6 Time Lessons From Six Great Leaders

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Time waits for no one, so do not waste your time. Use your time to live, to play, to love, to make yourself happy. The only time you know is Now. Seize it. To do that, you can take your lessons your these six world leaders.

“Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.”

Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it.”- Abraham Lincoln

Do not jump into what you don’t know. Look before you leap. Because great things take time to do. So if you want to do great things, you must take your time.

The key question?

“The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Randy Pausch

Time is precious. Try to answer the question above. If you are not spending your time on the right things, you will never get to where you are going. The good news is: you can change it. You can start spending your time on the right things. It is never too late to start. Will you start now?

Make time for what is important to you.

“You don’t find time for important thingss, you make it.”- Randy Pausch

There is no time for anything. But if something is very important to you, you must create time to make it happen. Do not wait for the right time to get things done. Now is the right time to get things done. You can do it if you have the courage to face your fears.

Time does not stand still.

“Our liberty, is endangered if we pause for the passing moment, if we resist on our achievements, if we resist the pace of progress. For time and the world do not stand still.”- John F. Kennedy

Time does not stand still. Change does not stand still. And life does not stand still. If you want to grow, you must not stand still. You must NOT resist change.

“Change is the law of life.”

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.”- John F. Kennedy

Life is not hard if you have the courage to face change, to grow, to expand yourself. Because life is all about change. It is going forward. It is changing. If you want to see what is in front of you, you must not look to the past. Live your life in the moment.

Now is the right time to do what is right.

“The time is always right to do what’s right.”- Martin Lurther King Jr.

The time to help is now. The time to do what is right for yourself is now. Do not waste it. If you cannot change your life now, when are you going to change your life?

3 Valuable Lessons From Time That Can Change How You Live Your Life

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If you want to know how you are spending your time, check how you are living your life. Life is time. Time is life. Here are 3 valuable lessons you can learn from TIME that can change how you live your life.

Time lost is time not used.

Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.”- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

That is why you should enjoy every moment of your life. Because if you don’t enjoy it, it will never come back to you. Remember, you are not going to be here forever. For that reason, you must do whatever you can to live a full human life.

Stop chasing the past.

“You shouldn’t chase after the past or place expectations on the future. What is past is left behind. The future is as yet unreached. Whatever quality is present you clearly see right here, right there.”- Gautama Buddha

I can’t separate myself from my past. But if I want to go forward, if I want to do great things in my life, I MUST stop chasing the past. You can do the same for your own life.

Do not adhere to your past. Let it go.

“Those who adhere to the past won’t be able to cope with the future.”- Willy Brandt

Yes, your past is important, but do not live there. It is over. If you want to experience the future, you must detach yourself from your past. Do not let your past hold you back from living in the moment, in the Now. Because everything is happening right here, right now. Enjoy it!