Sunday, May 8, 2011

My Rules #3

I heard this on some news report on TV a while back. From a US political candidate running against the former CEO of eBay for the Governor, think it might've been Jerry Brown, who admitted it being from a Japanese source (i.e. proverb):



Life and death are serious matters. Time waits for no one. Do your best.

In how I see it, your early 20s is when the academic learning of the world is (mostly) done.  The late 20s is, generally, when the practical learning of the world is (also mostly) "complete" (travel, career, etc.); at least such that there's enough that's understood to start on that Magnus Opus of yours, in one's 30s.  Once that mindset is committed to (i.e. to leave your mark in this world), is when it finally sets in: time is finite, bullshit is not to be tolerated, go get your worth and build your empire (in whichever life pillar it manifests in).