Comments on: To Improve Performance: Spend Time, Not Money http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/ Personal Finance Blog at the Intersection of Life, Money & Happiness Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Weekly Roundup: Millionaires, Bloggers & Foolish Spending ­ Share My Live http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-12132 Weekly Roundup: Millionaires, Bloggers & Foolish Spending ­ Share My Live Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:43:50 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-12132 [...] To improve performance: Spend time, not money @ Well-heeled [...] [...] To improve performance: Spend time, not money @ Well-heeled [...]

]]> By: Friday Finance Followers – Yakezie Style | Suburban Dollar http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-12011 Friday Finance Followers – Yakezie Style | Suburban Dollar Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:02:23 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-12011 [...] says we should spend time not money to improve our performance. I agree with this post 100%, you can not purchase performance. A $400 driver isn’t going to [...] [...] says we should spend time not money to improve our performance. I agree with this post 100%, you can not purchase performance. A $400 driver isn’t going to [...]

]]> By: Weekly Roundup: Millionaires, Bloggers & Foolish Spending « Finance Blog http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11996 Weekly Roundup: Millionaires, Bloggers & Foolish Spending « Finance Blog Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:10:33 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11996 [...] To improve performance: Spend time, not money @ Well-heeled [...] [...] To improve performance: Spend time, not money @ Well-heeled [...]

]]> By: FinEngr http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11808 FinEngr Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:14:17 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11808 Great, thanks & Congratulations on being a finalist! Great, thanks & Congratulations on being a finalist!

]]> By: WellHeeled http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11801 WellHeeled Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:25:07 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11801 Added you to my blog-roll! Added you to my blog-roll!

]]> By: WellHeeled http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11800 WellHeeled Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:23:08 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11800 Hahaha. Sorry you gotta find out like this. ;) Btw, thanks for coming by and commenting! Hahaha. Sorry you gotta find out like this. ;) Btw, thanks for coming by and commenting!

]]> By: FinEngr http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11798 FinEngr Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:13:28 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11798 WellHeeled. Really LOVE analogies. Any time you can bring life examples into PF - it becomes such an obviously clear answer. Do you need to pay higher expense fees for better fund performance? Does doing your own research beat out paying for subscriptions upon subscriptions? You bet! ¡Baila Baila Baila! WellHeeled. Really LOVE analogies. Any time you can bring life examples into PF – it becomes such an obviously clear answer. Do you need to pay higher expense fees for better fund performance? Does doing your own research beat out paying for subscriptions upon subscriptions? You bet!

¡Baila Baila Baila!

]]> By: FinEngr http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11797 FinEngr Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:08:45 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11797 What!?!?! Have I been going about this all wrong? Wearing camouflage snow pants and "Don't Snitch" t-shirts along with throwing around: sick, wicked, dope, epic aren't going to make me better? I sniff out out this fraud like a hound dog. What!?!?! Have I been going about this all wrong? Wearing camouflage snow pants and "Don't Snitch" t-shirts along with throwing around: sick, wicked, dope, epic aren't going to make me better?

I sniff out out this fraud like a hound dog.

]]> By: StackingPennies http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11794 StackingPennies Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:36:17 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11794 This is really true -- a lot of us have more money that time, and it is easier to buy a better "toy" than practice our crafts. And we're taught to use our money/purchase to express who we are and what we like. If we really like X, shouldn't we have top of the line X equipment? That being said, good gear can make a difference. An average photograph often does really look better just with a better camera. But if you want to actually be good, you have to practice. This is really true — a lot of us have more money that time, and it is easier to buy a better "toy" than practice our crafts. And we're taught to use our money/purchase to express who we are and what we like. If we really like X, shouldn't we have top of the line X equipment?

That being said, good gear can make a difference. An average photograph often does really look better just with a better camera. But if you want to actually be good, you have to practice.

]]> By: Sunday Link Rodeo 19 – Special Monday Edition http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11793 Sunday Link Rodeo 19 – Special Monday Edition Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:05:05 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11793 [...] To Improve Performance:  Spend Time, Not Money from @wellheeledblog [...] [...] To Improve Performance:  Spend Time, Not Money from @wellheeledblog [...]

