Here's an acid test: if your project would cease to exist tomorrow, would you work on the feature you're contemplating doing today?

Time can buy you the luxury of strategic objectives, but remember that today is no different than the day you’ll be taking the last pebble out of that jar, it just happens to be a few days into the future.

From the archive:

"You Westerners have your watches," the leader observed. "But we Taliban have time."

Make time:

After the salted yak butter tea had been served, the chief continued: "If you want to thrive in Baltistan, you must respect our ways. The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share a cup of tea, you become family, and for our family, we are prepared to do anything, even die. Mr. Greg, you must make time to share three cups of tea."

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