Codie SanchezFounder @ Contrarian Thinking

Time is money

2 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube excerpt in which Codie Sanchez argues that high performers dislike wasting time and avoid shallow office small talk, whereas low performers tolerate or encourage time-wasting. The clip advises noticing who in your life is willing to waste your time, because that behavior signals low execution and misaligned priorities.

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That is what I have found with high performers. They do not like when you waste their time. You know, if you think about the typical office life, why do we not like typical office life? Because people come in, it's like water cooler bullshit talk where nobody really says anything. You ask about the kids, you don't know the kids names, what happened this weekend, you don't really care. High performers are not interested in that. Why? Because you want to perform, you want to talk about interesting things that move you forward and then you want to go live your life. You want out of the office. I've found low level performers, they actually want to waste time during the day because they're not trying to execute, they're trying to just that they are there. And there's a big difference between the two. And it's really important to pay attention to those types of people in your life. Who are the people that just are okay wasting your time? Because what does that mean if they're okay wasting your time? They're definitely wasting their time.