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When Time Isn’t Something You Spend
For much of my career I tried to control time. My days were full of meetings, sales calls, management decisions and travel. Airports became hotel rooms, hotel rooms became conference calls, and calls became presentations. Every minute was scheduled. Even off the clock I planned the next call, packed for the next trip, or fixed the next problem. Time wasn’t lived so much as organised. The clock ruled everything.