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Chapter 24
Don’t Let 
Worry rob 
You of time 
and energy

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W
orried about managing your time well?
You’re wasting your time.
Worry steals your time and energy. It disrupts your 
rest, damages your ability to make decisions, and robs you of the 
pleasure and satisfaction you should get from work and play.
When  you  worry,  you  aren’t  planning,  working,  or  solving 
problems. Worrying never resolves anything.
Worry ignores the present to fixate on a future that never arrives.
Worrying is like paying interest on a debt. You have nothing to 
show for it, you still have to pay back the principal, and you have 
no money left for the things you need. Substitute energy and time 
for money and you understand what worry really costs you.
We learn to worry, and we can learn to stop. We can replace 
worry with action.