100 Quotes About Productivity

The universe has a funny way of throwing us curveballs. Most of us strive to get through each day without too much drama, but sometimes stressful situations arise that can get in the way. We all have days when we feel like giving up or have no motivation to get anything done. What are some of the best quotes about productivity? We’ve got you covered with everything from “fake it till you make it” to “don’t try this at home.”

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Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live--that productive work is the process by which man's consciousness controls his existence, a constant process of acquiring knowledge and shaping matter to fit one's purpose, of translating an idea into physical form, of remaking the earth in the image of one's values--that all work is creative work if done by a thinking mind, and no work is creative if done by a blank who repeats in uncritical stupor a routine he has learned from others--that your work is yours to choose, and the choice is as wide as your mind, that nothing more is possible to you and nothing less is human--that to cheat your way into a job bigger than your mind can handle is to become a fear-corroded ape on borrowed motions and borrowed time, and to settle down into a job that requires less than your mind's full capacity is to cut your motor and sentence yourself to another kind of motion: decay--that your work is the process of achieving your values, and to lose your ambition for values is to lose your ambition to live--that your body is a machine, but your mind is its driver, and you must drive as far as your mind will take you, with achievement as the goal of your road--that the man who has no purpose is a machine that coasts downhill at the mercy of any boulder to crash in the first chance ditch, that the man who stifles his mind is a stalled machine slowly going to rust, that the man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap, and the man who makes another man his goal is a hitchhiker no driver should ever pick up--that your work is the purpose of your life, and you must speed past any killer who assumes the right to stop you, that any value you might find outside your work, any other loyalty or love, can be only travelers you choose to share your journey and must be travelers going on their own power in the same direction. Ayn Rand
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us...
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Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. Stephen King
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Anyone who says that economic security is a human right, has been to much babied. While he babbles, other men are risking and losing their lives to protect him. They are fighting the sea, fighting the land, fighting disease and insects and weather and space and time, for him, while he chatters that all men have a right to security and that some pagan god– Society, The State, The Government, The Commune–must give it to them. Let the fighting men stop fighting this inhuman earth for one hour, and he will learn how much security there is. . Rose Wilder Lane
I always make sure that the world will prove me...
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I always make sure that the world will prove me right. It gives me the freedom to contradict myself. Criss Jami
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Tomorrow’ is the thing that’s always coming but never arrives. ‘Today’ is the thing that’s already here and never leaves. And because that’s the case, I would much prefer to invest in today than sit around waiting for an arrival that’s not arriving. Craig D. Lounsbrough
Another distraction that deviates people from their God given purpose...
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Another distraction that deviates people from their God given purpose and calling is the distraction of job and formal education. Sunday Adelaja
Solitude with God is a place for pregnancy.
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Solitude with God is a place for pregnancy. Sunday Adelaja
Solitude with God is a place for pregnancy. Solitude is...
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Solitude with God is a place for pregnancy. Solitude is also a place to receive great ideas and creative ideas from God. The power of imagination is strongest in the place of solitude. Sunday Adelaja
You can come into the rest of God through solitude.
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You can come into the rest of God through solitude. Sunday Adelaja
It is a great thing to be able to make...
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It is a great thing to be able to make God your source and the time of solitude presents you with that opportunity. Sunday Adelaja
God has made the provision for every man on earth...
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God has made the provision for every man on earth to be equally endowed. Sunday Adelaja
Every human being is equally wealthy according to God’s divine...
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Every human being is equally wealthy according to God’s divine providence. Sunday Adelaja
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When it comes to greatness, God doesn’t choose for man. Sunday Adelaja
We are products of their wisdom or lack of wisdom.
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We are products of their wisdom or lack of wisdom. Sunday Adelaja
To be productive, effective and to live a life of...
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To be productive, effective and to live a life of understanding and wisdom is not to waste time Sunday Adelaja
If you have time to whine then you have time...
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If you have time to whine then you have time to find solution. Dee Dee Artner
Don't interpret anything too much. This is time waster number...
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Don't interpret anything too much. This is time waster number 1. Dee Dee Artner
Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with...
