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Think of how stingy①stingy 英 ['st?n(d)??] 美 ['st?nd?i]adj. 吝嗇的，小氣的；有刺的；缺乏的you are with your money: if someone on the street asks for $10, you're not giving it to them. There's no way you're giving a 30% tip for a normal dining experience. And so on.

And yet so many of us just waste ungodly②ungodly 英 [?n'g?dl?] 美 [?n'gɑdli]adj. 邪惡的；不敬畏神的；荒唐的amounts of our time. We throw it away③throw away 扔掉，丟棄,every day. I know I do unless I'm careful. What helps me to not waste time is to see it as an investment, and to keep track of④keep track of 記錄；與……保持聯(lián)系the returns I get for my investment.

This approach has led me to recognize that some things offer incredible⑤incredible 英 [?n'kred?b(?)l]美 [?n'kr?d?bl] adj. 難以置信的，驚人的immediate return on investment: a night spent learning a new song on my preferred⑥preferred 英 [pr?'f??d] 美 [pr?'f?d]adj. 優(yōu)先的；首選的 v. 偏愛（prefer的過去分詞）instruments, for example, gives me a lifetime of being able to play that song. That's an incredible return.Other investments are more like low-interest, high security, longterm investments: going to the gym, eating right, etc. Some, like reading good books, are kind of a combination⑦combination 英 [k?mb?'ne??(?)n]美 [,kɑmb?'ne??n] n. 結(jié)合；組合；聯(lián)合；[化學(xué)] 化合of both.But many activities are worthless from an investment perspective⑧perspective 英 [p?'spekt?v]美 [p?'sp?kt?v] n. 觀點(diǎn)；遠(yuǎn)景；透視圖adj. 透視的:whatever benefi t they seem to give doesn't last any longer than the activity itself."Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." - Warren Buffett. This applies to everything: money, relationships,time. Knowing this changes your life.