Quote of the Day: Arnold H. Glasow on Time & Perspective

Before he became a go-to voice for boardroom wisdom, Arnold H. Glasow built his reputation the old-fashioned way: by paying attention to how plans survive contact with real life. He understood that success isn’t reserved for the best forecasters, it’s earned by the quickest learners. That hard-won realism is packed into his line: “The trouble with the future is that is usually arrives before we’re ready for it.”

Most of us treat the future like a calendar item: scheduled, predictable, and politely waiting its turn. But change rarely knocks when we’ve finished our checklist. A new tool reshapes your industry, a relationship shifts, a responsibility lands, a health wake-up call arrives. The moment appears, and suddenly “later” becomes “now.”

The practical lesson is freeing: readiness is not a finish line; it’s a posture. Instead of obsessing over perfect preparation, build the capacity to adjust, skills, savings, relationships, habits, and a mindset that expects the unexpected. When you make flexibility your default, the future stops feeling like an ambush and starts feeling like an invitation to practice resilience.

Arnold H. Glasow earned credibility by living at the intersection of business and satire, translating human nature into punchy truths that managers, entrepreneurs, and everyday readers can actually use.

Today, pick one area where you’ve been waiting to feel “ready”, a conversation, a skill, a decision, and take a five-minute step that makes tomorrow easier: send the email, outline the plan, practice the first rep, ask the first question. Small moves compound into leadership, and may you meet whatever arrives next with steady hands and an open mind.