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1 " The best reason to take your time is that this time is the only time you'll ever have. "
― Edward M. Hallowell , Crazybusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and about to Snap! Strategies for Coping in a World Gone Add
2 " Always valuable, your attention has now also become one of your most insecure assets and most-sought-after possessions. "
3 " When social critics deplore the materialism of our time and its preoccupation with money, fame, and superficial values, they overlook that the driving force behind the changes we have seen -- one of the greatest periods of change in history -- has been thought. It wasn't big bucks or social status that drove this change. It was, and is, the force of the play of the mind. As materialistic as we may be, playful thinking got us here. "
4 " The enthusiasm that characterizes our time is, unlike current events, hopeful and, like all enthusiasms, playful. The energy that flashes through our electronics has leapt into most of our bloodstreams and brains. "
5 " In this era, you must deliberately preserve and cultivate your most valuable connections to people, activities, and whatever else is most important to you. Anyone can cultivate these connections, drawing from them the strength and will a person needs to handle the best and worst of life, but only if you plan to do so and insist on adhering to your plan. "