There is no profit in the statement, "the early bird gets the worm".
There is no wisdom in beating your head against the wall until it finally breaks through from your own perserverance.
Having been in sales for 28 years now, I noticed that a lot of time can be lost trying to get new business. Time spent during years of effort trying to win a particular customer goes wasted. Then, suddenly something big drops into my lap through no effort of my own.
When I get sick, unable to get up and go, I pine away about missing time and exposure in my sales territory. My competitors are out there making progress and I'm in bed. But, sales grow anyway.
The verse below says all of this and more. It says it better than I just tried to above; and I believe it wholeheartedly from rock-solid experience.
"It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of [anxious] toil--for He gives [blessings] to His beloved in sleep." Psalm 127:2
Don't let the world push you into it's mold.
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