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What does it mean?
Time inevitably destroys or consumes all things.
In plain terms
Time eats everything.
What can you take from it?
Everything is temporary and will pass.

Where it applies

  • historical reflection
  • personal mortality
  • change management

Putting it to work

  • cherish the present
  • plan for long-term change

Questions to consider

  • What do you want to preserve against time?
  • How does impermanence affect your priorities?

Another view

It can sound overly pessimistic or fatalistic.

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