Without leaders feeling the sense of urgency, no major change has ever happened. There is a high correlation between change and the urgent need of it. The author of "Sense of Urgency", John Ketter believes that if there is no sense of urgency, there is no change. What he meant by that? He is emphasizing that without a leader showing the fierce urgency of change, no one buys into his agenda. If people are not buying a cause of change, there is no way change comes to picture. It takes the active involvement of grassroots.

In the aforementioned book, Kotter emphasized the business needs of change through overcoming the fear and anger that can suppress urgency; the importance of ensuring words, actions, and behaviors communicate the need for change; and how to keep fanning the flames of urgency even after the transformation effort has scored some early successes. Though this book focuses on businesses and how they inject urgency in their effort to bring change, we can still draw lessons from this book, which we can translate into our life and the change we are desperate for.

To make his case for change appealing, President-Elect Obama continually quoted the memorable phrase of Martin Luther King Jr.: “The fierce urgency of now”. There might be tones of other reasons why Barack Obama won the Presidency like his decision to run his campaign like a business, because he avoided negative message, and/or due to his smart move to tap into the Internet and his ability to connect with the new generation, and more. However, his ability to articulate the immediate need to change Washington and its workings drawn voters' attention and gained their trust. Otherwise, other candidates brought the same change message on the table. However, voters bought into the message of change coupled with a candidate who was passionate about its fierce urgency.

One of the finest motivational speakers in the US, Jim Rohn says, “Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value”. It is not possible to remain passionate about a thing and at the same time become senseless of its urgency to do it now. It just cannot happen. If we are not passionate enough and our people don't buy our claim; it maybe because we are not yet positioned in making our case urgent enough. The other magic behind sense of urgency is that it helps to confront challenges and to remain committed with the desire to bring forth results, especially of those which are demanding.

The above examples are just a few paybacks from being in a sense of urgency mode. There are many other benefits of having this sense of urgency attribute in our life, which in turn impact our families, communities, and beyond. However, we are going to focus on how it deters us from maximizing our potential right now and right here.

The main purpose of this mini-article is to pointer how the lack of sense of urgency is one of the possible culprits that slows or hampers our effort to fulfill what has been pre-determined before the foundation of the earth for us to co-work with God, Who already pre-pared and provided what it takes within us when we joined the world. Of course, when we say the lack of sense of urgency, what we are assuming is that other factors and prerequisites are being kept constant. Otherwise, talking about the fierce urgency of now is a luxury. We should first know that predestined work destined for our life on earth and envision on how to materialize it. Then comes, living every day as if it is our only day left from the calendar of our life on earth. To be frank, this has been the struggle of many and you and I might not be exceptional.

Remain Tune for Part II!