Everything has its time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything has a lifecycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I'm reminded of this daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I look at my 7-year-old, I consider what another 7 years will bring. By then, he'll be 14\u2026 which was just a few short years before I went to West Point\u2026 which, in my mind (when I attempt to conceive it and put myself back in those shoes), feels like the beginning of adulthood for me\u2026and it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sheesh\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where does the time go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A better question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where WILL the time go?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Specifically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where will <\/strong>YOUR <\/strong><\/em>time go?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For all my creators, founders, inventors, warriors, and leaders -- anyone doing the hard, creative work of bringing something into being, cultivating it, and growing it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n What are you doing with the time you have right now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you started?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you shipped?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you failed? If so, have you pushed through it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you experienced success? If so, have you doubled down on it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tripled down on it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quadrupled down on it?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Because there's no such thing as a guarantee of \"growth.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n When something's working, it won't work forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you take your foot off the gas, the car doesn't stop. It keeps going at exactly the same speed -- for a moment. But then, gradually, it slows down. Little by little. Until, eventually, all the momentum is gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For your business, pursuit, or project -- there is no guarantee that you'll have \"more\" tomorrow than what you have today, no matter how many ads you buy or gurus you hire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only guarantee in life is that what's here today can, and eventually will be, gone tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (just ask Blockbuster, Nokia Phones, or the Weinstein Company)<\/p>\n\n\n\n So get after it while the getting's good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stay frosty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n