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3. Avoid the Gossipers
In 1650, Jeremy Taylor, chaplain to King Charles I, wrote a book
called “Holy Living” in which he warned against the dangers of
wasting time on gossip. He said, “Avoid the company of
busybodies and all such as are apt to talk much to little purpose.
For no man can be provident of his time that is not prudent in
the choice of his company. And if one of the speakers be vain,
tedious and trifling, he that hears and he that answers in the
discourse are equal losers of their time.”
4. Be Brief
In business, your time is your money. Wasting time with
unnecessarily long meetings with others is a way to let money
trickle down the drain. Channing