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YOUR TIME
How much time do you contribute? Actually, let me rephrase that. How much time do you contribute without expecting anything in return?
Most people would be happy to give more time if they got more for it. The idea of contributing time can be a daunting challenge for many people because they already feel they don’t have enough for themselves.
How much time is enough?
Enough to: watch the news? Read a paper? Catch up on some gossip? You can see where I’m going.
‘Hands up who’s got too much time?’ That’s a question I accidentally asked a group of category B prison inmates (I was in flow!) while working on a ‘How to Be Brilliant’ programme for repeat offenders. I’d asked the question so many times, to so many audiences and it just ...
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