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What does it mean?
Warhol emphasizes that change requires personal action, not just time.
In plain terms
You must change things yourself, time won't do it.
What can you take from it?
Proactive effort is required to effect change.

Where it applies

  • personal development
  • leadership
  • activism

Putting it to work

  • take initiative
  • drive improvement
  • act instead of waiting

Questions to consider

  • What change are you waiting for?
  • How do you make things better?

Another view

Sometimes time is necessary for conditions to mature before action works.

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