Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Friday, March 4, 2016
YOUR TIME IS WORTH BIG MONEY
YOUR TIME IS WORTH BIG MONEY
Whoever speaks to the use of your time, speaks to or about the use of your money. Therefore, presumably that person enjoys some position of consensual privilege with you, like that of parent, sibling, spouse, employer, child, or some very special "friend." If not one of these relationally privileged persons, or a consensually privileged person, that relation is coercive & adverse.
The nerve of some stranger, some bossy, coercive or adverse person, bearing no position of privilege to speak to you, on the highest and best use of your time, even politely even indirectly! Your time is money!
Get your due, for whatever you do, from whomever is a stranger to you! Should you ever encounter such a person, make sure that they know that the cost of your time is steep!
While this may sound harsh, given our constant social conditioning, our time is the most valuable thing that we own. It is irreplaceable and it must be negotiated on terms that are commensurate with its rarity.