Unlike salary, it can t be deferred. Unlike assets, you can t invest time and make it grow. Busy people are busy absolutely. The more of the clock they fill, the more of the rest of the clock they need. And the more unsettled the clock becomes, the more they suffer.
Time is also respect, and it s disrespect.
Years ago, we got stuck in a traffic jam on our way to the Walt Disney studios in Burbank. We were careful to call constantly from our car to alert Disney brass of our probable late arrival. How late you are for a meeting is no longer determined by any absolute standard. It s determined rather by how important the most important person in the room is. The act of abusing their time is the ultimate show of disrespect.