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“thinking”abouttheirvacationthantheydothinkingaboutwhat'simportantintheirlife.
Whilerestandrelaxationareamustinlivingabalancedlife, it', theMasterCreatortookhisR&R(RestandRecreation) ontheseventhday, onlyaftersixdaysof “definitelydirectedthought”.
, wrote “Thereisnolaborfromwhichmostpeopleshrinkastheydofromthatofsustainedandconsecutivethought; itisthehardestworkintheworld.”Andyetitisthefirstandprimarylaborofachievement.
MyfriendMikeLitmanwroteanoutstandingarticle, it' “? Hisvisionstatement, alongwithalistofwhathevaluesinlife—handwritten.
“Afewmonthsback, , andthathetakestimetovisualizeexactlywhathewantstocreate—eachnightbeforefallingasleep.”
Whatisyourlife'spurposeoryourpersonalmissionstatement? Isitwrittendown? Doyoureviewitandthinkaboutitoften? Isyourlifeorganizedaroundyourpurposeandasetofgoalsthatsupportthatpurpose?
Withoutpurposeandgoals—definitelydirectedthought—youareliketheproverbial “shipwithoutarudder”., : “, aproject, aplan, andwillnotletitgo; theycherishit, brooduponit, tendanddevelopit; andwhenassailedbydifficulties, theyrefusetobebeguiledintosurrender; indeed, theintensityofthepurposeincreaseswiththegrowingmagnitudeoftheobstaclesencountered.”Andthat'sworththinkingabout.
人们常听说，大多数人为他们的假期做计划要比为生活做的花费的时间多。我把这一表述加以扩展：许多人思考他们的假期比思考生活中其他事情所花费的时间多。
虽然休息和娱乐是和谐生活不可或缺的，但我们生活的目的并不在此。毕竟，伟大的造物主在为我们“明确地指明了思考的方向”后的第七天才去休息和娱乐。
华莱士·D.沃尔特曾写道：“没有一种体力劳动能使大多数人畏惧退缩，但连续不断的脑力劳动却能。世界上最难的工作莫过于思考。”然而，思考却是获得成功的必要前提。
