine. Life is comprised of competitions. We face contest on the daily basis, since we are competing with our peers for the scarce resources. Therefore, if we can consistently place ourselves at the leading position from the start, and maintain this advantage until the end, then certainly we will be the winner. The preceding illustration of my recent experience provides the vivid portrait for this issue. It seems to be an isolated incident, but we should scope for profound wisdom behind it. A trivial adjustment on time schedule leads to the outstanding result, which simply resets the outcome. In order to emphasize the overall effect, we need to observe the significant distinction between the yields of this 20 minutes difference. For example, it would normally take me 10 minutes to the school and spend another 20 minutes to park my car due to the traffic congestion. If I switch to my new schedule, the combined time cost will be 10 minutes. We must recognize this 20 minutes will not be wasted, because we can easily allocate it on other tasks are required to be performed in university. And what is the cost of my action? Simply intensify my pace in the morning. Not to mention the implicit opportunities that will possibly incur during this high quality 20 minutes.

In my opinion, the time itself does not generate value, since it is the endeavor invested creates the benefit. Refer to the time value of money in the financial study, which stated 100 dollars today will not be worth 100 dollars tomorrow. However, the value of that 100 dollars will only decrease if we do not invest it to receive returns. In conclusion, we have to understand the value of high-quality time secessions, and the procedures to produce it with the decisions we make.