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Time Multipliers: Small Choices That Give Hours Back

Published 11 days ago • 2 min read

The Time-Optimized Newsletter

Helping move time from finite to infinite (issue 206)

If you only read one sentence:

Busyness isn’t caused by too much work; it’s caused by too little leverage, and small time multipliers can quietly give hours back every week.

This Week's Feature

The Time Portfolio: Managing Hours Like Assets

“I don’t have time.”

That’s the most common objection I hear when introducing systems like CRMs.

And it’s always ironic—because not having time is exactly the problem they solve.

Most people experience time linearly:

  • Do the task.
  • Spend the time.
  • Repeat.

Time multipliers work differently.

  • They cost time once—then give it back again and again.
  • Templates. Automation. Delegation.

Not working harder. Working with leverage.

If you feel constantly busy, there’s a good chance time isn’t being lost dramatically—it’s leaking through repetition.

👉 Want to see where your time is actually going—and where it could start compounding instead?

Check out the article.

This Week’s Action Step (2 minutes)

Identify one task you repeat at least twice a week and ask, “Can this be templated, automated, or delegated?”

Write down the first improvement that would prevent you from recreating it next time and commit to building it once.

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The Time Portfolio: Managing Hours Like Assets

⏳ Your calendar is your portfolio. Not your 401k. Not your stock picks. Your TIME.

You’ve only got 24 a day — and most people are spending them like junk bonds. Endless emails. Meetings with no outcomes. Mindless scrolling.

The week we talk about changing that:

✅ Diversifying your time across purpose, health, relationships, growth, and enjoyment.

✅ Understanding the compounding power of small daily investments.

✅ Owning the opportunity costs of how you allocate every hour.

🔥 Stop “spending” time. Start INVESTING it.

This piece will flip how you look at your calendar.

Mapping Out the First 90 Days of Retirement

🕰️ The First 90 Days of Retirement Can Define the Next 9,000

Yet when people retire — stepping into the most significant transition of their adult life — almost no one builds a 90-day plan.

The first three months after leaving full-time work are formative. They set patterns that influence health, happiness, and purpose for years to come.

In my article that first appeared in Rethinking65, I explore:

✅ The “retirement time vacuum” and why structure matters

✅ Four dimensions advisors can use to guide clients (time, purpose, social health, lifestyle)

✅ A 3-phase, 90-day framework to create early wins in retirement

The first 90 days aren’t a vacation — they’re an orientation to a new life.

The Retirement Misalignment of Couples

📊 Part 3 of the 2025 Year-End RTA Report series

Most couples assume retirement will just work itself out.

The data says otherwise.

One spouse is ready.

The other isn’t.

And nobody is really talking about Tuesday at 10am.

This is the silent misalignment showing up in retirement homes everywhere—and it’s costing couples time, energy, and connection.

Time Insight of the Week

Time rarely disappears in dramatic ways. It leaks through repetition, friction, and unnecessary decisions. When you replace effort with structure, time stops draining and starts compounding.

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