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January 07, 2006
Thought for the Day
"Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I ran across this quotation recently, it struck me how often we throw away minutes in life. Say we waste 20 minutes a day. That's 121 hours a year or three 40 hour weeks. What could you do with three extra weeks every year that would help you be winning at working?
In twenty minutes you could make 4 phone calls which means an addition 1,460 calls a year. Or answer 3 emails, which would let you answer 1,095 more emails a year. Or listen to a book-on-tape, which would let you complete 20 books a year. Don't throw away your uncut diamonds.
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Posted by Nan Russell at January 7, 2006 11:17 PM
