Organization (June 10)

Organization (June 10)

Organization multiplies the good we can do. We don’t have to be neatness freaks, but organizing our lives increases our output in good works. It’s not the whole journey, but ordering our resources is a step that has to be taken on life’s pathway.

Constructiveness (June 9)

Constructiveness (June 9)

There is no middle way. Either we gather with those who are building up or we scatter with those who are tearing down. So which will it be: destructiveness or constructiveness? Of all our choices in life, very few are more far-reaching than this.

Judgment (June 8)

Judgment (June 8)

We get better at making judgments by exercising our powers of discernment again and again. As we grow older, making useful distinctions gets easier. And that’s good. Because in a mixed-up world, there are many things that have to be sorted out.

Decisiveness (June 7)

Decisiveness (June 7)

Someone has said that one of the most exhausting things in the world is the continual hanging on of an unmade decision. All of us are familiar with the burst of energy that comes from finally making a decision we’ve been running away from.

Talent (June 6)

Talent (June 6)

Remember this: with every talent comes responsibility. Right now, it may seem far in the future, but eventually there’s going to be an accounting in which every one of us will face the question, “What have you done with what you were given?”

Kinship (June 5)

Kinship (June 5)

We may enjoy a feeling of kinship with many others besides our physical family. For every person on our physical family tree, there are many more people to whom we are related by sharing common joys, sorrows, interests, experiences, and places.

Firmness (June 4)

Firmness (June 4)

At the thinking stage, we should take plenty of time, and if our decision is to yield to another, then we should yield. But if our decision is to take a stand and oppose something that is wrong, then that should not be done weakly but firmly.

Worthiness (June 3)

Worthiness (June 3)

“What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are.” When you’ve made yourself useful to other people by conduct worthy of your calling, you won’t have any trouble sleeping at night. You’ll know what you’re worth.

Quests (June 2)

Quests (June 2)

We need to take a long look at (1) what we want most, and (2) why we want it. Is our goal honorable and worthy of aspiration? Are we committed to our quest with all our hearts? Is the quest we’ve embarked upon one we’d give our lives to achieve?

Strategy (June 1)

Strategy (June 1)

Strategy has to do with expediency. It thinks not only about what is to be done but how it may be done in the wisest way. It considers ways and means, pondering the possible consequences of reaching the goal by different paths.

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