Time is Precious

Welcome to the Soul of Innovation podcast. I am Thomas Anglero, changing the format a bit, doing some video because why not? I want to give you a powerful reflection today. It's about time. It's not the expression 'it's about time.' But the reflection, it's about time. I think we've forgotten how precious life is when time passes by, when things take time for us to cherish and appreciate it. And in the process learn from it. I was thinking, you know, if you're American, Amazon Prime and all those things, you know, that spoils the hell out of you. You get everything instantly or within 2 hours. I remember I went traveling to New York and I signed up for a short Amazon account and I could get something from my hotel room to my hotel room in 2 hours on Amazon. I thought that was insane. All of a sudden, the waiting like a kid for Christmas— every year I'm waiting for Christmas, I'm waiting for my birthday— it's gone. Everything's instantaneous. The lessons learned when we wait, when we appreciate the time it takes to get better at something, the time it takes to save up enough pennies, quarters, kronor shekels, so that you can earn that glove, you can earn that hockey stick, you can— so time is gone. But then the lessons in life are gone. Life's lessons on what it means to live and mature and to reflect on yesterday and then tomorrow and then the next day and then to look at it as a string and realize that it was precious and necessary for me to take time to be here. We all want everything now, but when you get something now, it spoils you. How many times you give a kid or an adult, they get something now because you have a lot of money, you could buy a really expensive belt now. You could get clothes now, a new car now, and then tomorrow you don't appreciate it because you got it so quick. It's time. It's time that is the value, not the car, not the belt, not the clothes. It was the time it took that was so precious. It's the time that it took and the things that happened in that time that made— when you eventually got the car, the clothes, or the belt— so wonderful. That's where you get the stories about that, that all these things happen, and I eventually got the car. I had a summer job and I worked really hard in the factory, and I met this guy, and on the way there— or I went, I had— I hurt my finger one day, went to the office, and I met this beautiful girl. We started dating. It's time. That all these things happen is not about the end result— the car, the belt, the clothes. It's time that is precious. It is time that makes things magical. So why do we want everything now? We should want everything much later because we want all the magic of time. We want all the interactions with each other. We want all the mistakes that we make. We want all the insecurities that we go through. We want all of the moments of smiling and falling in love and falling out of love. And it's all based on time. Time is that wonderful part of life that makes life. Otherwise, you get everything Now, so what? So what? So the next time something happens to you, or the next time something doesn't happen to you, celebrate that you have time to figure it out. And during that time, you're going to meet and learn and grow and become who you were meant to be. Go forth and spread beauty and light and take your time. Don't rush. It hurts. It's frustrating as hell. Let me repeat that. It's frustrating But always when you look back, it was worth it. Imagine if you lived a life that there's nothing to look back on. You didn't learn anything, achieve anything, you didn't accomplish anything, you didn't overcome any goals because everything was so simple. Time gives you the ability to do all that, feel all that. Appreciate all that, and then to look at yourself in the mirror and go, I'm happy with who I am, I'm proud of who I am, who have I become? And that's because of time. Take your time. I'm Thomas Anglero. I love you. Until next time. Thank you. For listening to that episode of the Soul Innovation Podcast. I really do appreciate it. It means everything to me. I created the Soul Innovation to touch everybody in the world and to help everyone. And I have a new project now, a new project for top leaders, top CEOs in the world, heads of state. One thing, as I go around and I talk to all of you, I see that you don't have a place to be you. You don't have a place where you can be vulnerable, and it becomes very lonely. And I was thinking, I can create a sanctuary, an executive sanctuary, where you could be you with other top leaders and discuss how we take the world from here to there. How do I take my company from here to there? How do I handle disruptions like AI, quantum computing, robotics, which is coming really soon. Fortunately, I'm pretty good at that, and I'll help you, as I've been helping leaders for the last 15 years in this area. But when we combine these two— taking care of your soul, taking care of disruption, and combining it into a community where it's a sanctuary— this is the perfect place to change the world. Perfect place to make great leaders even better. If this resonates with you, contact me at thomas@anglero.com. That's my email. And let's see if we can find an executive sanctuary for you. Thank you, and until next time.