As a business coach, I often quote Mark Twain who is rumored to have said: “I don’t want to know when I’ll die, I want to know where.” His point, of course, was that he could influence his location, but not time. He was right that we can’t influence time, but we can certainly manage our allotment.

Managing time is work until it becomes habit, and work requires incentive. Jim Rohn says that ”If the promise is apparent, the price is easy.” His genius was saying in simple terms what we all know is true: If we are complacent, unimaginative or completely satisfied, we will not do the work necessary to change.

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