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The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
-- Henry Ward Beecher
 

 

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Act early

By putting something off until later, you’re not doing yourself any favor. You’re just making things more difficult.

The sooner you take action, the more effective your action will be. The sooner you go to the trouble, the less trouble you’ll have to go to.

Good efforts produce good consequences. And time leverages the power of those efforts.

Act early, and the leverage works in your favor. Act late, and you pile on needless negative leverage that pushes against you.

In the moment, procrastination may feel like the easiest option. Yet in the long run it turns out to be the hardest.

Especially when the task is challenging, give yourself an advantage. Act early, and put the power of time on your side.

— Ralph Marston

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