Perhaps the most influential teacher about right livelihood, for me, is Tarthang Tulku, Rimpoche, a Tibetan Vajrayana teacher and lama who introduced the Nyingma school tradition of Tibetan Buddhism to the United States. He is a prolific author and, in my opinion, gifted the world with Skillful Means: Gentle Ways to Successful Work—one of the most practical handbooks on right livelihood I’ve encountered. Lately, I’ve been musing about time, time management, how much time I have left, what exactly we mean when we talk about “time.” I returned to Skillful Means for some inspirations and thought I’d share some notes…