Not everything is urgent. Not everything is important. Not everything is newsworthy, and not everything that is newsworthy is a tragedy. Not everything requires your attention. Not everything demands that you change your plans. Not everything is a debate in search of a winner. Not everything is worth your time.
When we lose the ability to look at things with perspective, the world becomes flat.
What would happen if we could wait?
Before judging our neighbor who is still up at 4am. Before shouting at our kids who are trying to figure out something complex. Before sharing the advice nobody has asked for. Before answering to the instant message of somebody who is dealing with their own challenges. Before going on a rant about something we have misread in a conversation. Before clicking the comment box to leave some vitriolic words for somebody who does not share our worldview. Before beating ourselves up for not achieving what we so desperately wanted. Before rage quitting the place we have invested so much into. Before following that shiny little object that is going to take away from our lives.
If only we could wait 60 seconds, what would happen instead?
The stories we tell others, the ones we use to buy people into our cause, to inspire action, to convince buyers that our brand is better, to present ourselves and the work we do.
They are not lies.
They are ideals waiting for an audience.
By participating in that head-to-head discussion on Twitter, I have changed minds and inspired hundreds of people.
Every time I like an Instagram post, I am closer to feeling fully accomplished.
A turning point in my life was that time I watched all of the YouTube videos by that influencer in one sit.
The constant flux of notifications I get on my mobile throughout the day exponentially improves the quality of my work.
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By all means, use your free time however you prefer.
And make sure when it’s over, it is really over.
There’s no excuse nowadays to not go about finding and fulfilling your purpose. Yet, never before have so little people been committed to do just that.
Go make the change you are here to make.
What moves the change you seek to make?
Anger, frustration, revenge, self-affirmation, fear. It is human to feel all that. Yet, while they are great fire to start the fuse, it’s better to move past them as the explosion approaches, else they will spread.
Empathy, kindness, joy, selflessness, care. They are much slower to burn, more complicated to find and express. Yet, when they reach the core, that’s the type of enthusiasm that sticks and scales.
There will never be enough of that.
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