 I'm a 46-year-old father of three and I live a very healthy life by design. I eat clean, work out consistently, get plenty of sleep, have wonderful relationships, and I effectively manage my stress. I live well, but despite that, I think about death, often, more specifically, my own mortality. Not in a morbid way, but to help me reframe my relationship with time. With that said, I hope you enjoy this short clip about time from a TEDx talk I gave back in 2017, and let me tell you, the last five years have flown by. It feels like yesterday that I was standing on that iconic red dot. The most basic concept I know of is time, yet despite its simplicity, an appreciation and a respect for time is the key to being as happy and as successful as possible. I'm 41 years old. The average life expectancy for males in the United States is 79 years old, which means statistically I'm at the half time of my life. Now, if you're my age or older, you can probably agree with me, that first half went by really quick. And the speed at which time has flown by makes me realize that time is, without question, our most valuable resource. I want you to take a second, and I want you to imagine that your life is like an hourglass. And the moment you were born, that hourglass got flipped over, and the sand started falling. And I've learned three indisputable truths about time. Three indisputable truths about that hourglass. Number one, none of us has any idea how much sand is at the top. Time is not promised. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. Every one of us knows someone who's sand ran out unexpectedly. Number two, we can't stop the sand from going to the bottom. You can't stop time. You can't pause time. Time is continuous. It's ever fleeting. That clock is always ticking, and that calendar is always turning. And three, once that sand hits the bottom, we can't get time back. They've already printed yesterday's newspaper. There's nothing we can do about it. No time is without question our most valuable resource. Well, with that being true, that means our attention is our number one currency. Because where you put your attention, that shows what you value. And when you give someone your full attention, you show them that you care. And caring is what creates connection. And connection is the foundation of happiness and success. We need to give the people that matter in our lives our full attention. Which means we need to put our phones down, we need to close our laptops, we need to turn off our TVs. In order to truly connect, we actually need to unplug. Understanding, honoring, and respecting these three indisputable truths about time has given me an invaluable perspective on life. It's allowed me to maximize my own time and truly live present. I hope it does the same for you.