A newsletter from Guilford College, a Quaker school, outlined a simple formula to live by.

SIMPLE FORMULA FOR LIVING

Live beneath your means.
Return everything you borrow.
Stop blaming other people.
Admit it when you make a mistake.
Give clothes not worn to charity.
Do something nice and try not to get caught.
Listen more; talk less.
Every day take a thirty-minute walk.
Strive for excellence, not perfection.
Be on time.
Don't make excuses.
Don't argue.
Get organized.
Be kind to unkind people.
Let someone cut ahead of you in line.
Take time to be alone.
Cultivate good manners.
Be humble.
Realize and accept that life isn't fair.
Know when to keep your mouth shut.
Go an entire day without criticizing anyone.
Learn from the past.
Plan for the future.
Live in the present.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
It's all small stuff.

Learn from the Past.
Plan for
the Future.
Live in the Present.

All About Time Management
A perennial skill at work and home.
By Dona Dezube
Four-time U.S. Olympic steeplechase runner Henry Marsh attended law school while caring for his infant son, yet still trained on 28 barriers and seven water hazards spread across a 3,000-meter racecourse. The author of The Breakthrough Factor: Creating Success and Happiness Through a Life of Value (Fireside, 1998), Marsh also serves as national program director at Franklin Covey in Salt Lake City.
The key to time management, he says, is knowing your priorities and allocating your time accordingly. "I don't run across too many people who aren't busy. I can increase the efficiency of their business by putting a date planner in their hands, but if the increase in their business efficiency doesn't relate to what matters most to them, who cares?" he asks.
Marsh's early life priorities were very clear. He wasn't in the top 10 percent of his law school class, but he managed to graduate and make the Olympic team. His infant son is now 20 and doing missionary work for the Mormon Church. Marsh notes that business tools have changed over the past two decades, but the principles of time management are the same. The Internet is fabulous, he says, but it can be overused. Day planners, when used without the proper perspective, will only make you more organized, not more productive.
Dona Dezube is a freelance contributor to YourWriters.com.