{"id":99763,"date":"2018-06-08T14:30:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T20:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/renewsblog\/?p=99763"},"modified":"2021-03-16T13:56:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T19:56:39","slug":"view-time-like-a-billionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/view-time-like-a-billionaire","title":{"rendered":"How to View Your Time Like a Billionaire\u2014And Start Living Your Ideal Life Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every day we all go to work. Nine to five (if we\u2019re lucky), and if it\u2019s our own business, it\u2019s usually something like 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.\u2014and we still might be thinking of it even past dinner. At least I do. But I\u2019ve come to notice that with all of this work, it can be easy to get bogged down or worse, allow it to eat away at the most valuable resource we have: time.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to share some strategies I\u2019ve learned recently from some friends and experts much smarter than me who manage both their business and their time effectively, so that hopefully you too can create the business you envision and the lifestyle you desire.<\/p>\n

How Do Billionaires View Their Time?<\/h2>\n

Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend the Midwest Real Estate Networking Summit in Chicago, and although there weren\u2019t any billionaires in attendance (as far as I know), there was someone who was the next best thing: J. Martin. J. is one of the few people I know who gives time<\/i> the value it deserves. As a self-proclaimed \u201clifestyle investor,\u201d J. has built an impressive real estate business that he continues to run while traveling and leading an adventure-filled life, mostly abroad.<\/p>\n

At the Summit, J. started his presentation off with a great question, \u201cWhat would you do if you were a billionaire?\u201d The general consensus was about the same; the majority of the audience answered one of three ways:<\/p>\n