Tales from the Online Marketing Crypt #17grwtStop Doing These 3 Wasteful Things in Your Business to Start Making Net Profits!
"Waste not, want not."
"Don't waste your breath."
"What a waste of time/space/energy."
The list goes on and I'm sure you've either heard or said any number of these idioms over the years.
Being the system type of personality that I am, wasting time is a big pet peeve of mine.
Growing up on the farm my Dad decided he wanted to control the thistles that were starting to take over the back pasture. I guess pesticides weren't a thing back then, but child labour was!
One summer he put me to work pulling out every single thistle stock... by hand. Armed with adult-sized leather gloves, I sat on the field grabbing the large prickly stalks at the base and tugged with all my might to free those suckers from their clutches. I had to ensure every bit of root was captured; otherwise, the weed would grow right back again.
I laboured all summer on that project (or so my childhood memory has deemed this to be true). It was a big patch of nettles with thick stocks firmly implanted into the hard ground, so they weren't all that easy to pull out for this 10 year old.