One of the earliest lessons my mother taught me was the value of time. She kept on pounding the classic saying—

Time is Gold

I only got to realize this when I worked for consulting companies where chargeability rates per hour was a big deal. Counting the number of hours worked and the productivity that goes with it was awakening.

I am the kind of person that cannot sleep well at night with pending tasks not accomplished for the day.

As William James would put it—

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

I looked at the number of posts I have done so far. Much to my surprise I found too little technology articles. Probably I am getting burned out that I do not feel writing anything about technology as my escape for relaxation.

I suddenly remembered what my former superior pounded on me and everyone else:

Focus, focus, focus…

My current superior Paolo recently e-mailed me that “Focus is the key to success” regarding the burn-out feeling the whole team is experiencing because of the tremendous workload upon us these days.

In the end, “Focus” is still a prerequisite no matter what.

My father taught me that

There are no second placers only a bunch of losers.

I was watching a commercial for tennis open a few years back when it said

They were second to none.

An attitude I buried into my system.

When my friend Ryan and I were looking for a high paying job two years ago he told me that were only two things about time and money.

You either have time to spend but do not have the money to spend or you have the money to spend but do not have the time to spend it.

“That is not true”—I blurted out only to realize that for the last 3 weeks I was squeezing time to buy a digital camera but never had the time because of work schedule. Gosh, I don’t even have time to have a haircut. It’s just so pathetic.