Sunday, September 9, 2018

A leader’s clock is always ticking, but with no pressure - Reason 57


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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