Last Friday night, the former most feared fighter of his generation (not best- Lennox Lewis is criminally underrated) stepped into the ring against some YouTuber and the results were exactly what one would expect.
The unstoppable force, the whirling dervish, the most brutal knockout artist in history made quick work of the interloper and set the world right on its axis.
Oh right, that’s just what I imagined was happening while Netflix was buffering.
While the loser of the fight was anyone who paid real American dollars to attend in person, the winner, with a still unblemished record, was clear- time.
Historical note: Let’s be real for a second, Jake Paul (not Logan, I learned on Friday, but whatever) would not last a Marvis Frazier (maybe a real unit of time) against prime Tyson. Nor Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, or Riddick Bowe. 45 year-old electric grill salesman George Foreman would’ve cooked the guy. Even Razor Ruddock would’ve dented his noggin, but I digress.
Alas, time waits for no one. Tyson hobbled around on one good leg, looking more like the guy with the weird hook shot and goggles on the YMCA basketball court than the world’s most dangerous man. Even the strongest eventually succumb to Father Time.
Memento Mori
My coffee cup reminds me daily, ‘Today you are as young as you will ever be for the rest of your life.”
Rather than accept it as a joke, or a sign of my wife eagerly anticipating my demise, I refer back to the philosopher king, Marcus Aurelius, who reminded us,
“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”
Then later, “Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what is left and live it properly.”
We often wait for a sign to tell us it’s time to take action. For many, that sign is an emergency: the loss of a loved one, an accident, a dire diagnosis. Only when we are shaken from our routines are we able to step back and think about our own lives with intention.
Don’t wait. Let an enfeebled Mike Tyson be your wakeup call, for goodness sake.
Take the trip.
Learn Spanish.
Call your mom.
Run the marathon.
Let Go, Take Action
The future is uncertain. Our to-do list is long and our obligations are many. But if we’re not careful, we run the risk of living only in reaction to the expectations of others and “what needs to be done.”
What needs to be done is alignment between vision and action.
You don’t have to be a world champion to feel the weight of time slipping away. The question is, what are you going to do about it?
What have you been putting off that you could start today? Book a free call and let’s get you started!
