Lately I’ve been thinking about how wrong some very ingrained life advice is. The advice is that time is your most important asset. Time is money people say. If you were reading a business book most of them all espouse the importance of time and scheduling your time for maximum efficiency. While I do agree that time management is important, let me tell you this:  Time is not your most important asset. You can multiply your time by hiring people, asking others to do a job, recruiting their help, and so forth. What you cannot replicate or reproduce is energy. So, it is your energy that is your most important asset. And the reason it’s your most important asset is this:  If you have no energy, if you’re rundown if you feel sick, it makes no difference how much time you have because if you don’t have the energy  to focus on a personal relationship or a job — you have a problem. Further your energy is exclusive to you and all that you personify and bring into any relationship, room or situation.  So do your best to remember this:  It is your energy that you want to protect at all cost. It is your energy that you want to conserve.  It is your energy that you want to honor.

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