Alive Or Dead Time? Which Will You Choose?

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we can either choose live time or dead time.I have been choosing dead time at work, the worst kind of time.<h2 id="51f0">Alive Time or Dead Time?</h2>In 1946 Malcolm Little was imprisoned for a total of six and a half years for robbery. He could have just waited around and counted the days down until his release. Six and a half years of potential dead time turned into six and a half years of alive time. He read, read, and read. He read everything from politics, economics, you name it he read it. If he wasn’t in his cell he was in the library. His eyes became so worn from reading in prison, he ended up needing glasses. To top it all off Malcolm even hand-copied the entire dictionary to improve his vocabulary. His life took an enormous U-turn. He went into prison as Malcolm Little, a petty criminal, and came out as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X">Malcolm X</a>, one of the world's most renowned human rights activists a

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nd influential people of his time. As Robert Greene said ‘The world took everything away from Malcolm X except for one thing: his ability to turn his time into alive time’.Robert Greene, one of the best authors of his era, spent 20 years in obscurity, working an astounding 80 different, mostly dead-end, jobs. His jobs may have been ‘dead’, but his time wasn’t. He was alive, learning, researching, and observing the forces around him which led him to write <a href="https://amzn.to/3JLgzN5">48 Laws of Power</a> at 40 years old.We miss so many opportunities that are presented right in front of us. As Ryan Holiday says ‘We think the future is something that happens, rather than something we make’. We have a choice: we can either make the most of what is in front of us or we can let time slip by whilst complaining about what we wish could be different; we can choose alive time or dead time. Which will you choose?</article></body>

Alive Or Dead Time? Which Will You Choose?

‘Wow, this is boring’, ‘I’m wasting my time’, ‘Why am I here?’. These are just a few thoughts and questions that have been going through my head after returning back to work. If you’re anything like me then you’ll experience these thoughts very regularly too, it’s hard not to. After reflecting on these thoughts, however, it made me think about what Robert Greene says about the two different types of time: alive time and dead time.

Alive time is when you are in control, making the most of every second, trying to learn, improve yourself, grow, and take action. Dead time, on the other hand, is the time when you’re sitting around, waiting for things to happen to you, and not taking action, in effect wasting your time. We have a choice, we can either choose live time or dead time.

I have been choosing dead time at work, the worst kind of time.

Alive Time or Dead Time?

In 1946 Malcolm Little was imprisoned for a total of six and a half years for robbery. He could have just waited around and counted the days down until his release. Six and a half years of potential dead time turned into six and a half years of alive time. He read, read, and read. He read everything from politics, economics, you name it he read it. If he wasn’t in his cell he was in the library. His eyes became so worn from reading in prison, he ended up needing glasses. To top it all off Malcolm even hand-copied the entire dictionary to improve his vocabulary. His life took an enormous U-turn. He went into prison as Malcolm Little, a petty criminal, and came out as Malcolm X, one of the world's most renowned human rights activists and influential people of his time. As Robert Greene said ‘The world took everything away from Malcolm X except for one thing: his ability to turn his time into alive time’.

Robert Greene, one of the best authors of his era, spent 20 years in obscurity, working an astounding 80 different, mostly dead-end, jobs. His jobs may have been ‘dead’, but his time wasn’t. He was alive, learning, researching, and observing the forces around him which led him to write 48 Laws of Power at 40 years old.

We miss so many opportunities that are presented right in front of us. As Ryan Holiday says ‘We think the future is something that happens, rather than something we make’. We have a choice: we can either make the most of what is in front of us or we can let time slip by whilst complaining about what we wish could be different; we can choose alive time or dead time. Which will you choose?