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Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying Germany Kent
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Without solitude, we are overwhelmed by all the things we hope to do and all of the things we hope to do and all of the things we are planning and praying to do but we never really have the time to actually get down and get these things done. Sunday Adelaja
Failure is not an option. Keep going!
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Failure is not an option. Keep going! Izey Victoria Odiase
A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and...
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A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits. Amit Kalantri
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There’s usually more than one way to complete a task. I will not stay stuck in my ways. I will remain motivated and open-minded. Izey Victoria Odiase
On every level of life, from housework to heights of...
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On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur. Evelyn Underhill
I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and,...
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I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each day used to the full to actually produce something. The end. Michael Palin
If you are on social media, and you are not...
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If you are on social media, and you are not learning, not laughing, not being inspired or not networking, then you are using it wrong. Germany Kent
Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted.
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Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted. Germany Kent
Tweet others the way you want to want to be...
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Tweet others the way you want to want to be tweeted. Germany Kent
Relax, Recharge and Reflect. Sometimes it’s OK to do nothing.
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Relax, Recharge and Reflect. Sometimes it’s OK to do nothing. Izey Victoria Odiase
This ignorance of what to do with time is the...
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This ignorance of what to do with time is the number one reason why people get bored so easily when alone with nothing to do. Sunday Adelaja
The world gives a way to the man who knows...
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The world gives a way to the man who knows where he is going. Sunday Adelaja
Most people have not become better than they were five...
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Most people have not become better than they were five years ago because people hardly invest time into improving their knowledge, skills, and talents. Sunday Adelaja
You must arrest every passing time and convert it into...
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You must arrest every passing time and convert it into growing your knowledge and prowess in that chosen field of influence. Sunday Adelaja
Our world is filled with people who have only a...
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Our world is filled with people who have only a shallow knowledge of certain skills and have remained like that for so many years without self-improvement Sunday Adelaja
Most people on the face of the earth do not...
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Most people on the face of the earth do not know what to do with their time. Sunday Adelaja
The majority of people on earth are ignorant of what...
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The majority of people on earth are ignorant of what their time should be used for. Sunday Adelaja
The difference between one person who is living in poverty...
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The difference between one person who is living in poverty and another person living in wealth is their understanding of what to do with time. Sunday Adelaja
The reason why one man is great and another man...
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The reason why one man is great and another man is living in mediocrity is simply because one understood the value of time while the other did not. Sunday Adelaja
You must know what you do with your time if...
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You must know what you do with your time if you must become great in this life. Sunday Adelaja
Every one of us must learn how to make our...
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Every one of us must learn how to make our time productive. Sunday Adelaja
The secret of all greatness is in knowing what to...
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The secret of all greatness is in knowing what to do with time. Sunday Adelaja
The secret of all greatness is in knowing what to...
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The secret of all greatness is in knowing what to do with time. The secret of all the great men and women in history is that they converted their time into tangible products. Sunday Adelaja
You must know what to do with your time if...
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You must know what to do with your time if you must become great in this life. You must know what to do with your time if you must fulfill your purpose on the earth. Sunday Adelaja
Most people do not invest their time because they do...
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Most people do not invest their time because they do not see need to do that. Sunday Adelaja
You must choose what you do with your time. You...
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You must choose what you do with your time. You must not just do things because everybody is doing them. Sunday Adelaja
Don’t live your life not knowing what to do with...
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Don’t live your life not knowing what to do with your time. Sunday Adelaja
It is rather your limitation that decides to what extent...
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It is rather your limitation that decides to what extent of greatness and to what height you are going to arise in this life. Your level of promotion in life is determined by how much you know. Sunday Adelaja
Self-discovery is the key to knowing what to do with...
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Self-discovery is the key to knowing what to do with your life. Sunday Adelaja
The starting point for greatness is to know what to...
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The starting point for greatness is to know what to do with your life. Sunday Adelaja
To not know what to do during the vacations is...
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To not know what to do during the vacations is just a proof that society and the school system has stolen your life from you. Sunday Adelaja
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Our world is structured in such a way for you not to even know and for you not to even be told and for you not to even think about it that your life is disappearing gradually and that you are left only with very little life and time. Sunday Adelaja
The proof that most people don’t know how to measure...
