What would you do if someone gave you a million dollars?
Most of us would protect it in some way like our other possessions, yet we let one of our most valuable assets slip away with little thought.
We don't realize that time is our most valuable possession. We are all given the same amount of time each day — 1,440 minutes.
We have a bit more than a million waking minutes over the space of three years. A million minutes — more valuable than a million dollars, in my opinion.
You can only do so many things with a million dollars. But with time, you can do so very much.
We save it. We shave it. But we can't store it, speed it up or slow it down. Every minute is precious. So cherish it. Invest it. Use it to do more, grow more, give more and be more.
It so happens that February is National Time Management Month.
I learned time management skills at a young age by following my dad around. He was an Associated Press correspondent and later the St. Paul bureau chief. He lived by deadlines and by aphorisms such as: "Miss a deadline, miss a headline."