Archive for July, 2009

The Tyranny of the Immediate

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Ever heard of the tyranny of the urgent?  I think there is another tyranny just as destructive and that’s the tyranny of the immediate.

How many times have we heard, or said ourselves, “I’ve gotta have it now.”  We’ve got to fix the marriage now, we’ve got to lose the weight now, we’ve got to get out of debt now, now, now, now.  It’s immediate.  The truth is most… Read More