Time is physics, the stately transit of the stars and planets. Time is space is mass is energy, four faces of the same one thing, elegant in its simplicity.<\/p>\n
The passage<\/em> of time — or, rather, the awareness<\/em> of the passage of time — is a human artifact, a man-made thing. The Greeks or their forebears gave us seconds and minutes and hours — elegantly composed of factorials. Days, weeks, months, decades, centuries, millennia — time marches on, don’t it?<\/p>\n Here’s my thing, and it’s something I don’t think I’ve ever talked about with other people: I am constantly aware of the passage of time. It matters to me that I get things done, so I am always measuring my performance against the clock.<\/p>\n Even moreso if I have set aside time to complete a task.<\/p>\n Even moreso at the end of the workday.<\/p>\n Even moreso on Friday afternoons, when I look back to see what I accomplished for the week.<\/p>\n And much, much moreso at the start of a new month, when I not only look back at what got done in the month just past, but also look ahead to what the coming month promises.<\/p>\n If you’re in straight commission sales, you live out of a pipeline, that’s understood. It’s nice to watch those paychecks coming out of the pipeline, but the haunting question — always — is what am I doing right now<\/em> to put future paychecks into<\/em> the pipeline?<\/p>\n Like many people reading here, August was a great month for us. I won’t know until I see the final numbers, but it may have been our best month ever. Certainly it’s in the top five.<\/p>\n September shows real promise, both because lenders are getting back on their bicycles and because Phoenix is suddenly very appealing to all-cash buyers.<\/p>\n But still… I look at the calendar and I think about that pipeline…<\/p>\n I’d love to stay and chat, but I’ve got to go to work. Technorati Tags: real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Time is physics, the stately transit of the stars and planets. Time is space is mass is energy, four faces of the same one thing, elegant in its simplicity. The passage of time — or, rather, the awareness of the passage of time — is a human artifact, a man-made thing. 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