The most successful people I know protect their time. I watch my dad do this all the time. He would drive around and mow lawns at different apartment complexes he owned because he'd rather do it himself. And he saved the money by paying somebody else to do it. The challenge was he didn t have the time to actually go look at more real estate deals. If you don't have time to invest in yourself to be better, then you're too busy majoring in minor things.