There is a time for everything under the Sun is the wisdom that’s older than time.

“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1

It’s not just poetry—it’s a principle for life, leadership, and business.

A friend, a former sales director at a Fortune 1000 company, used to say: “You can’t fast-track a pregnancy.”

Ramit Sethi, author of I Will Teach You to Be Rich, puts it another way: “You can’t be 60 until you’re 60.”

Both point to the same truth: growth and mastery cannot be rushed.

The Rise of the Overnight Expert

Scroll through social media and you’ll see people proclaiming themselves as #1 Experts –

—often because they’ve gained thousands of followers.

The logic is flawed: Followers ≠ Authority.

True authority comes from depth, mastery, and time-tested results—not inflated titles.

What True Experts Call Themselves

Adam Grant, with over five million LinkedIn followers and six New York Times bestsellers, simply says:

“Organizational Psychologist at Wharton.”

Justin Welsh, with a $10 million solopreneur business, doesn’t claim to be “LinkedIn’s #1 Authority”—he states what he does.

Alex Hormozi, worth over $100 million, says only: “I invest and scale companies at Acquisition.com.”

These people let their work speak for itself.

The Peter Drucker Principle

Peter Drucker, father of modern management, never once called himself an expert.

He joked that the word charlatan was too hard to pronounce, so people invented the word guru.

The lesson? Humility is a competitive advantage.

The Harsh Truth About Online Advice

• 90% of what you read online is incomplete or misleading.
• 99.99% needs context to make sense.

Principles are universal, but strategies must be tailored to your environment. I’ve followed over 100 internet gurus in seven years—and they often contradict themselves, embellish results, and sugarcoat the truth because quick wins sell better than slow truths.

Growth Has a Sequence

Like human development, business mastery follows stages:

Crawl → Walk → Run

Skip a stage, and you stumble.

Mastery demands humility to keep learning, tenacity to keep going, persistence to keep showing up, and consistency to keep building.

Your Season Matters

Indeed, there is a time for everything under the sun.

Knowing what season you’re in—and leaning into it fully—is one of the wisest moves you can make.

Question for You:
What season are you in right now, and how will you make the most of it?

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