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Time is our most precious resource.
I started thinking about this when I published a deep-dive on Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the popular musical "Hamilton."
"Hamilton" focuses on the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of the nation's most prominent Founding Fathers.
I started thinking about this when I published a deep-dive on Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the popular musical "Hamilton."
"Hamilton" focuses on the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of the nation's most prominent Founding Fathers.
Born out of wedlock, raised in poverty in St. Croix, abandoned by his father, and orphaned by his mother as a child, Hamilton moved to New York City as a teen.
Determined to make the most of his life, he authored two-thirds of the Federalist Papers, served as George Washington’s aide during the Revolutionary War, and became America’s first Treasury Secretary.
. @Lin_Manuel Miranda says he was struck by Hamilton's impatience and determination to achieve more.
"I think what Hamilton had is what I have, which is this thing of 'Tomorrow's not promised; I have to get done as much as I can today.'" https://twitter.com/polina_marinova/status/1315864249969905669
"I think what Hamilton had is what I have, which is this thing of 'Tomorrow's not promised; I have to get done as much as I can today.'" https://twitter.com/polina_marinova/status/1315864249969905669
Hamilton spent his life educating himself every step of the way.
He made sense of the world through extensive reading and elaborate note-taking. But he always knew it wasn't enough to just learn. He knew he needed to immediately put it into action.
He made sense of the world through extensive reading and elaborate note-taking. But he always knew it wasn't enough to just learn. He knew he needed to immediately put it into action.
Hamilton studied, took, and passed the bar exam after only six months of self-directed education.
Time and time again, he would follow learning with swift acton.
He translated many of his ideas into proposals, political arguments, and eventually, America's financial system.
Time and time again, he would follow learning with swift acton.
He translated many of his ideas into proposals, political arguments, and eventually, America's financial system.
"All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day & night it is before me. I explore it in all its bearings. Then the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor & thought."
In other words, what made Hamilton successful wasn't some God-given talent or intelligence.
It was learning paired with action. Day after day. Year after year.
As author Ron Chernow put it, Hamilton was a thinker and a doer; a "sparkling theoretician and masterful executive."
It was learning paired with action. Day after day. Year after year.
As author Ron Chernow put it, Hamilton was a thinker and a doer; a "sparkling theoretician and masterful executive."
The question in Hamilton's finale is: "Who lives, who dies, and who tells your story?"
It's meant to remind us to be the authors of our own stories by living life like we're constantly running out of time ... because we are.
It's meant to remind us to be the authors of our own stories by living life like we're constantly running out of time ... because we are.
"Your story will be told by those who survive you, you have no control over that. You can only control what you do and what you put into the world,” @Lin_Manuel says.
Operate like Alexander Hamilton: Learning paired with action. Whatever you want to accomplish, do it today.
Operate like Alexander Hamilton: Learning paired with action. Whatever you want to accomplish, do it today.
