Time makes a difference

In the December 2011 issue of Wired, Jeff Bezos (the CEO of Amazon) talks about the "culmination of the many things we've been doing for 15 years."

The point I take away is that it's ok to try to be the #1 student in your high school, but if you don't make that goal, so what?

 Maybe you just need to expand your time horizon 2, 4, 10 or 20 years.  At 50, with great diligence, you will be somewhere.  And the game always changes.  It favors the prepared and those who have tested themselves and know their capability, but like a football, nobody really knows which direction this is life going to bounce.

Be prepared, but be prepared to change.

Today I am 50 years old.  One of the greatest mistakes of my 50 years was to underestimate my capacity and my ability.  At the end of high school, I think I was closer to the bottom ten than I was to the top ten.  Last year I finished my Master's Degree and graduated with honors.  It just took me a little longer, that's all - and I never gave up!

My physics book in college said that given enough time, even the motor on a refrigerator could lift the world.  Time matters. What we do with time really matters!

So let's get back to work on our goals and dreams.  Let us keep up the diligence and deliberateness as we continue to plan and strive to be that person we want to be.

Who knows where we will be in 20 years or 30?  But hopefully you and I will meet each other then and we will be that much closer to our goals.

I wish you a happy forever.

-Chris