Your relationship with time — how you track it, honor it, and whether you live ahead of, behind, or inside the present moment.
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Date & Time — Stop tracking progress toward future goals and focus on what's happening right now.
Date & Time tracks your relationship with time and whether you live ahead of, behind, or inside the present moment. Amanda Burrell had lived her whole life ahead of the present, constantly focused on what's next and leveling up. When stranded in the ocean, time stopped being relevant - she had no idea how long she'd been out there. This forced presence in the moment allowed her to discover peace for the first time.
Amanda Burrell reflects on how time stopped being relevant while she was stranded in the ocean, having no idea how long she had been floating there.
"i'd forgotten about the ship i don't know how long it took for it to pick me up because like time wasn't a thing yet but..."
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Date & Time — Honor your actual timeline rather than the unlimited timeline you imagine having.
Date & Time shows Susan Gubar's transformed relationship with time after her cancer diagnosis. She went from having unlimited time in her mind to a defined three-to-five year timeline in a single doctor's visit. Susan learned to honor this new relationship with time by making conscious choices about treatment quality versus quantity. She now counts her stable years ('two years and now a month, and I am counting') and makes decisions based on meaningful time rather than just maximum time.
Susan Gubar is describing how her relationship with time completely changed from unlimited to urgently finite when diagnosed with cancer and immediately rushed to surgery.
"that day the day she was diagnosed she was told pack a bag get in a car and drive to indianapolis you need surgery now s..."
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Date & Time — Track toward future applications instead of optimizing for current market demands.
Date & Time became Jensen Huang's anchor during the CUDA years when he had to live ahead of the present moment. While investors and the market were measuring quarterly results, Jensen was tracking toward a future application that didn't exist yet. He honored long-term development cycles instead of immediate profit cycles, making decisions based on where computing was heading rather than where it currently was.
Jensen is explaining how during the CUDA years he had to live ahead of the present moment, tracking toward a future application that didn't exist yet while investors measured quarterly results.
"we believed our first principles this should be quite useful and i had to believe that it's quite useful now the questio..."
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Date & Time — Work within your actual constraints instead of fighting for more time you don't have.
Date & Time shifted for Jensen Huang when he stopped trying to work within normal development timelines and started working within their survival timeline. Instead of thinking 'chips take 18 months to develop,' he asked 'what can we do in 6 months?' He honored the constraint of their remaining money and made decisions based on their actual runway, not industry standards.
Jensen is explaining how he shifted his relationship with time, moving from industry standard development timelines to their actual survival timeline of six months instead of the normal year and a half.
"and so the problem was back in the old days you would design the chip the chip comes back you would write the software f..."
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Date & Time — Use temporal questions to restore accurate perspective when problems feel overwhelming and permanent.
Date & Time was recalibrated when the speaker began using temporal distancing to restore accurate perspective on their problems. Anxiety had distorted their relationship with time, making temporary issues feel permanent and current problems feel enormous. By consciously asking whether issues would matter in different time frames, they restored their ability to live in present-moment reality rather than catastrophized futures.
Jay Shetty demonstrates temporal distancing as a tool to restore accurate perspective on problems.
"will this matter in ten years in five in one this is not dismissiveness it is the accurate recalibration of perspective..."
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Date & Time — Accept that past chapters of your life don't diminish your current worth or future potential.
Date & Time represents Rachel Bilson's relationship with time and whether she lives ahead of, behind, or in the present moment. When watching The OC, Rachel was initially stuck in the past, mourning her 21-year-old self and questioning what she'd done with the intervening 20 years. She shifted from living behind the present moment to accepting where she is now, recognizing that all those years weren't wasted but were part of her growth.
Rachel Bilson is describing her emotional reaction to watching herself on The OC twenty years later, questioning what she had done with her life.
"oh my god so it's so interesting i was 21 when i did the show and it was my first real big job watching it back honestly..."
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Date & Time — Set specific time limits for celebrating past wins before refocusing on current goals.
