For some strange reason, I was taking a shower when this philosophical question popped in my head and got me really thinking. So, I decided to talk about it in this post.
How much would you sell 10 years of your life for??? If someone came and offered you the chance to sell 10 years of your life, what price would you ask for it. For example, if you asked for $1 million, you will get the cash RIGHT NOW and lose 10 years of your life. So, if you were 20 years old today, you would immediately fast forward to 30. If you were 30 today, you would immediately go to 40. So on and so forth.
What price would you ask for? Think about it. You are not allowed to say ‘not for sale’ or ‘priceless’. You must think of a price.
When I asked most of my friends, they gave huge amounts of money. One of my friends said, ‘ $10 million for 10 years of my life’. So, if we put so much value on the time of our life, are we treasuring it?
For example, for my friend, $10 million for 10 years equates to $1 million a year, which equates to $2,739 per day. This equates to $114 per hour or $1.90 per minute. Do the math for YOUR OWN answer. I bet it would be pretty high as well.
So, question is, are you living each hour as if it were WORTH $114? I am not saying that you must spend every hour making money. What I am saying is whether you are getting the very most out of the precious minutes and hours of your life? Are you enjoying the journey of your life, allowing yourself to be happy or do you keep getting upset over small things? Are you loving the people around you and allowing them to love you back? Are you treasuring each hour of your life and living it to the fullest or constantly procrastinating or doing things later?
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU HAVE TO SELL
If you think about it, you are forced to sell the 10 years of your life (and more), whether you like it or not. Every day that passes in your life, you have just sold it. You are never going to get it back. Every hour that passes in your life, you are never going to get back.
When people attend my 4 day seminars, I tell them that the money they spent can always be made back. What cannot be made back is the 4 days of their life that they have exchanged for coming. So, they have to make the very best use of it.
So, before you go about living this new day, think of the price you have put on it and get your money’s worth!
This is a powerful way of sinking in a very useful message. I think the concept of comparing time spent on anything against the monetary value will really make us think quite a bit about spending 5 hours playing video games.
Regards
I think this blog has really changed my way of thinking..i recently attended the workshop on friday and was totally motivated. After attending the workshop i started reading the blog and i am really making every hour of today count…thanks adam, i myself believe in making a difference in somebody’s life and want to learn ways in which i can help people…may be the wealth programme which i would join in march can help my life as well as other people’s lives too…will kepp reading your blogs….
THANKS A MILLION
This blew my mind. Thanks Adam.
I will keep this very well in my head especially good for me to start off this new year with some gusto that i needed.
Agree agree agree.
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Hello Adam .
Thanks for this interesting concept
however this depends on your age . I am 65 but if I were 75 well its deal time . Then again I am sure there is a time frame where the price drops .But getting back to reality your concept is spot on,why not get in and do it now.
Get the success /millions /gratification by doing it yourself and then pass on your knowledge before you pass on.
Thanks for this insightful post.
Bernie.T.
Hi Adam,
It is a wonderful subject. I just realising value of the time .I spent all these days just like that . Now realy I am going to work hard to sell my priceious time more than $20 million And I am going to make it worth.I would like to by the books Master your mind, Profit from panic. How is it possible ? pls reply me with the price of the books?
God always help you and save you.
Kind regards ,
Priya.
Hi Adam,
I’m still hesitant to put $ value to everything and this could or could not be an advantage which I’m constantly evaluating every minute. Just as Tony Robbins would put it “We are constantly evaluating things every minute of our lives”.
I can only put the number of years as a unit of measure for my life as the saying goes “What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.”
Attended your WA recently. Excellent. Always enjoyed your insights and look forward to more.
Best regards,
Chang
Hey Adam,
Thanks, this is brilliant, with your permission I will use it in my Workshops. A similiar question that I often pose is this:
“If a fairy gave you $86400 every day and you have to spend it – ifyou dont it is taken away at the end of the day, what will you spend it on?
that is how many seconds thereis in a day. how do you spend your time?
Hi, Adam
Many thanks for another thought provoking wake-up call. I share similar opinion with Bernie T. I feel the stage of life, age and enviornment are other determinants besides greed and the need to hurry “success”. These components do define our prevailing values and decisions.
At this age and in Singapore, regrettably; you are quite spot on. It is essential to make your bucks when you have the stamina and opportunities.
One opposing thought is that life is a journey, one must also take the time to smell the roses and appreciate mother nature. There is so much to learn and so much to earn. Adam, whilst you were in the shower I was on board a Shinkansen, going at 330km/hr. What would have taken a conventional train 6 hours, I did it in <2. I shaved 4 hours off my travel, but missed many magnificent mirco-views because of the shear speeed of the Shinkansen.
Adam, you are doing a great job to teach the young to fish and think for themselves. I wish I have a time machine, to attend your lessons 20 years ago. CHEERS!
Hi Adam,
Yes, indeed it’s and interesting and purturbing questions to ask, how much am I going to sell my 10 years? It’s really hard to put a price tag on it. 🙁
I guess it is very much how we view our life and our core value, isn’t it?
Would you care to share to us how much would you
put $$ to your 10 years? And why that amount?
It would be interesting to learn from a young, energetic local successful figure.
Nothing. I would be that much closer to death. Halleluja(sp?).