The Youth Zone with Zero Suppliers Value your time

Time is in limited supply here on earth. This might appear pessimistic but that is the truth. We do not have much time on earth. The difference between successful people lies in their attitude towards time.
If knowledge of value is absent, abuse is inevitable.

If you do not know the importance of time, you will squander it. There is no successful person on earth who has no respect for time, neither is there any unsuccessful person who has respect for it.

Do you know the importance of time in your life or in your studies?

The difference between poor people and rich people is how they use their time. While some people are complaining about their poor grades, others are busy looking for opportunities to improve them.
We all have 24 hours in a day.

There is no one who has more than 24 hours in a day. Consider what happens in the 24 hours, one is becoming a lender and the other is becoming a borrower, one is furthering studies and research on internet and the other is busy on social networks and doing other unproductive activities.

Invest in education and not only in entertainment. Take advantage of every time that you have to make strides in your studies. Do not have time to waste, all your time should be accounted for.

Your purpose must be connected to time. A person who lives a purpose-driven life is alert to the fact that there is no time to waste. If you don’t have a purpose your life will be a patent waste of time.

There are a lot of people who missed out on opportunities to succeed in life because they could not utilise time. You need to do the right thing at the right time and you will experience success. You can never achieve the bigger picture if you don’t have respect for time.

Plan your time. Don’t just leave your time open. In other words, don’t have time which is unaccounted for. Learn to plan. You will not become organised because you have grown older. You practice being organised now.

You need to have time for your friends if you have them. Ensure that you spend your time on activities that add value to what you will be doing in life. Don’t interact with people who have no value for time, they will not take you anywhere.

There are certainly people who are confident to tell others that they are free the whole day. Come up with a timetable that will guide you every day so that you can effectively use your time.

Respect your timetable and you will see meaningful success every day. Time is not recycled. There are a lot of people who wasted their time and are regretting it now.

You can never turn back the hands of time. A minute that is gone today will never come back tomorrow. Do not have time to waste. Do not sacrifice your time on other things when you are supposed to be reading.

Time waits for no one. Time is moving whether or not you are moving. Whether you are studying or not, time is moving. This should be a greater call for action.

There is no point in having an expensive watch when you cannot respect time. Respect time and you will have a date with success.

Discipline yourself to value time now, you will not have problems when you are older. The time for action is always now.

Manners Msongelwa is the president of History Teachers of Zimbabwe and a Teacher at Camelot College in Kwekwe.