For want of a nail the shoe was lost.

For want of a shoe, the horse was lost.

For want of a horse the rider was lost.

For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a rideer, the message was lost, for want of a message, the battle was lost,

for want of a battle, the kingdom was lost, and all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

Now perhaps you've not shot a horse recently,

but if you've ever had the pleasure of being around a farrier a horse

recently, I'd encourage you to have been around a farrier

while they put horseshoes on, I'd encourage you to take a careful

look at a hors shoe nail. It's a basically insignificant little hunk of metal.

The blacksmith can bang them out pretty quickly.

If you're now familiar with the methods of shooing a horse, basically the ferrier will come along and file down the horse's hooves, make it nice and shape it nicely, shape

a horseshoe to the horse's hooves, and then they'll take a hammer and just a simple little nail

the horse shoe on to the bottom of the horse's hooves.

This allows the horse to walk and to work on paved and rocky surfaces without

wearing down their hooves so they don't go lame.

It allows the horse to be more comfortable and allows them to do more work.

It's a very important little piece of metal, but it's very insignificant.

Now of course that famous proverb rings true,

but here's my modern version of it.

Here's a maxim that I made up that I think

is worth your consideration today, and it's very simple.

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