Malick your exploration of urgency as an internal driver rather than an external force is compelling. The distinction between pressure and urgency reframes how we approach goals and priorities.
The idea of urgency originating from ambition and vision rings true, it’s a call to action that aligns with our aims of personal growth and intentionality, making it a powerful tool for achieving extraordinary outcomes.
I think that distinction between pressure and urgency is an important one to make - rather than seeing a situation imposing force onto you, it can be nurtured to your own liking.
By trying to articulate what urgency means through experience, the best example I could think of was ambition. I think you put it best, "it's a call to action that aligns with our aims of personal growth and intentionality" - that's a powerful summary of what urgency looks like once we try to harness it.
The short comparison with SOS highlighted a distinction I had to make while writing, to which that call to action from within rather than one that is cultivated by surroundings is a key theme between them.
I'm curious - how often does your innate urgency root from ambition, an aspiration, or a sense of purpose and align with a long-term aim? I feel with many possibilities available to us, finding a meaningful way to channel our passions, interests, and a sense of progression is the most challenging part and once we find a way, that internal drive of urgency continues to come to the forth.
I'll be honest my urgency most often comes from a looming deadline rather than in an organised sense. I'm good at making plans but work better under pressure. I create the conditions I work best in, nurture the situations, so I guess I can still take credit for it.
The premise of this post I think links to your point about working under pressure, as even if it doesn't start with you, putting a situation in your own terms can lead to extraordinary things.
More often than not for me too, deadlines are the conventional way that I find urgency from within. It provides foundations to contextualise the deadline and in turn allows us to create an environment that fulfils it.
Thought provoking piece. I’ve never really thought about the term urgency in this way. I think it is related to intensity and clarity. But the main thing is that it comes form within. It’s a feeling deep inside that is begging for an outlet and that’s where the magic happens.
I think clarity comes with action as there is a lot we can hypothesise in our mind and that is where urgency comes in. As you said, it is a feeling that needs an outlet, and once we listen to it the motivation is unstoppable.
Do you think that urgency can also be an indicator of where you're priorities lie? Arguably, it can guide what areas of your life you reflect on and as a result allow you to rationalise your inclination to action. Would be interesting to get your thoughts.
Yes sure. It depends on your personal circumstances as well. A lot of people say that urgency is essential for getting things done but ti really depends. I think you can go a long way with fulfilment. if something truly give you fulfilment it happens naturally and automatically, whereas I see urgency as something which is more forced and frantic
That's interesting, depending on the person the need for urgency will differ. I guess with the way you have framed it, you are referring to urgency and fulfilment being drivers behind action?
In that sense the way I see it is that urgency is something that would be cultivated in order to maintain efforts within something, however urgency is necessary to get started for new opportunities. As a tool for maintenance, I agree urgency is more forced, but that natural urgency may tend to what is important to you in that moment.
In the long-term however, fulfilment is what sustains those efforts, as without it motivation can only take you so far.
Malick your exploration of urgency as an internal driver rather than an external force is compelling. The distinction between pressure and urgency reframes how we approach goals and priorities.
The idea of urgency originating from ambition and vision rings true, it’s a call to action that aligns with our aims of personal growth and intentionality, making it a powerful tool for achieving extraordinary outcomes.
I think that distinction between pressure and urgency is an important one to make - rather than seeing a situation imposing force onto you, it can be nurtured to your own liking.
By trying to articulate what urgency means through experience, the best example I could think of was ambition. I think you put it best, "it's a call to action that aligns with our aims of personal growth and intentionality" - that's a powerful summary of what urgency looks like once we try to harness it.
The short comparison with SOS highlighted a distinction I had to make while writing, to which that call to action from within rather than one that is cultivated by surroundings is a key theme between them.
I'm curious - how often does your innate urgency root from ambition, an aspiration, or a sense of purpose and align with a long-term aim? I feel with many possibilities available to us, finding a meaningful way to channel our passions, interests, and a sense of progression is the most challenging part and once we find a way, that internal drive of urgency continues to come to the forth.
I'll be honest my urgency most often comes from a looming deadline rather than in an organised sense. I'm good at making plans but work better under pressure. I create the conditions I work best in, nurture the situations, so I guess I can still take credit for it.
The premise of this post I think links to your point about working under pressure, as even if it doesn't start with you, putting a situation in your own terms can lead to extraordinary things.
More often than not for me too, deadlines are the conventional way that I find urgency from within. It provides foundations to contextualise the deadline and in turn allows us to create an environment that fulfils it.
Thought provoking piece. I’ve never really thought about the term urgency in this way. I think it is related to intensity and clarity. But the main thing is that it comes form within. It’s a feeling deep inside that is begging for an outlet and that’s where the magic happens.
I think clarity comes with action as there is a lot we can hypothesise in our mind and that is where urgency comes in. As you said, it is a feeling that needs an outlet, and once we listen to it the motivation is unstoppable.
Do you think that urgency can also be an indicator of where you're priorities lie? Arguably, it can guide what areas of your life you reflect on and as a result allow you to rationalise your inclination to action. Would be interesting to get your thoughts.
Yes sure. It depends on your personal circumstances as well. A lot of people say that urgency is essential for getting things done but ti really depends. I think you can go a long way with fulfilment. if something truly give you fulfilment it happens naturally and automatically, whereas I see urgency as something which is more forced and frantic
That's interesting, depending on the person the need for urgency will differ. I guess with the way you have framed it, you are referring to urgency and fulfilment being drivers behind action?
In that sense the way I see it is that urgency is something that would be cultivated in order to maintain efforts within something, however urgency is necessary to get started for new opportunities. As a tool for maintenance, I agree urgency is more forced, but that natural urgency may tend to what is important to you in that moment.
In the long-term however, fulfilment is what sustains those efforts, as without it motivation can only take you so far.