#266: The ‘maybes’ in chaos
Your wheel of success, is it turning or is it broken? Listen to this before you decide.
Soon after you were born Big People began to tell you what to do and how to do it. Not long after that they demanded that you get better at what they told you to do. We call these people parents and teachers and bosses and spouses.
Not many of us break out of this cycle of being ‘told’. Most of us go on trying to please these ‘significant others’ to the extent that we fail at being us. No wonder we become confused about whose goals we are really striving for; no wonder we end up living someone else’s vision of a successful life.
Maybe its time to stop getting better at what others want for you. Maybe its time to understand what really matters to you. Maybe you should commit to that for a change. Maybe that’s the opportunity in this economic chaos.
I’m JamesMcIntosh@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2009 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio: Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA | 89.1 FM WCNV, Heathsville VA | 90.1 FM WMVE, Chase City VA
Soon after you were born Big People began to tell you what to do and how to do it. Not long after that they demanded that you get better at what they told you to do. We call these people parents and teachers and bosses and spouses.
Not many of us break out of this cycle of being ‘told’. Most of us go on trying to please these ‘significant others’ to the extent that we fail at being us. No wonder we become confused about whose goals we are really striving for; no wonder we end up living someone else’s vision of a successful life.
Maybe its time to stop getting better at what others want for you. Maybe its time to understand what really matters to you. Maybe you should commit to that for a change. Maybe that’s the opportunity in this economic chaos.
I’m JamesMcIntosh@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2009 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio: Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA | 89.1 FM WCNV, Heathsville VA | 90.1 FM WMVE, Chase City VA
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