Chris 'Fantastic' Powell
Great leaders in life or business who want to be a success,must think clearly, make smart choices, and stay focused on their goals. Its takes practicle thinking to grow, lead, and succeed by using common sense and taking action.
Chris 'Fantastic' Powell
LIFE IS SHORT
The clock is ticking on all of us. We chase promotions, relationships, and success, forgetting the fundamental truth that our time here is painfully finite. Too many of us are waiting—for the perfect moment, the right circumstances, or some future date that may never arrive.
Life is short. Life is short, it really is. We get caught up chasing success, that job promotion, that dream relationship, the business idea, the lifestyle we crave, but in all the chasing we forget the most important truth Our time is limited. Too many people wait. They wait for the perfect moment. They wait until next week, next month or next year, and then one day they run out of time. The truth is, life is wide open for those who choose to take action. No one is stopping us, except ourselves. We build walls of doubt, fear and delay, but those walls, they're not real. We made them and we can tear them down. You don't need permission to go after what you want. You don't need every answer to get started, and you don't have forever. Stop wasting time, stop wishing, hoping and dreaming, and start doing and start now. This message isn't just for you, it's for me too. We all have things we keep putting off, but time doesn't wait. It's always moving and it's always watching. So today's reminder is simple Life is short. Pack light and smile a lot and always wear shades.
Speaker 0:Here's a story the Clockmaker. There was once a quiet man named Eli who spent his entire life repairing clocks in a small shop tucked away on a narrow street. People called him the Clockmaker, and for decades he fixed the broken time pieces of others, making sure their lives kept ticking forward. But what no one knew was that Eli had a dream. He wanted to build a clock like no other, one that just didn't tell time but also reminded people how little of it they really had. A clock that didn't tick but whispered. Now, now, now, year after year, he told himself he'd start building it after the busy season, or when business slows, slows down, or next year for sure. But life kept going and Eli kept fixing other people's times, never starting his own.
Speaker 0:One evening an old customer came into the shop with a broken pocket watch. It's not keeping time anymore, the man said. Eli opened it only to find a note inside, one he had written to himself 40 years ago. It read Dear Future Me, stop fixing everyone else's time while letting your own time run out. Build the clock, your time is now. Eli sat there stunned. He had written it as a reminder and forgotten it completely.
Speaker 0:That night he closed his shop early and for the next six months he worked every day and night building the clock of his dreams. It wasn't perfect, it didn't sparkle, but it whispered every few seconds. Now, now, now, people from all over came to see it, not because it was fancy, but because it made them feel something real. Eli had finally stopped waiting, he packed light, he smiled more and he lived every day like it counted, because it did Remember. You're not too late, you're not too old and it's not too hard, but time is ticking. Go win now, make it happen. I'm Chris Fantastic Powell. Thank you for listening. For books, ebooks or audiobooks, visit chrisfantasticpowellcom or find them on Amazon.