First, consider that there must be no room for waste in being industrious. No minute is left unscrutinized or unaccounted for. If you’re going to spend any time, spend it constructively. Time is not lost or wasted, as long as we’re moving forward on what is worthwhile.

Industry requires that we be vigilant as with a machete, whacking away at anything that resembles the unnecessary.

Read the transcript for Benjamin Franklin's 13 Virtues - Industry

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