Ain’t Got Time

“Well it don’t matter if I get my picture
On the cover of a magazine
You’ll never know that I always try to do things right

Well it ain’t no sweat if I always forget to get
Caught up in the small town scene
‘Cause life’s too short and I’m gonna get it straight tonight

Well I ain’t got time, ain’t got time
I’ve got to go on living ’cause I ain’t got time to die!”

–     Lyric from “Ain’t Got Time” by BR-549

There will always be distractions.  There will always be conflicting thoughts, desires.

We ain’t got time.

We know our strategies (or if we don’t, The Heston Group has a best-in-class strategic planning practice!) and we ought to know our people’s ability to deliver upon them.  We all want to make the popular decision, the one that gives temporary relief from a permanent challenge.  But remember, as leaders, those decisions don’t usually move the needle.

An associate of mine, Aleta Norris, started a company a few years back called Living As A Leader.  She’s a good egg and it’s a good concept.

Being a leader, and perhaps more importantly, living as a leader boils down to the fact that we ain’t got time for the stuff that distracts us from the job of leading.  It sucks the life out of the joy of living as a leader.  Leadership isn’t perfection, it’s more about focus and commitment to what lies ahead, at the expense of the distractions and the inertia that will try to freeze us in place.