00:00Warren Buffett can buy almost anything, except the one asset he values most, time.
00:05Bill Gates learned that in 2017, when he peeked at Buffett's paper calendar, entire days were blank.
00:11Gates, once proud of scheduling every minute, said it flipped his idea of productivity.
00:16Buffett's view is blunt. People will want your time. It's the only thing you can't buy. I can
00:20buy anything I want, but I can't buy time. He guards those hours ruthlessly. Living five minutes
00:26from Berkshire Hathaway's office means he's never stuck in traffic. If that commute were 30 minutes
00:31each way, he jokes, I just know the words to more songs and nothing else. Over a 40-year career,
00:36that hour-a-day savings equals roughly one full year of life reclaimed. The Oracle of Omaha spends
00:42those extra hours thinking, reading, and nurturing relationships, activities that compound faster
00:47than any stock. Buffett's lesson is clear. A jam-packed calendar isn't a badge of honor.
00:52Protect your hours like capital, because time, unlike money, can never be earned back.
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