Doing Things on Time

STARTING
ON THE DOT
Begin each day as a hero.
Get up at the appointed time,
Leave your bed on the dot.

Get to work quickly.

Start all activities promptly,
Try to be on schedule all day.

Go for a real change;

Make Filipino time
always equal on-time.
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MAKING GOOD
USE OF TIME
Time is opportunity.
We cannot waste it,
We must use it productively.

We fill our day with useful work

We cannot squander it empty talk
nor in useless speculation.

We spend all our day on what we ought

But not any minute more
Than what is needed to do it very well.
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ACTING WITH A
SENSE OF URGENCY
Draw out of every hour
All that can be done,
All the grace that can be won.

We go on pushing ourselves
So we accomplish so much
in so little time.

Since we have a long way to go,

We should quicken our steps
And cut out all unnecessary delays.
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ENDING AHEAD
OF SCHEDULE
Aim to finish all
that had been committed
well ahead of schedule.

Speed up so as to finish
in less than the time allotted
And with time to spare for contingencies.

Make room for surprises,

Make up for lost time,
Make amends for unavoidable delays.