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Do What Matters Most
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Do What Matters Most

by Steven R Shallenberger, Robert R Shallenberger
May 2021
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
4h 11m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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9Time and Habits—Make Each Day Count!

We call time the great equalizer because it is the universal resource—we all have access to it, and we all have the same amount of it. What a person does with that time determines their legacy.

To show how important it is to use our time wisely, we want to share a great story we once heard. Since we first heard this story, we have found different versions of it, but it is the principle of the story that is important.

• • • •

One evening a father was trying to finish several important projects with looming deadlines. He had already missed dinner and knew he would be working late into the night. He sat at the kitchen table, in the dimly lit kitchen, sorting through the different charts on his laptop.

His young ...

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ISBN: 9781523092598