Date & Time controls your relationship with time and whether you live ahead of, behind, or inside the present moment. Rory McIlroy shifted from getting lost in past achievements to setting specific time boundaries for celebration and deliberately moving back into present-focused preparation mode.
Rory McIlroy explains his deliberate approach to managing celebration time versus getting back to competitive preparation after his Masters win.
"i give myself ten days i celebrated i had a good time but i've been practicing for the last ten days and you know there'..."
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Date & Time — Align your timeline expectations with your investors before taking their money, or be prepared for conflicts.
Date & Time reflects the fundamental mismatch between Greg Renfrew's long-term vision for Beauty Counter and Carlisle Group's shorter-term growth expectations. Greg was living in founder time, believing the summer plateau was temporary and things would improve in the fall. Carlisle was operating in private equity time, where quarterly performance drives immediate decisions about leadership changes.
Greg Renfrew describes operating in founder time while Carlyle Group operated in private equity time with different expectations.
"i was trying to say to them take a deep breath like this is gonna smooth out in the fall like things will start to turn..."
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Date & Time — Track progress over longer periods rather than expecting immediate visible results from each session.
Date & Time represents Kevin Hart's relationship with tracking progress over time. With mirrors present, Kevin Hart was living in real-time expectations, wanting to see immediate changes during each workout session. He was checking for results on a minute-by-minute basis rather than understanding that muscle development happens over weeks and months. After removing the mirrors, Kevin Hart learned to honor longer time horizons and stopped looking for instant gratification from his training efforts.
Kevin Hart is explaining why he temporarily removed mirrors from his home gym and how it changed his workout approach.
"i took him out for a while because i was redoing the gym and then i got used to him not being there and you find like th..."
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Date & Time — Recognize when your relationship with time is driven by urgency rather than presence.
Date & Time tracks how Jeff Stoutland related to time throughout his 44-year coaching career. For decades, his relationship with time was defined by constant urgency - racing minds on Sunday nights, early mornings at the facility, staying late, managing tight timelines. When he stepped away from coaching, Stoutland recalibrated his relationship with time completely. Instead of time being his enemy that he had to manage and chase, it became something he could simply be present within. He went from Sunday night anxiety about Monday morning tasks to Sunday night peace.
Jeff Stoutland is explaining his complete shift from Sunday night anxiety about Monday morning deadlines to Sunday night peace at home with his family.
"Yeah awesome awesome i'm just being honest like like you know that sunday night in the off season you you know the off s..."
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Date & Time — Honor both immediate survival needs and long-term vision by seeing current work as investment in future goals.
Date & Time recalibrated as Colin Angle learned to live in a different relationship with time. Initially, he was impatient about the gap between his robot dreams and reality, getting snarky when people asked about floor-cleaning robots. Over 12 years, Colin adjusted his Date & Time settings to honor both the present moment — taking whatever contracts kept the company alive — and the long-term future he was building toward. He learned to see military and industrial contracts not as distractions but as necessary steps in the timeline toward consumer robots.
Colin Angle is describing how people would constantly ask about floor-cleaning robots from the very beginning of iRobot, showing his frustration with the gap between vision and reality.
"certainly the dream was let's be honest we were promised robots we we humans were promised robots yes we were gonna buil..."
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Date & Time — Focus on who your loved one is today rather than comparing them to who they used to be.
Date & Time. Ashley Brown Ruiz learned to live more in the present moment during visits rather than measuring them against the past or worrying about the future. She stopped comparing her mother's current state to who she used to be and instead appreciated whatever version of her mother showed up each day. This shift helped her find value in visits even when her mother seemed confused or didn't remember previous conversations.
Ashley Brown Ruiz is explaining how she learned to appreciate present moments with her mother rather than comparing visits to the past.
"when i did start to go back to see her i could find like the little magic in each visit and it's like i think we talked..."
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Date & Time — Choose long-term fulfillment over short-term financial comfort.
