Dr. Swenson’s philosophy on margins:
Overload is not having time to finish the book you’re reading on stress. Margin is having time to read it twice.

Overload is fatigue. Margin is energy.

Overload is red ink. Margin is black ink.

Overload is hurry. Margin is calm.

Overload is anxiety. Margin is security.

Overload is the disease of the 90’s. Margin is the cure.

Okay, so this doctrine is dated, but it is as true in the 21st century as it was in the 90s if not more so.

Obviously, Type-A overachievers are the most subjected to this as witnessed on pages 31-32.

How many people can relate to this??

There is also a predecessor - Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives.

Stress: realizing the mistake in parking on the top floor of a downtown parking garage to watch fireworks and forgetting to bring a cooler.

Margins: calmly driving unobstructed out of the garage 3 hours later after escorting the 3 walkers plus the 10-week-old out of the vehicle for the 2nd time to enjoy an appetizer and several glasses of water/Coke/milkshakes across the street at TGIFs.

Dr. Swenson’s philosophy on margins:
Overload is not having time to finish the book you’re reading on stress. Margin is having time to read it twice.

Overload is fatigue. Margin is energy.

Overload is red ink. Margin is black ink.

Overload is hurry. Margin is calm.

Overload is anxiety. Margin is security.

Overload is the disease of the 90’s. Margin is the cure.

Okay, so this doctrine is dated, but it is as true in the 21st century as it was in the 90s if not more so.

Obviously, Type-A overachievers are the most subjected to this as witnessed on pages 31-32.

How many people can relate to this??

There is also a predecessor - Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives.

Stress: realizing the mistake in parking on the top floor of a downtown parking garage to watch fireworks and forgetting to bring a cooler.

Margins: calmly driving unobstructed out of the garage 3 hours later after escorting the 3 walkers plus the 10-week-old out of the vehicle for the 2nd time to enjoy an appetizer and several glasses of water/Coke/milkshakes across the street at TGIFs.