Time in chess
A Brazilian Grandmaster, Luis Paulo Supi, better known as Supi, said that he had a deep admiration for the Cuban Alekine, who took the title from the other Cuban, Capablanca.
He said that he bought a book written by Alekine about time, and he expected the book to teach him how to manage time. The first phrase in the book said, "Don't run out of time," or something like that, and he was a little frustrated, but he continued reading and understood exactly what Alekine meant in his book about time.
The idea was this: "It's no use having time if the position is lost, and time should be spent while the position can be fixed, that is, while there are ways or means to at least improve it little by little." And that makes perfect sense, both in life and in chess. There are decisions that must be made drastically and quickly, but sensibly, as a last resort or something like that.