Years ago my father told me a story about a visit to his dentist's office. My dad had scheduled an appointment to get his teeth cleaned several weeks before, and when the day finally arrived, he showed up on time ready to go.
As he sat patiently in the waiting room, a receptionist poked her head out to ask, "Mr. Maccarone, would you mind waiting another 15 - 20 minutes? The doctor's busy." My father replied, "Absolutely not! My time is just as valuable as his."
He told me his dentist then came running out as if he'd been chased by a pack of wolves. "Great to see you," he said. "Come on back."
It was a lesson I never forgot about the value of time and how we should always make an effort to protect it. It's all we have and its supply is finite. Once it's gone you can never get it back.
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