Get People To Respect Your Time
4 Aug 2025 · 0 min
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In this brief motivational monologue, Shanli Liu emphasizes that respect for one's time comes from treating it as a scarce resource. She argues that recognizing the extensive effort required to do anything well leads to the need to deliberately choose a few core pursuits to be known for, while discarding everything else. Liu highlights the Latin root of "decide"—to cut off—as a metaphor for cutting away non‑priorities so that all resources can be focused on the single most important goal.
