How Much Time Is Worth Volunteering

A surprising number of people who want to volunteer never do, and the reason they give is an apology: I only have an hour a week, is that even worth anything. The apology is a test asking the question the person is afraid to ask, whether my time is valuable enough to give away.

Gives the exercise that converts the argument into memory: list every person who had a real impact on you, estimate how much time it actually took them, find the entries where the time was genuinely short. Covers what one hour does, the real question the apology hides, and designing a commitment that survives.