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THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Saturday, January 28, 2006
The value of your attention
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Sometimes you can move ahead more quickly by slowing down.
Often you can get more accomplished by being less busy.
When you rush quickly through a task, without taking the time to get it right, what have you accomplished? When you hurry through life so frantically that you can’t keep track of where you are, what value does that bring you?
When you try to do too many things at once, you’re sending yourself a subtle, yet powerful, negative message. You’re telling yourself that not one of those efforts, by itself, is worthy of your undivided attention.
Similarly, when you rush through a task, you’re sending yourself a message that the task is not worthy of your time.
If you have no respect for what you’re doing, it won’t produce much value, no matter how quickly or in what quantity you do it.
To achieve maximum value, work quickly enough to get it done and slowly enough to do it right. Before taking on a new task, be sure that you have enough quality time to give it your full attention.
Stop wasting so much energy rushing from one thing to the next and back again. And you’ll have more than enough time to create real, lasting value.
Ralph Marston
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Matthew 10:1-6
“And having summoned His twelve disciples, He (Jesus) gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.”
“Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him.”
“These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them, saying, “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matthew 10:1-6 (NAS)
Isaiah 43:15
“I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.” Isaiah 43:15 (NAS)
Daily Bible Reading
Today’s reading (to read the entire Bible in a Year):
New Testament — Matthew 18:15 - 18:35.
Old Testament — Exodus 8-9.
