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  • What If You Received $86,400 Everyday

    Posted on September 16th, 2010 Nelson Bodnarchuk No comments

    Imagine that your bank credited your account with $86,400 every day, and every night they canceled whatever funds were left over that you failed to use during the day, from the account.

    What would you do? Surely you would strive to spend every cent, every day! Or go find another bank that would do the same thing but let you keep the balance ;)

    Here’s the thing, everybody has this account. It’s the “TIME” bank, and every morning it deposits 86,400 seconds in your account. Every night it withdraws and writes-off whatever you failed to invest. Your balance is never carried over, no matter what the excuse and you have no overdraft. Each day a new account is opened, and each night the bank’s records are destroyed. You are the bookkeeper of your equity, experiences and knowledge. If you fail to use the funds, the loss is your responsibility.

      Live in the ‘now’ and seek to obtain the highest return on investment possible. By facing your pains, the injustices you’ve been dealt, your mortality and the challenges of your past, you’ll realize the true value of your “TIME” bank and look for ways to improve your ROI on future time investments.

      Time Perception:

      • 1 millisecond = the difference between who won silver and gold at the Olympics.
      • 1 second = the difference between someone who just survived an accident and some one who didn’t.
      • 1 minute = the difference between missing or catching your plane.
      • 1 hour = the difference between some one spending time with their family or missing it.
      • 1 day = the difference between a working or calling in sick if you’re on minimum wage, and have 5 kids to feed.
      • 1 week = the difference between a prisoner being released from their sentence.
      • 1 month = the difference between  giving birth to a premature baby or a healthy baby.
      • 1 year = the difference between passing or failing the exam.
      • 1 lifetime = the difference between realizing that you could have done better if you invested your time wisely.

      Can you hear the clock ticking?

      There’s always time to ask yourself can I start using my time better.