The Value of Time.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4470, 2 October 1909, Page 3

The Value of Time.

One of the most successful men of America, when asked to what he attributed bis success, replied “ I built my fortune on the dial of my watch ; seconds became pennies, minutes became dimes, hours decame dollars. I gave a money value to every tick, and took advantage of everything that economised time. I never procrastinate; I never wait for other people to get ahead of me. I keep my eyes and ears open for opportunities; I look well into whatever seems good to me; when my judgment approves I act propmtly and with decision. I don’t know that there is any particular rule or law of success, but I am pretty sure that one of the foundation principals is ‘ Dont Lo. e Time.’ ” Time saving which means the intelligent use of time, is undoubtly one of the great factors of success in any walk of life and that is why inventive genius is kept busy devising means to multiply the values of a day.

Anything that enables a man to do more with less effort saves time and energy and permits him to undertake much that was impossible before. The steam engine, the telegraph, the telephone, the automobile, the electric motor, the typewriter, the perfected printing press, etc., etc., are time-savers that in fifty years have done more towards the development of civilisation and the increase of the world’s wealth than has accomplished in a thousand years of effoit before these economists of time were introduced. Whatever saves time increases convenience, an< I limits the waste of mental and physical energy, adds to the moneymaking power of the world and becomes a business necessity. And as new inventions are put upon the market, new needs arise and new methods must be introduced to u lise them.