The quality of my daily decisions comes down many times to how much margin do I have physically, emotionally and spiritually. Its impossible to sustain good character based decisions when you are already looking for a shortcut because you have nothing left to give. This Forbes post will drive home the risk of margin-less living:
“Perpetual deadlines, challenging goals and objectives, urgent deal closures, multitasking, etc. — all have created a frenzied need to perform at super-human levels. The need to outperform by working long hours or pulling all-nighters has become a meme of professions such as finance, medicine, technology, military and shift workers.”