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To have a winning day, concentrate on the twenty one MORE THANS...
If I Had A Hammer An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his boss of his plans. The boss was sorry to see his good worker of so many years go. He asked the carpenter if he could build just one more house. The carpenter said yes, but it was easy to see his heart was not in his work. His workmanship was shoddy and he used inferior materials. It was a sad way to end a dedicated career. When the carpenter was finished, the boss came to inspect the work. He handed the keys to the front door to the carpenter. "This is your house", he said, "my gift to you." The carpenter was shocked! What a shame! If only he had known he was building his own house, he would have done it all differently. So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then with a shock we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we'd do it much differently. But we cannot go back. You are the carpenter. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. "Life is a do-it-yourself project," someone said. Your choices and attitude today build the "house" you live in tomorrow. Build wisely! The Bank If you had a bank that credited $86,400 to your account each morning, carried over the balance from day to day, allowed you to keep no cash in your account at the end of 24 hours, and canceled out whatever part of that amount you failed to use, what would you do? Try to spend every cent, of course! Each of us does have such a bank, and its name is TIME. Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds. The next morning it rules as lost whatever of this you failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance and allows no overdrafts. If you don't use the day's deposit, the loss is yours. There is no going back, no drawing against tomorrow. How do you spend your daily surplus? Best wishes for an enormous return on your investment, today... First Rule of Holes: "If you are in one, quit digging!" I walk down the street, there is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost, I am hopeless. It isn't my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. Next day I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I didn't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place, but it isn't my fault. It takes such a long time to get out. Again the next day, the same sidewalk and the same hole. I see it is there. I fall in - it's a HABIT. My eyes are open, I know where I am ... Now I walk on the other side of the street.
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