Time harasses people, or it looks that way when it is
a Monday morning or Friday evening and people rush and rush, from everywhere to
anywhere. Add to that 24 hours news and
entertainment, cheap communication tools and an endless exploration of the
world, and we have a population that is busier than its ancestors.
This sense of ‘busyness’ has become the source of
illness, as shown in an article[1]
by blogger Scott Dannemiller, giving a general sense of powerlessness to
people, as they are not able to fulfil a basic to-do list or to finish reading
all the books on the shelf; after all, people are ‘too busy’ to do that.
For a leader, time is just a tool and so does not take
the form of a burden. This healthy
relationship with omnipresent time gives her or him a more relaxed view of the
world. Besides, leaders have a competitive
edge over other type of people, because they live without tension and so they
can pay better attention to their duty, work or project.
(Excerpt from the book 82 Reasons
to be a Leader)
[1] Based on research as well
Dannemiller’s personal experience, Busy is a
Sickness describes with humour how to be busy is becoming an epidemic. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-dannemiller/busy-is-a-sickness_b_6761264.html
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