We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. The tide in the affairs of men does not remain at flood — it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is adamant to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, ‘Too late.’ – MLK jr.
Brilliant reminders about ‘doing’ rather than ‘thinking of doing’ have been popping up all over for me in the past 48 hours…several over the weekend, the above from Seth’s blog. I’m taking it as a sign to spread the word. If you were thinking of putting off that portrait to tomorrow, rather than today, or thinking of not picking up the phone and calling that client, skipping that research for your next short film, or whatever it might be… perhaps you should re-consider and do it today. I sure am.
Thank you Dr. King. Today in your honor….
What is the one thing that once lost, can never be found? Time.
Set realistic goals, measure your progress daily against them. Doing that in writing really helps. Until I started doing that and taking remedial actions when I didn’t achieve them, I lost a lot of time.
You’ll be surprised how good you feel about yourself when you achive those goals.
The greatest enemy is fear.
cool reminder/article Chase! This shot me right through. though a bit different.
A brick wall made of financial deficiencies stared me down while i was planning a shoot a few days ago.
Procrastination came in as the thought of going around the brick wall would be beyond me. I started quitting, delaying, and doing less of what i was aiming for but then i realized it was just another challenge to take a different route to my plan. Even felt i was good as paperweight if didnt my right to create.
Anyway, hope you guys here watch this, a bit far from what chase blogg’d but i still believe its a video worth watching. found this while researching on Godin, thanks to chase!
happy shooting! 😀
http://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread.html
a friend of mine said:
“We spend so much time in our speed boat on the turbulent sea of our life, racing ahead to get to the next opportunity, the next client, we actually leave most of our opportunities in our wake, to concerned about rushing forever forwards”
It really is about self control. Control yourself and control your mind. Sometimes people need a swift kick….Marinating in your own juices is gross.
So ironic that you post about procrastination today. I recently started a project that I have been wanting to do for almost a year now. The reason I say ironic is because truth be told I’m glad that I waited. If I had started the project a year ago it wouldn’t have gone as well as my project currently is. I believe there is a fine line between procrastination, and waiting for the right time. I don’t know how to tell the difference but I do know that sometimes waiting is a good thing, and sometimes it’s just a pile of excusses blocking our way.