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Today I have a question for you: how much do you value your time? Time is without a doubt one of the most precious things we have in life and we always hear that we need to learn to value our time. And that doesn't just include the activities we spend it on or the people we share it with. When we do a job, valuing our time is also associated with the compensation we get for it. Just yesterday, I read an article by @foryoubtc09 about this My time is valuable! My time is cheap! What category are you in?.
Well, it isn't only important to value our time, but also that of others. My husband has done freelance work in the audiovisual world for as long as I have known him and I never understood his complaints about the valuation of work until I started to experience it myself. Many clients will try to squeeze as much as they can out of you and underpay you. But for me now, an alarm trigger when we are asked to do a job and in the first meeting, usually virtual, the potential client comes out with the phrase "how much is it going to cost me, because I don't have much money". They almost pretend to ask you to work for free. And I don't think this happens only here.
This came to mind since this morning I was commenting with my husband on a thread we both read yesterday on Twitter with a great anecdote precisely related to valuing the time of others. The anecdote is about a conversation between film director Brian de Palma and actor Bob Hoskins.
The thread is in Spanish but the anecdote is this.
Anecdote of the day:Brian de Palma sent the script of "The Untouchables" to Bob Hoskins. A few days later he called him on the phone and met him at a hotel bar:
- Did you like the script?
- Very much. It's fantastic.
- Well, I'd like you to play the part... Al Capone.
- Yeah, that's great. That's not a problem.
- Actually, it is. Look... I don't want you for the part, I want de Niro...
- Ah...well, I'm glad I came along.
- I'd like you to be available because he's a very sought-after actor and he might isn't available for the job.
- Okay, I'm out of work right now. I'll wait.
They said goodbye and Hoskins didn't hear from the director again until he read in the press that de Niro had accepted the role of Al Capone for "The Untouchables."
A couple of months later, Hoskins...
He was having breakfast with his wife as he opened the mail and found an envelope containing a check for $200,000 and a note from Brian de Palma: "Bob, thank you for your time. Love, Brian" Bob Hoskins then phoned the director:....
- Brian...next time you don't want me to do a movie with you, call me. Count me in. Anytime. Anytime.
Beyond the Hollywood touch. It certainly feels good when someone values our time. Don't you think? Do you think your time is well valued?
By the way, have you watched the movie? It's a classic, and the stairway scene remains one of the most famous in movie history.
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November 11, 2021
I'm really surprised Bob got paid, but that's the way it is, time is worth, time doesn't come back. Recently my couple did a song for an American person, even though the song is very well done, the person doesn't like that it was rock-pop, so he paid him for all the effort he invested in making a song, but he wants the song in another style.