Shake it Off
An old farm dog fell into a dry well and began to bark and howl for his master. After considering the situation, the farmer concluded the dog was too old …
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Worry Wastes Time
Charles Shultz, who wrote the Peanuts comics, said, “Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.” Perhaps that’s sound wisdom for those given …
Read More September 11 Delays
For those of us who constantly strive to make the best use of our time, delays can be frustrating. Good time management can eliminate many unnecessary delays but in the …
Read More Everything Happening at Once
Someone defined time as, “The thing that keeps everything from happening at once.” That’s a good definition. But, we still have to apply some time management of our own to …
Read More Doing What God Wanted
If you could describe a day when you successfully redeem the time what would it look like? One definition of a success is “A man who gets up in the …
Read More Stop, Look and List
There are a few phrases we pick up in elementary school that stick with us for life. Remember “I before E except after C?” or “In 1492 Columbus sailed the …
Read More Three Percent
3% of Americans leave a charitable donation in their will. 3% can name the 3 main credit bureaus. 3% abide by the government’s diet guidelines. 3% live and work on …
Read More 216 Noodles
There are exactly 216 noodles in a can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup. Not 215, not 217, but exactly 216 noodles. I don’t know how Campbell’s came to the conclusion …
Read More Egg Baskets
Picture your life as a basket full of eggs. The basket itself is your daily schedule and the eggs it contains are the various items that have to fit inside. …
Read More Busiest day of the Week
What day of the week do you think researchers have found to be the busiest? Maybe you guessed Monday because of all that piles up over the weekend. Or maybe …
Read More First Things First
Nearly every night many of us go to bed with a gnawing feeling that we have somehow left undone the things we should have done that day. While at the …
Read More The Think You Leave Undone
A poet wrote: It isn’t the thing you do dear, It’s the thing you leave undone That gives you a bit of a heartache At setting of the sun. The …
Read More Mid-Life Crisis Defined
Someone has defined mid-life crisis as the point at which a man realizes he is not going to be able to accomplish everything he set out to do. When we …
Read More Decluttering Tactic
Sound Effects: rummaging through drawers Woman: Now I know I saw those batteries somewhere! Child: There they are mommy Woman: No, daddy said those aren’t any good. Augh! This clutter …
Read More End of the Day Question
Do the thing right now that you’ll wish you had done at the end of the day. We often reach the end of our day with a sense of frustration …
Read More Job Worries
What are you afraid of? When we spend time worrying about all the things that can go wrong, we are generally not spending time trying to improve our situation which …
Read More Packing Less
The first law of the comfort zone says we will gravitate toward the place where we are most comfortable, the one that is most familiar to us. The second law …
Read More Snapping Trees
In his book, “A Minute of Margin,” Richard Swenson points out how you can go into a forest and select a 10 foot sapling, bend it over and let it …
Read More Wilderness Parks
The loudest insect in the world is the male cicada, which is a little creature similar to a cricket. When they rub their abdomens, the sound can be heard 1300 …
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