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Thanks to our ability to pick up an electronic 
device at any moment,

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boredom is teetering on the edge of extinction. 
However,

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constant entertainment wears away at an important 
characteristic we all need: our focus.

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Next time you’re tempted to use your phone 
when you’re bored,

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remember that purposeful silence strengthens 
your ability to focus.

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Without focus, our days are much more easily 
misspent.

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As Zig Ziglar pointed out, “Lack of direction, 
not lack of time, is the problem.

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We all have twenty-four hour days.” So don’t 
become normalized to an endless hum of information.

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Capitalize on the time we have been given 
by learning the value of silence.

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I’m Mac Hammond; this is the Winner’s Minute.