THE LEARNINGS OF A LIFETIME
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The Time Chapter Time is a Gift A successful manager of time is willing to do that which the unsuccessful manager of time is not willing to do. Until you value yourself, you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of. What I do today is important because I am paying for it with a day of my life. What I accomplish must be worthwhile because the price is very high. Procrastination is the thief of time. Nothing is the world is more precious than time. All the money in the world cannot buy back even one second of time. (I borrowed this from my boss Larry Ward) One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time. The wasting of time is the most costly of all expenses. (Time) invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success! The clock is running. Make the most of today. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow There are two days in every week that we should not worry about, two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed. Nor can we erase a single; word we’ve said…yesterday is gone? The other day we shouldn’t worry about is tomorrow, with its impossible adversaries, its burden, its hopeful promise, and poor performance. Tomorrow is beyond our control. Tomorrow’s sun will rise either in splendor of behind a mask of clouds but it will rise. And until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn. This leaves only one day…today. Any person can fight the battles of just one-day. It is only when we add the burdens of yesterday and tomorrow that we break down. It is not the experience of today that drives people mad…it is the remorse of bitterness for something, which happened yesterday, and the dread of what tomorrow may bring. Let us, therefore, live one day at a time!
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This book was written to help people. Even though the first chapter has a lot of religious content in it, this book is not all about religion. I believe in God, but there is so much more I truly believe that will benefit all people. The Learnings of a Lifetime Explanations of universals laws, religious laws, life’s lessons, and work-related wisdom (And I’m still learning every day.) Take every sentence and paragraph and stop and reflect on it before you move on to the next. If you read the whole composite and don’t do this, you will likely not learn or remember 99 percent of it. Study it. When you reflect, ask yourself, what is the message? (Lesson of life, lesson of business, lesson of values and morals.) What is this person trying to convey to the reader? Then you will retain it, pass it on, and hopefully use it for a lifetime!
About the Author
Jim Imes was born in Boise, Idaho, on March 11, 1951. He was raised during his formative years in Ventura, California. Jim Imes currently resides in Henderson, Nevada. Jim Imes likes to write material relevant to helping and teaching people about life. Jim Imes graduated from Buena High School in Ventura and went to Ventura Junior College and the school of hard knocks. Jim Imes was a very successful Ford/Lincoln Mercury parts manager for thirty years. His experiences in life are transcribed in this book as useful short quips written with honesty and integrity and as very useful material on life, religion, politics, manners, and etiquette.