A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. ––Charles Darwin
A parable in The Wealthy Gardener describes a farmer who divided his land into three sections: one was labeled O for ordinary; one was labeled E for extra-ordinary; and one was labeled G for gerbil field.
It turns out that the farmer wanted to live a balanced life, and so he worked only in the ordinary plot. He refused to work two-thirds of his land. And his methods parallel the way many people divide their time.
People choose ordinary workloads to get ordinary results. They refuse to offer their free time for extra work to gain extraordinary results. And then they distract themselves with useless activity (like gerbils) to avoid thinking too much about their troubles.
Our free time is our power. And a vital lesson for extraordinary rewards is to engage our free hours to better our lives.
A full two-thirds of living is made up of free time. Schedule your free hours every day, or they’ll be lost to the mundane.
Charles Hughes said, “I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not break down from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.” They also break down from ordinary living.
You can use your free time to pursue your dreams, or you can remain exactly where you are. And you must choose daily—which will it be?
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