I have been reading my usual supply newsletters today and finally got to my favoutite - The Michael Masterson Journal... and he wrote:
Whenever I find myself embroiled in a stupid argument or endeavor, I think about time. This is what I think:
According to the best scientific measurements we have, time began 13.7 billion years ago. Hard to comprehend, isn't it? Maybe it will help if you think of it this way:
If the Big Bang occurred on the first second of January 1 and today is the last second of December 31, then:
The Milky Way came together in March...
The Sun and the planets in August...
The first single-cell organisms appeared in August...
The first vertebrates on December 17...
Dinosaurs on December 24...
Modern humans at 11:54 on December 31...
And recorded history began in the last 10 seconds.
Thanks for sharing this Wayne. I love Michael Masterson. Met him at the ETR Bootcamp in November 2008. He was quite inspiring.
ReplyDeleteMore importantly, he altered the way I look at life when I watched a video wherein he explained the following:
Life is divided into three categories: wealth, health, personal. To achieve success, you must decide on a monthly basis which of these will be your TOP priority. They can not all have equal importance at the same time.
This was a great lesson that I have used many times since then.