Regardless of what the classic Rolling Stones’ song may say, time is NOT on your side if you are not a doer. Several years ago while reading one of the many technology publications I receive, it was factually stated by one editor’s comments to which I will paraphrase: “Although 2002 will not be the recovery in the technology sector that everyone would hope for, it certainly should not be underestimated. The prize will go to those companies that keep their IT program moving and growing while their competitors think, rethink, and overly analyze every move until which time as the decision will have to be made at a much higher price. In time, cost, lost revenues and opportunities.” Do you know that still applies almost 3 years later!?
We all seem to never have enough time. As you know it is simply a matter of prioritizing. We live in a culture that is one of workaholics, more time dedicated to making money to support our style of living and need to acquire more “things” rather than what is truly important - living and enjoying life, family and friends. Yes, you need to work hard to be financially secure, but I do feel that we may have gone to the extreme in that many of the “things” many work for really are not those that are important to becoming truly happy. But we’ll leave that discussion for another day; another site.
You’ve all heard the term “Internet Time”, right? What that means is that time in regard to technology is going at warp speed. This gig is simply not slowing for any of us. Ten years into this and it is still as dizzying as ever! With technology evolving so quickly added to the already previously established “emergency mode” mentality, time is simply not on your side. Actually, online, time can be your enemy if not used properly. If you don’t grab the time to learn, do, plan and react at that specific point in time you may find it will be impossible to catch-up down the road.
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