Do this if you don't have enough time

2025-09-07 · Short · Ali · recording, 1:01 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial

In a Short, Ali says he would delete "I don't have time" from people's minds: you are always choosing not to make the time, as a million dollars or a threat to your family would show, and the reframe gives back your autonomy.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Why "I don't have time" should be reframed as choosing not to make the time

• ★★★ Ali would love to delete "I don't have time" from people's minds; at about 17 he read online, and was sold on it, that you never lack time but choose not to make it. — 00:00:00 · time management
• ★★★ Ali's test: if someone offered you a million dollars, or threatened your family, you would make the time, so the real reason is missing motivation or a choice not to make the time. — 00:00:13 · time management
• ★★ When Ali thinks he has no time to get better at the piano, he reframes it as choosing not to make the time for piano, which gives him autonomy again; "I don't have time" implies the matter is out of his hands. — 00:00:29
• ★ When friends say they don't have time, Ali gently asks whether they are sure. — 00:00:53

Threads in this video

• refine · Is lack of time a real reason not to do something? — Ali's test: if someone offered you a million dollars, or threatened your family, you would make the time, so the real reason is missing motivation or a choice not to make the time. (00:00:13)

Mentioned

Central: time management

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