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The proof that most people don’t know how to measure their life by converting time into products is reflected in what they do with their free vacation time. Sunday Adelaja
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Don’t live your life not to know what to do with your time. If you don’t have any results to show for all your passing time, then you must have been trivializing time and you must have been living your life carelessly. Sunday Adelaja
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It is a pity that dead men are still impacting the world while men who are still alive are wasting away, roaming the world without an understanding of what to do with their time. Sunday Adelaja
If you know what the treasure of time is worth,...
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If you know what the treasure of time is worth, if you know that time is a resource, then you will actually be able to convert your time into any product you want. Sunday Adelaja
The secret of all greatness is knowing what to do...
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The secret of all greatness is knowing what to do with time. Sunday Adelaja
Solitude allows you to sit down and work out a...
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Solitude allows you to sit down and work out a system that works best for you. Sunday Adelaja
The only thing that is limiting me and you from...
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The only thing that is limiting me and you from attaining anything in life is what we know or what we don’t know. Sunday Adelaja
Your gifts, talents, and calling will help you to know...
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Your gifts, talents, and calling will help you to know what you must do. Sunday Adelaja
It is your gifting and talents that dictates to you...
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It is your gifting and talents that dictates to you what to do. Sunday Adelaja
With a well-organized life, you have a higher chance of...
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With a well-organized life, you have a higher chance of success and excellence in your area of calling and whatever you find yourself doing. Sunday Adelaja
Those who have made it to the top have only...
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Those who have made it to the top have only done so through hard work and time conversion. Sunday Adelaja
No one has truly become successful on life without having...
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No one has truly become successful on life without having to organize his life. Sunday Adelaja
No man can achieve success if he didn’t first know...
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No man can achieve success if he didn’t first know the value of time. Sunday Adelaja
When you succeed in showing the real products that this...
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When you succeed in showing the real products that this disappearing life has produced, then you are said to be a winner. Sunday Adelaja
Success is built on hard work, the right hard work...
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Success is built on hard work, the right hard work itself is success. Sunday Adelaja
Great things in business are never done by one person,...
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Great things in business are never done by one person, They are done by a team of people Steve Jobs
Your daily product determines how far you go
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Your daily product determines how far you go Sunday Adelaja
Freedom of Speech doesn't justify online bullying. Words have power,...
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Freedom of Speech doesn't justify online bullying. Words have power, be careful how you use them. Germany Kent
If you are in a position where you can reach...
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If you are in a position where you can reach people, then use your platform to stand up for a cause. HINT: social media is a platform. Germany Kent
The greatest innovators and history makers of our world were...
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The greatest innovators and history makers of our world were not great because of the formal school system but because of self-development through the proper investment and conversation of time. Sunday Adelaja
Education is not the learning of facts, but the training...
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Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think Albert Einstein
Your productivity will double with increase physical activity.
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Your productivity will double with increase physical activity. Lailah Gifty Akita
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You are where you are and what you are because of yourself, nothing else. Nature is neutral. Nature doesn't care. If you do what other successful people do, you will enjoy the same results and rewards that they do. And if you don't, you won't. Brian Tracy
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Manipulative Leaders Create Distrust and selfishness Transactional Leaders Create Mediocrity and complacency Motivational Leaders Create Positivity and ActionInfluential Leaders Create Growth and Empowerment Servant-Leaders Create Authenticity and Explosive GrowthTransformational Leaders Create Change and Leave Legacies Farshad Asl
Productivity is being able to do things that you were...
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Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before. Franz Kafka
Multitasking is actually a hindrance to productivity. Focus on one...
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Multitasking is actually a hindrance to productivity. Focus on one thing and get it done. Del Suggs
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A happy and productive person is one who understands that his or her job is not the purpose of his or her life. Go on vacation, use up your sick days, ask for a temporary leave-of-absence–anything that allows you to recharge your batteries away from your typical routine. No leave, no life. Del Suggs
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There are two powerful fuels, two forces; motivation and inspiration. To be motivated you need to know what your motives are. Over time - and to sustain you through it - your motivation must become an inner energy; a 'motor' driving you forward, passionately, purposefully, wisely and compassionately.. come what may, every day. Inspiration is an outer - worldly - energy that you breathe and draw in. It may come from many places, faces, spaces and stages - right across the ages. It is where nature, spirit, science, mind and time meet, dance, play and speak. It keeps you outward facing and life embracing. But you must be open-minded and open-hearted to first let it in and then let it out again. Together - blended, combined and re-entwined - motivation and inspiration bring connectivity, productivity, creativity and boundless possibilities that is not just 'self' serving but enriching to all humanity and societies..just as it should be. . Rasheed Ogunlaru
If you want to double your productively, shorten the timeline...
