One attribute of people who set the pace today is that they were bold and visionary enough to see what others did not see and act on them before others realized what was happening. I guess the proper English term for this is innovation. Many lack innovation because they allow the realities of the present to blind them to the possibilities of the future.
We cannot roll time backwards but we can leap forward in time and make what others call the future our present. This means that by the time they get to that future it will be our own past. When at that future, the pain, the uncertainty and rejection of the present will suddenly no longer be seen as such but as a passage necessary for the migration from today to tomorrow to happen. What if we had seen it as such from the beginning? That means that we would have been ready to pay the price of discomfort in the present to secure a comfortable future.
Now think of yourself today. Think of your weakness, your shortcomings, your uncertainties and your fears. Imagine how out of place you will feel if you are this same way five years from today? That means you have not grown in five years. Thinking like this should act as a catalyst towards personal development and change. This should be the thinking that pushes you to reach out and grab the future. It is the thinking that should firm a resolve in you never to trade relevance tomorrow for comfort today.
Those who successfully grab the future realize that what we call the
uncertainty of today, we will one day look at with pride as the place where ideas where sifted. The poverty and lack of today will become the stories that will motivate others to success tomorrow. Frustration comes from a lack of a picture of tomorrow – when we are frozen in the failures of yesterday and trapped in the despair of today.
The ability to be able to bring tomorrow into today before anyone else is the element that brings success out of failure. It is the element that brings technological and business advancements. It is the very blood that runs through the concept of innovation. Innovators are people gifted with the ability of bringing into today what exists tomorrow and bringing it out faster than anyone else.
Today is the seed that needs to be planted for tomorrow. Once we have the seed, there is hope. However, having the seed is not enough. What we do with the seed is the greatest determinant of our tomorrow. So, many have given up because of the pressures of today. They lacked the crucial understanding that the pressure if handled right was the first fruits of the pleasure to come. Every trial has an expiry date.
Navigate your way through the maze of chaos and confusion by choosing to see the chaos as a seed for the order of tomorrow. In the midst of the chaos, groom yourself, talk to yourself, don’t give up, be tenacious and get knowledge.
The mastery of time is what the greatest generals in history have mastered. There is a time for everything. There is a time to launch out and a time to lie low. There is a time to be bubbly and full of life and a time to play dead. There is a time to flaunt what you have and a time to allow yourself to be underestimated.
Masters of time have learnt that a situation which looks significant today might merely be a passing phase while one which looks insignificant today might become the culture of tomorrow. They never dismiss anything on face value. They are people of context who understand the values of aligning pre text and post text to get context.
So, you want to become an innovator? The solution is simple. Aim at bringing tomorrow into today faster than anyone else. What is the next form of your life? What is the next form of your business? What is the next form of fashion? What is the next form of education? Remember that while you are enjoying today, some people are already setting the pace for tomorrow. Conversely the fact that you are not enjoying today will not stop tomorrow from coming. So, tomorrow will come whether you want it nor not. If you are not enjoying the present, ask questions, learn and get over it. If not, you will have no place in the future. The future belongs to those who are able to bring it into the present faster than anyone else.
- #MosesToday I read first I get inspired then I inspire you. Also on www.mosesnjoroge.wordpress.com
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