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How I Get People To Respect My Time

Name: How I Get People To Respect My Time
Uploaded: 2025-12-01T18:01:08+00:00
Duration: 27 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this brief monologue, the speaker argues that earning respect for one's time begins with making that time appear scarce. By recognizing the…

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In this brief monologue, the speaker argues that earning respect for one's time begins with making that time appear scarce. By recognizing the substantial effort required to do work well, a person must deliberately choose a few pursuits they wish to be known for and eliminate everything else. The speaker emphasizes the literal meaning of the Latin root of "decide"—to cut off—and frames prioritization as a conscious act of cutting non‑priorities so that all resources can be devoted to the chosen focus.

If you want people to respect your time, stop giving so much of it to them, right? Nothing's precious until it's scarce. The moment you realize the sheer volume of work it takes to do something well is the moment you realize that you have to choose the few things you want to be known for and ignore the rest. Like, if you think about what does decide even mean? So the word in Latin means to cut off. You literally have to cut off what isn't a priority so you can allocate all your resources to the one thing that is.