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Procrastination is The Thief of Time

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….

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  1. richNYC says:
    January 18, 2011 at 8:04 pm

    The best book I read on how to fight procrastination is Steven Pressfield’s “The War of Art”. Give it a try, quite an inspirational quick page turner…

  2. Vincent says:
    January 18, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    Nice! This is so true. Just like Biill Witman said: The greatest enemy is fear.
    Let’s all stop procrastinating and ”Just do it”. I wish it was as easy as it sounds.

  3. sdsd says:
    January 18, 2011 at 11:05 am

    sdsdsd

  4. Matthew May says:
    January 18, 2011 at 9:17 am

    You wouldn’t think it would take much to do what you love doing.. but wow this post really spoke to me… Thanks Chase!

  5. bimal nair says:
    January 18, 2011 at 8:38 am

    thankyou for the kick on the butt Chase!
    That is something that i really lack…..the conviction of “doing” than “thinking of doing”! Thanks again.

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