Many precision machining shop owners think that they sell parts. The savvy shop owners know that what they sell is the time on their machines.
Time is money.
![As sands through the hourglass, time is money. Horglass Hundred dollar bill dragon hourglass](https://i0.wp.com/www.pmpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/time-is-money-photoshop-copy.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Since time is money, three possible verbs come to mind regarding how we utilize it:
- Spend Time.
- Waste Time.
- Invest Time.
Three different words. All applicable to our relationship with “time.”
What is your relationship with time?
Baby Boomer footnote: It’s no coincidence that Time and Money were on the same Pink Floyd Album.
Machinists and Techies Footnote: LongNow