Behavior Gap Radio 1386 | Planning With Energy, Time, and Attention
Feb 6, 2026
They explore planning beyond money to include energy, time, and attention. The conversation shows how invisible costs like exhaustion, distraction, and resentment can sink otherwise solid plans. A skiing story highlights how absent attention ruins meaningful moments. Attention is framed as the true currency of relationships and meaning, and planning means aligning all forms of capital with what matters.
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Capital Extends Beyond Money
- Money is only one form of capital alongside energy, time, and attention.
- Misallocating invisible capital often causes plans to break even when money looks fine.
Ski Day That Feels Like A Miss
- Carl describes skiing with his daughter to show how money, time, and energy can be spent without presence.
- The day can feel like disappointment if attention is missing, despite visible investment.
Attention Is The True Currency
- Attention is the currency of presence and meaningful relationships.
- Money, time, and energy enable things, but attention turns them into meaning.