When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity. But when you use the moment properly, filling it with purpose and productivity, it lives on forever.
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In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.
There's no time to waste. Every day, there needs to be movement on something.
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste.
If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts.
When an opportunity comes, it holds possibilities. And when you move away from it or don't sense it or grasp it, you're really throwing away your future; you're throwing away your tomorrow.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
That's really important to me - creating moments that last forever.
You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.
If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.
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