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TIME IS MONEY

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Chronos and Kairos

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The snow is still on the mountains, though it is springtime now in New Zealand. I have been away for a couple of weeks and when I got home I immediately went into the garden.

But nothing seemed to have happened! Nothing had changed and I was frustrated.

"Come on garden, get on with it and grow faster!"

Do you recognise that feeling of wanting to push your preparation and growth faster than it is able to organically develop?

The Kaikoura Range seen from Island Bay, Wellington

CHRONOS and KAIROS

Chronoception is the neuroscientific and psychological name for our subjective experience of time. The ancient Greeks recognized that there is a difference between what they called Chronos — chronological time, and Kairos — subjective time.

TIME IS MONEY

You just cannot struggle and win against the immutable process of time and nature. Everything takes the time it takes.

Right now, the film and TV projects I am coaching on have very limited time to rehearse and drop into role. Of course! That is a…

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