Friday, November 24, 2006
THE VALUE OF TIME
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| Subscribe Unsubscribe Change E-mail View Archive THE VALUE OF TIME By Francis Kong Nov 24, 2006 |
with $86,400, carries over no balance from day to day, allows you to
keep no cash balance, and every evening cancels whatever part of the
amount you had failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw
out every cent, of course!
Well, everyone has such a bank. Its name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it
writes off, as lost, whatever you have failed to invest to good
purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft, yet each
day it opens a new account for you.
Each night it burns the records of the day. If you fail to use the
day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no
drawing against the tomorrow.
Long before the invention of mechanical timepieces the Chinese
developed a unique way of determining the hour of the day. A small
rope was tied in knots evenly spaced and then set on fire. It took the
equivalent of 60 minutes for the cord to burn from one knot to
another. Each morning a new "string of the hours" would be inserted in
the holder. As the people viewed the charred remains of yesterday's
rope, they were reminded that "time past is ashes" and can never be
reclaimed.
Arthur Brisbane said:
"Time is the one thing we all possess. Our success depends on the
proper use of our time and its by-product, the odd moment. Every
minute that you save by making it useful or more profitable is that
much added to your life and its possibilities. Every minute lost is a
neglected by-product-once gone, you will never get it back."
Think of the odd quarter of an hour before breakfast, the odd
half-hour after lunch. Remember the chance to read, or figure, or
think with concentration about your own career, which presents itself
now and again during the day.
All these opportunities are the by-products of your daily existence.
Use them and you may find what many successful companies have found--
that the real profit is in the utilization of the by-products.
Among the aimless, unsuccessful, or worthless, you often hear talk
about "killing time." Those who are always killing time are really
killing their own chances in life. Those who are destined to become
successful are those who make time live by making it useful.
Consider the following:
* To realize the value of ONE YEAR - Ask a student who has failed
his exam.
* To realize the value of ONE MONTH - Ask a mother who has given
birth to a pre-mature baby.
* To realize the value of ONE WEEK - Ask an editor of a weekly
newspaper.
* To realize the value of ONE DAY - Ask a daily wage laborer who
has ten kids to feed.
* To realize the value of ONE HOUR - Ask the lovers who are
waiting to meet.
* To realize the value of ONE MINUTE - Ask a person who has missed
the train.
* To realize the value of ONE SECOND - Ask a person who has
survived an accident.
* To realize the value of ONE MILLI-SECOND - Ask the person who
has won a silver medal in Olympics.
Money lost could be re-earned. Electricity spent could be recharged
but time spent is irredeemable.
We must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it to get the
utmost in health, happiness and success! The clock is ticking. Make
the most of today.
The psalmist in the Bible prays: "Teach us to make the most of our
time, so that we may grow in wisdom" (Psalms 90:12). You know what?
He's right!
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