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41 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® MAY 2015 $ !" "!% ' $ " ##! $ ! ! & $ ! " !' " "" #!"$ # ! ! Seminars - Thursday and Saturday Knowledge for Business, Drilling, Pump, Water Treatment, REHS, Safety, and Technical Subjects Trade Show – Friday 83 Booths (70% Filled as of January 31) Product Spotlight Demonstrations Lunch on the Showroom Floor Awards Banquet – Friday Golf Tournament – Thursday Lakeridge Golf Course Other Games Thursday and Saturday Call the CGA of;ce (707) 578-4408 for details and early registration. www.groundh2o.org Mix Business… …with Pleasure " !%" " Silent Auction More Time or Money? by Tim Connor “This time, like all times, is a very good time - if we but know what to do with it.” Emerson Let me ask you a simple question. At first glance you might not think it's simple, but here it is anyway: If you could have more money or more time, which would you choose? You can only have one. Did your response come quickly, or did you ponder it longer, considering all of the consequences? For example, if you had more money, but no more time - what could the out- comes be? If you had more time, but no more money - again lots of options. Con- sider the larger scale of this question and how it would impact your future if you could choose one or the other. If your answer was more money and not time, how much money does it take to be happy, successful, and/or content? Research over the years has indicated few wealthy people are really happy, so it would seem money doesn't buy happiness. Yes, it can buy lots of stuff - some necessary and some just because you convinced yourself you want, need, or deserve it. In the end, relying on money or even more money won't give you what you hope it will - contentment, satisfac- tion, or even inner peace. If this research is true, why do so many people spend so much of their time in life chasing after more money? Is it ego, insecurity, control, or some other emotional driver or attitude? Security is a wonderful thing; unfortunately, money doesn't guarantee it and never will. You can lose everything in a heartbeat. Rely- ing on money or more money, in my opin- ion, is a senseless goal. I'm not implying we should not work hard, save, invest, or spend wisely to ensure our needs are met. I'm saying it takes more than money to live a life worth living. Having said this, if your answer was money, what would you do with it once Connor cont’d on page 44.