New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Time is often measured in hours, deadlines and calendars. But motivational speaker Les Brown encourages us to think differently. Instead of seeing a day as something that simply passes by, he asks us to view it as 1,440 individual opportunities to choose kindness, growth and purpose.

His widely shared quote reads:

"In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact."

Brown expanded on this idea in a September 2020 social media post, writing: "Don't waste a single minute on negativity and nonsense but rather fill each minute with gratitude and appreciation." The message arrived during one of the most uncertain periods in recent history, when many people were...