We all know that our time is limited. 86,400 seconds every day seems like a lot, but our entire life is only around 4,000 weeks (if we’re lucky) which sounds shockingly short. If someone is willing to gift some of their time to you, you should respond accordingly.
In his book “Giftology“, author John Ruhlin puts it like this:
“Giftology is rooted in the acknowledgment of someone’s time being the most precious commodity he or she has to share. We’ve all been given a ridiculously limited amount of it. So when someone shares it with you, let him or her know unequivocally how honored you were to receive it.”
I try to be generous with my time, but I also try hard to thank people when they give some of theirs. I’m not sure that I show how “unequivocally honored” I was, but that sounds like a great stance to take.
