The late Bob Proctor shared a vital lesson:

How are you spending your minutes?

If we look at an hour-glass, the sand in the top represents the future, and the sand at the bottom represents the past.

Now, we know what’s in the past and yet we can’t do anything about it. See the trick is we don’t know how much sand we have left. The future, we don’t know, the past, it’s gone... now the only thing you can deal with is what’s right here, right now, and if you look the sand is always moving.

I have found the people who win are the people who make up their minds and not waste their minutes. They’re going to be productive and make it happen every minute.

I read a poem one time and it said, “I have only just a minute, only 60 seconds in was forced upon me. I can't refuse it, I didn't see it, I didn't choose it, but it's up to me to use it. I must suffer if I lose it, give a count if I abused it, it's just a tiny little minute, but eternity is in it.

The sand at the bottom is all gone, you don't know how much is left, that's all you got is right here right now.

I want to make sure that you are using your time to the best of your ability - don't waste your time, everybody gets the same amount, so it's what we do with it that makes the difference.