Time is the most valuable asset you don't own.
Interpretation
Time is extremely valuable and you cannot control or own it.
This quote emphasizes the importance of time as a precious resource that cannot be regained once lost. It suggests that while people often focus on accumulating wealth and material assets, it is time—an intangible asset—that holds true value and influences the quality of our lives.
In practice
During a motivational speech about priorities.
If the pitch starts with a sob story, I'm out. If the pitch talks about personal issues, I'm out. If the pitch starts off with how big the market opportunity is, I'm out. If the pitch tells me what is unique about the product, how it can make a profit, and it's an area where I have expertise, I will read on.
Leaders don't look backwards to condemn what has already been done; they look forward to create a better future.
It doesn't matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success.
I think you’ve got to be very, very careful when you start making blanket statements about what people say and think, as opposed to what they do. It’s a very, very slippery slope.
Creating a close connection to those you do business with has its many risks, rewards and consequences._x000D_ _x000D_ There are few things in business I have encountered that are more difficult than firing someone, particularly if that someone has always been, or has become a friend._x000D_ _x000D_ On the flip side, I have been rewarded with many friends.
I'm always afraid of failing. It's great motivation to work harder.
Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
They think old people are lame. But they're not. They're awesome, & I know exactly why I think so. It's because they've lived entire lifetimes. Loved. Laughed. Surrendered. Stumbled. Weathered, beaten, still they don't crumble, not even as they inch toward death.
I gotta big mouth, I can't help it, I talk from my heart, I'm real, whatever comes comes. But my controversy problem, it's not my fault, I try to find my way in the world you know, I try to be somebody instead of just make money off of everybody. So I go down paths that haven't been traveled before and I usually mess up, but I learn, I come back stronger.
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.
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