The word “margin” has many definitions, including one that can dramatically improve our lives. Margin allows us to function effectively without continually maxing out important personal resources such as time, energy, money, patience, capacity, etc.
A person who lives with little or no margin is constantly operating with a tank that’s nearly empty in one or more category. A person with sufficient margin has portions of those resources left over even after being highly productive with them. Operating without margin is draining and ineffective in the short term. The long-range outcome will be total burnout, just as running a machine at full throttle for an extended period will cause a malfunction.
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