How to Avoid Wasting Your Time and Missing Life
Speculation is a dangerous pastime
Speculation is a dangerous pastime.
“Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Certainty is a dangerous game.
A poisoned arrow hit a man. Though a doctor was there to assist him, the man didn’t want the arrow to be removed. He was looking for answers first.
“Before you take this arrow out, I want to know if the shooter was a prince, a merchant, or a priest? What’s his name and where does he live? What kind of bow he used? Was the arrowhead an ordinary one or an iron one?” — he kept on and on.
The wounded man would rather die than not having all the facts.
Life is short. It must not be spent in endless speculation.
Worrying about possible ‘what ifs’ not only keeps your mind busy; it makes you focus on the wrong problem as it happened to the man who was shot.
Speculation doesn’t just steal your time; it drains your mental energy too.
The Time Thief
“There are two times in a man’s life when he shouldn’t speculate: when he can afford t…
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