"Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by so quick you hardly catch it going."American Playwright
1911 - 1983
Most of us live in the past with occasional ventures into the future. The time spent in the present is minuscule. The present moment no more than arrives and it is gone, quickly becoming a part of our memory. Time passes second by second and we watch it leave.
Are you frustrated because there is not enough time in a day to do all the painting or writing that you want to do? Do you wish you had more time to do the things you want to do? Modern life is hectic and it gets faster and faster every year. Ever since man invented the first machine, we have been promised that we would gain more time to do the things we wanted to do. And it has never happened. Cell phones, I-Pads and computers do not make our lives easier. We have to work longer and harder just to stay even. We are now in touch with the world 24/7.
I talked with a salesman who said that thirty years ago he would leave town for a week. He would tell his secretary to take any messages and to tell the people he would call them when he returned. He says that today if he don't return a call within 15 minutes he has lost the sale.
So what does this have to do with creative leadership? Each of us have 86,400 seconds a day to spend as we choose. How do you spend your seconds? Doing the things you want to do or doing what others want you to do? Do you spend your seconds focused on the past and what has already happened or do you spend your seconds in the present creating new works of art?
We all have been given the same amount of time each day. We can not change the amount of time we have. But we can choose how we spend it. Be surely to spend your time wisely.
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