I got pissed off one week.Ā š”
Iām talking becoming visibly angryā¦
Which rarely happensā¦
So let me go ahead and share the context:
I have a 3-year lease on my Porsche Panamera 4sā¦
And Iām now in the final year of the leaseā¦
So a few months back, I started getting emails from one of the guys at the dealership inviting me to come to swap out my lease.
In other words, they said I could return my Porsche early, and exchange it for a new one.
This is pretty common with dealershipsā¦
And in my case, I realized taking advantage of this lease swap could actually work out pretty well in my favor.Ā š
The dealership told me Iād be able to swap my lease for any Porscheā¦
It didnāt have to be the same model I currently had or a more expensive one.
The timing on this was really goodā¦
Because the 3-year lease on our āfamily car,ā which is a Jeep Grand Cherokee expires December 1stā¦
And we wanted to get a new family car when the lease expires.
So I did the math and realized:
The Jeep Lease = $600 a month
My Panamera Lease = $2,400 per monthā¦
But the lease for an SUV like the Macan S or even a Cayenne would have cost me between $800 and $1,000 per monthā¦
So by the lease ending on our Jeep + swapping my Panamera for a Macanā¦
I could save roughly $2k per monthā¦
Which is pretty nifty.
And hence why I was down to go visit the dealershipā¦
Which I did on Tuesday of last week.
Now before visiting the dealershipā¦
And he was sending her specific cars we might be interested in viewingā¦
One of which was a Cayenne S and the other was a Macan S.
So we got to the dealership on Tuesday and took the Cayenne S for a test driveā¦
But then when it was time to test drive the Macan S, the guy went to the back and then returned empty-handed.
āOh, itās actually not ready yet. Itāll probably be ready tomorrow for you to drive.ā
So that was really annoyingā¦
Since it meant an extra trip to the dealership and more of my time.
Still though, I was willing to forgive the guy for this singular transgressionā¦
Since, after all, we were going to be saving some serious money.
And when we returned to the dealership on Wednesday afternoon, things started out āok.ā
The representative had the Macan detailed and ready for us to driveā¦
And so Laura and I took it out for a spin.
When we got back though, I still wasnāt 100% sure if I wanted to trade in my Panamera or notā¦
But I told the guy to at least pull the numbers on the new lease for me, so I could look at the exact savings Iād be enjoyingā¦
And then while he was doing thatā¦
Of course, Laura and I started looking at this Cayenne GTS Coupe, which cost MORE than my Panamera did (LOL)ā¦
But it was really sick, so I was starting to talk myself into just leasing that insteadā¦
And I even asked our rep to grab the keys so I could take it on a test drive.
Well, the rep disappears for a minuteā¦
But when he comes back, heās with his manager.
And the manager drops a bombshell on me:
āOh yeah, when I emailed you, you had 12 months on your lease, so I was able to let you swap it. But for Porscheās October Program, now youāll have to wait until 6 months left before you can swap your lease. What we can do is just roll up the final year of your Panamera lease into a new lease!ā
I could feel my heart rate increase and my face got flushā¦
And I basically said:
āThe first time we came here, you guys said weād be able to drive both cars. But one wasnāt ready so we had to come back. So we came back today, and I just test drove another car. And was about to drive a third, and NOW youāre telling us about this? You just wasted my time TWICE. Several hours, and my time is way to -expletive- valuable for this -expletive-. Iām just going to lease a Bentayga in a year. Come on Laura, letās -expletive go. Iāll see you in 11 months when Iām returning my Panamera and no longer drive any -expletive- Porsches.ā
Now I didnāt cuss directly at the guy because Iām not an a-hole, but yeah I was cussingā¦
And with that, we stormed out the door.
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So, why am I sharing all of this with you?
Trust me, I know some folks are going to read this and go, āRich people problems!āā¦
And thatās exactly right!
This is indeed a rich person problemā¦
But, the reason I think itās worth sharingā¦
Is because having now reflected on this experience for nearly a weekā¦
Iām actually super happy that I got so pissed at these clowns at the dealership for wasting my time.
Why?
It shows that I really value my time a tremendous amount.
Total, this whole experience at the dealership probably took about 3.5 hours of my timeā¦
But guess what, thatās a freaking ETERNITY in my world.
I could create content for my personal brand that leads to 6 figures or more in revenueā¦
I could be building communities, engaging, and mentoringā¦
Or I could be spending quality time with my incredible daughter ā time that Iāll never get back because sheāll only be in this adorable toddler stage for a little while longer.
So the cardinal sin the guys at the dealership madeā¦
Was to not value my time.
In fact, they wasted itā¦
And thatās unforgivable because wasted time is the one asset we can never get back.
Hell, steal $3,000 from me and Iāll be mad, but Iāll get over it in 30 secondsā¦
But steal 3 hours of my time, and Iām still fuming about it a week later.
So when it comes to youā¦
My advice is to treat your time like a rich person tooā¦
Regardless if you are richā¦
Or youāre broke AF right now, but youāre working on it.
Youāll find that the more you guard your timeā¦the more strategic you are with itā¦the better you utilize itā¦
The more rapidly youāll tend to succeed in whatever venture it is your pursuing.
Itās not an absolute, immutable law of the universeā¦
But itās pretty damn closeā¦
So yeah, treat your time like a rich personā¦
And youāll probably be surprised by how quickly your financial circumstances improve.
ā SPG
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