Date & Time governs your relationship with time and whether you live ahead of, behind, or in the present moment. Adam Devine was tempted to stay focused on immediate financial gratification rather than investing in his long-term future as an actor. He adjusted this setting to prioritize future dreams over present comfort.
Adam Devine is describing the moment he was tempted to stay in his comfortable telemarketing job instead of pursuing his Hollywood dreams.
"I told my mom I'm like i don't think i'm actually gonna move because i was living in orange county i'm like i don't thin..."
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Date & Time is about your relationship with time and whether you live ahead of, behind, or inside the present moment. Barry Glass made a decision based on future security rather than present passion. He was living ahead of the present moment, thinking about years down the road when he might lose his radio job or struggle to support his family.
Barry Glass explains his decision to leave radio, prioritizing future security over present passion and living ahead of the moment.
"By that time I had realized that radio was not for me. If you weren't the apple of that guy's eye then you were out of a..."
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Date & Time controls your relationship with time and whether you live ahead of, behind, or inside the present moment. Alex Cooper was living behind the present moment, wanting to preserve the family dynamic from her childhood where her parents handled everything. She was struggling to accept that time had moved forward and the family structure had naturally evolved, constantly wanting to return to when she could just focus on her Harry Potter book while her parents managed everything.
Alex Cooper is describing the moment she realized she had become more worried about her parents' well-being than they had ever been about hers, marking a fundamental shift in their family dynamic.
"but then all of a sudden one day you're more stressed about their safety their well-being their health and you're like w..."
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Date & Time helped Kayla reframe her relationship with timing in her career. Instead of feeling behind her peers who had corporate benefits, she recognized that being 22 gave her a different timeline and different opportunities for risk-taking.
Kayla is explaining how she reframes her age as an advantage rather than a limitation in pursuing entrepreneurial work.
"we are young and i hate to pull that card but like you know we are young and i feel like we're at this time where we can..."
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Date & Time reflects your relationship with time and whether you live ahead of, behind, or in the present moment. Mark Goldfarb was stuck in present-moment tactical work — driving for basil, making deliveries — instead of thinking strategically about the future. He needed to shift from spending his time on immediate tasks to investing it in activities that would pay off over time, like finding the right person to help scale the business.
Mark is realizing he needs to shift from spending time on immediate tactical tasks to investing it in activities that will pay off over time.
"Driving three hours to pick up a 150 pounds of basil probably isn't the best use of my time."
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Date & Time governs your relationship with time and whether you live ahead of, behind, or inside the present moment. Anna Kendrick felt like she was behind the normal timeline by not going to college when she was supposed to. She was living behind the present, constantly worried about missed milestones. When she realized her college friends were having crises about their futures, she came into the present and saw that her timing was actually working out.
Anna Kendrick describes feeling behind the normal timeline by not going to college when she was supposed to.
"I was really really jealous of all my friends that were going to college number one because i felt really insecure about..."
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Date & Time helped Lucy understand that timing wasn't everything - the big box retail opportunity would still be there later. Instead of feeling pressured to grab every opportunity immediately, she learned to slow down and consider whether the timing aligned with her business's actual readiness. She realized she could take time to build her premium brand properly before rushing into mass retail.
Mark Cuban is advising Lucy to prioritize profitability over sales growth despite what her venture capital investors might want.
"don't tell your vc you're on guy show and if they do tell them earmuffs what i'm going to tell you is to ignore your vc..."
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Date & Time reflects your relationship with time - how you track it and whether you live ahead of, behind, or inside the present moment. John Stein was living too far ahead in time, worrying about potential market crashes and future economic disasters. The family footage from the 1930s brought him back to understanding that the present moment is where business gets built. He stopped projecting fears into the future and started seeing current opportunities.
John Stein is explaining how family footage from the 1930s shifted his perspective from future fears to present opportunities.
"they are you know on vacation in their car and it's a good reminder that despite the headlines life goes on and people p..."