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If you want to double your productively, shorten the timeline to by 50%. Richie Norton
How tragic it is to find that an entire lifetime...
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How tragic it is to find that an entire lifetime is wasted in pursuit of distractions while purpose is neglected. Sunday Adelaja
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Instead of you pouring out your life and giving out your life and exchanging it for a porridge called salary, instead of selling out your life bit by bit until you are old and empty and until you become so old that they send you off to die in retirement, you should come to the realization that you could actually multiply and reproduce your life through the power of time conversion. Sunday Adelaja
People who understand how to convert their time into useful...
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People who understand how to convert their time into useful products do not complain of boredom. They have too many important tasks to accomplish that they can hardly get bored. Sunday Adelaja
When you understand the value of time, the resource and...
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When you understand the value of time, the resource and the wealth of time, you will be running away from the crowd. Sunday Adelaja
Instead of exchanging your life for some coins and some...
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Instead of exchanging your life for some coins and some pennies, you could actually take charge of your life right now. You can run away to take control of your time right now. Sunday Adelaja
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When you understand that through the power of conversion in solitude you can become great, so many things you’ve been wasting your time on will no longer interest you. You will even run away from some friends. Sunday Adelaja
It is real hard work that will release your potential,
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It is real hard work that will release your potential, Sunday Adelaja
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When you run for your life, you will become the one deciding how you use your time. You will be the one deciding that you are not going to pour out your life anymore. You will no longer allow the school system or the work system to decide what you do with your time. Sunday Adelaja
You are not told that while you try to eliminate...
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You are not told that while you try to eliminate your boredom by playing games and chatting on social media or watching movies and making unnecessary phone calls your life is diminishing into vanity. Sunday Adelaja
I know so much pressure is on all of us...
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I know so much pressure is on all of us to waste time and to just trivialize it. There is so much pressure on us to try to overcome boredom by spending time on frivolities. Sunday Adelaja
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If you understand that a wasted time is a wasted life, you will start running away from television, you will begin to run away from movies, you will run away from games like criminal case and candy crush. Sunday Adelaja
The only way to saturate the earth with your products...
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The only way to saturate the earth with your products like Steve Jobs is to invest your time doing what you were born to do. Sunday Adelaja
Run! Go perfect your crafts. Run! Go use your creativity.
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Run! Go perfect your crafts. Run! Go use your creativity. Sunday Adelaja
Our streets are littered with university graduates holding paper certificates...
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Our streets are littered with university graduates holding paper certificates and looking for a way to enslave themselves again under a boss in the name of looking for a job. Sunday Adelaja
Our offices are filled with people working their lives out...
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Our offices are filled with people working their lives out to enrich their boss, government or company. Sunday Adelaja
You have to come to understand that your life is...
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You have to come to understand that your life is diminishing rapidly if you don’t convert it into valuable products. Sunday Adelaja
There is so much pressure on us to try to...
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There is so much pressure on us to try to overcome boredom by spending time on frivolities. Sunday Adelaja
Don’t trivialize the fact that your life is diminishing.
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Don’t trivialize the fact that your life is diminishing. Sunday Adelaja
When you understand the value of time, the resource and...
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When you understand the value of time, the resource and the wealth of time, you will be running away from the crowd, you will be running away from distractions. Sunday Adelaja
One must run his life and set himself apart to...
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One must run his life and set himself apart to do that which he was born to do. Sunday Adelaja
To truly be satisfied in life, you must invest your...
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To truly be satisfied in life, you must invest your time into doing what you were born to do instead of wasting your time trying to impress a boss or a company doing a job that you were not born for. Sunday Adelaja