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"Don't invest everything in another man's calling."

"You gotta make it a priority to make your priorities a priority."

"A busy life is not necessarily an effective life."

"There are so many things and people craving your attention such that you could so easily forget that you have a purpose to fulfill within a specified time on the earth."

"To be focused on acquiring material things is to forfeit blessings associated with eternal reward."

"Through the years, I have heard that the average person speaks at about 150-160 words per minute, but can listen at a rate of about 1,000 words per minute. What is going on during all that extra mind time? Our minds are racing ahead and preparing for the next thing we are going to say. We are preoccupied with other thoughts, priorities, and distractions. Our subconscious filters are thumbing through our database of memories, judgments, experiences, perspectives, and opinions to frame how we are going to interpret what we think someone is saying."
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