The Time Ledger
A conservative estimate of the hours AI can return to you each week — and what that attention is worth. Two minutes, no theatrics.
Not a salary figure — what an hour of your focused attention is worth to the business.
Hours per week spent on work you shouldn't be doing
Inbox triage, drafting, follow-ups
Calendar, travel, coordination
Deals, vendors, decisions, reading
Updates, memos, presentations, posts
Chasing status, reviewing work, approvals
Your ledger
12–15
Hours returned / week
15.6–19.5
Working weeks / year
$25,680
Equivalent value / month
up to $32,175
Methodology: your 20 stated weekly hours, discounted to a realistic 60–75% capture rate, valued at your own hourly figure across 4.33 weeks per month, net of tooling cost. Deliberately conservative.
Send me your numbers and I'll tell you whether they're realistic — and where the first hours come from.