“It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.”—Orison Swett Marden
I had this discussion with a co-worker the other day. As educators, parents, managers, leaders, etc., we can have three approaches to teaching the youth in our charge. We can tell them to “suck it up” like we did. (Seemingly, we all had it more difficult in our day, and we managed.) We can be a “lawnmower” and remove all obstacles (as seems to be a favored approach among parents and educators lately). Or we can take the third approach. We can be responsive educators, parents, managers, leaders, etc. That is, we can be understanding of life’s difficulties and teach the necessary skill-sets to manage the challenges—what I would prefer to call “opportunities”—in life.
Time is a funny thing. We rarely feel like we have enough of it, but everyone has the same hours in the day. We certainly have control (at least some control) over how we use these hours. What we don’t have control of is the number of days we have. So, the goal should be to use each day wisely and effectively.
Opportunity costs. Complaining robs one of opportunity. Doing gets things done.
Be your best today; be better tomorrow.
Carpe momento!