]]> By: WellHeeled http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11792 WellHeeled Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:50:06 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11792 Hey there - thanks for coming by and commenting! Incentives are so important... Are you going to set a goal for X number of hours or a score to achieve before you buy your new clubs? The thing about tango is that it's easy to see the difference between "good" dancers and "bad" dancers, but there's really no objective way to measure one's level. Maybe I'll give myself another year or two before I get new shoes. Hey there – thanks for coming by and commenting! Incentives are so important… Are you going to set a goal for X number of hours or a score to achieve before you buy your new clubs? The thing about tango is that it's easy to see the difference between "good" dancers and "bad" dancers, but there's really no objective way to measure one's level. Maybe I'll give myself another year or two before I get new shoes.

]]> By: Evolution Of Wealth http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11791 Evolution Of Wealth Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:38:47 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11791 This is the problem I have with golf. I know that the clubs I have a crap and I really want new ones. The problem is that I don't pay enough golf to be any good, yet I think if I get new clubs I have to get better. It's been a couple years though and I still haven't justified buying the new clubs. I will treat myself to them someday though. This might be the year. I'll use it as an incentive to play more golf. This is the problem I have with golf. I know that the clubs I have a crap and I really want new ones. The problem is that I don't pay enough golf to be any good, yet I think if I get new clubs I have to get better. It's been a couple years though and I still haven't justified buying the new clubs. I will treat myself to them someday though. This might be the year. I'll use it as an incentive to play more golf.

]]> By: WellHeeled http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11786 WellHeeled Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:20:45 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11786 Hhaha I like those commercials. Done well, they really are works of art. I'm also secretly hoping for a tango shoes commercial. Show me a new pair of satin stilettos and figures twirling around the dance floor, and I probably won't be able to resist. ;) Hhaha I like those commercials. Done well, they really are works of art. I'm also secretly hoping for a tango shoes commercial. Show me a new pair of satin stilettos and figures twirling around the dance floor, and I probably won't be able to resist. ;)

]]> By: WellHeeled http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11785 WellHeeled Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:19:09 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11785 I haven't, but you know that's the next song I'm youtube-ing! I haven't, but you know that's the next song I'm youtube-ing!

]]> By: psychsarah http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11782 psychsarah Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:08:40 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11782 Well said! I think there is an urge to short-cut mastery of skills (like dancing, photography, etc.) but it simply can't be done. By the way-have you heard the song Tango Shoes by Bif Naked? Your post made me start singing it in my head...totally random thought, sorry... Well said! I think there is an urge to short-cut mastery of skills (like dancing, photography, etc.) but it simply can't be done.

By the way-have you heard the song Tango Shoes by Bif Naked? Your post made me start singing it in my head…totally random thought, sorry…

]]> By: WellHeeled http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11779 WellHeeled Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:45:03 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11779 LOL. I know someone who takes AMAZING pictures. He has a $1K dSLR. But he got started taking pictures with cheap point & clicks. He said that if you can't take good pictures with cheap cameras, you can't take good pictures with expensive cameras. A great camera does not a great photographer make. If I were to pick up his camera, I wouldn't have the expertise or the knowledge to use it to it's fullest extent. Snowboarding sounds really cool - I've never done it but I've been watching Shaun White on TV! :) LOL. I know someone who takes AMAZING pictures. He has a $1K dSLR. But he got started taking pictures with cheap point & clicks. He said that if you can't take good pictures with cheap cameras, you can't take good pictures with expensive cameras. A great camera does not a great photographer make. If I were to pick up his camera, I wouldn't have the expertise or the knowledge to use it to it's fullest extent.

Snowboarding sounds really cool – I've never done it but I've been watching Shaun White on TV! :)

]]> By: Hedy http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11772 Hedy Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:42:14 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11772 Great post. I was in a similar quandry recently regarding a hobby, and I also decided doing was more important than stuff. Great post. I was in a similar quandry recently regarding a hobby, and I also decided doing was more important than stuff.

]]> By: Mike http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/02/22/improve-performance-spend-time-not-money/comment-page-1/#comment-11777 Mike Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:23:55 +0000 http://www.wellheeledblog.com/?p=4160#comment-11777 This post really strikes a cord with me. I'm a snowboarder and admittedly, I can be a big jerk sometimes. That being said, I think it's funny when people spend hundreds of dollars on new gear thinking that it'll make them perform better on the slopes and then are completely perplexed when they realize all they need to do is snowboard more often. Haha. Right on! This post really strikes a cord with me.

I'm a snowboarder and admittedly, I can be a big jerk sometimes.

That being said, I think it's funny when people spend hundreds of dollars on new gear thinking that it'll make them perform better on the slopes and then are completely perplexed when they realize all they need to do is snowboard more often. Haha.

Right on!

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