The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur

June 17Something Regained

I, who cannot stay in my chamber for a single day without acquiring some rust, and when sometimes I have stolen forth for a walk at the eleventh hour of four o'clock in the afternoon, too late to redeem the day, when the shades of night were already beginning to be mingled with the daylight, have felt as if I had committed some sin to be atoned for,—I confess that I am astonished at the power of endurance, to say nothing of the moral insensibility, of my neighbors who confine themselves to shops and offices the whole day for weeks and months, ay, and years almost together.

Henry David Thoreau—“Walking” (1862)

How long will it take you to accomplish your most important (not most pressing) task today?

What if you were to give everything you had to that one task and then go for a very, very long walk? What do you suppose would happen? Would something cease, or would something be regained?

How much time do we spend today and every day doing things that only seem like they are important?

Challenge Question

1. What is your most important task today? Why does it matter?