What sort of week have you just had? There is a good chance that you have had a busy week. I suspect that you also wonder where the year has gone, and you probably crave more time.
An important lesson from history is that many people are late-achievers and produced their best works in the second-half of life. While no one knows when their time is up, there is still time to have a go. Thinking ‘there is not enough time’ has spoilt many dreams. It's never too late.
The well-known designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his office seven years to take a yearlong sabbatical.
Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple) was recently named CEO of the decade by Fortune magazine. He once said – “Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.”
The way we view and deal with time is central to our life. Some people seem to have all time in the world, while others can't get enough time. Time perspective guru’s Zimardo and Boyd, claim that time perspectives is "one of the most powerful influences on virtually all aspects of human behavior".
Waiting for someone who is running late is annoying. The issue is not trivial according to the Stop Lateness campaign which claims that the average British person losses 38 hours a year from lateness. That is a lot of wasted time.
We regularly coming across quotes on time. Our current favourites are:
How close have you been to death? Experiences that heighted our death awareness can sharpen our mind to the way we think about time.
