Wisdom and Change
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learnteachWhy does no one ever ask "Hey buddy, spare some wisdom?"
Too many times words are not wisdom, ever, they're salesmanship. Best example is trying to hold conversations with (don't hold your breath!) the sales team I work with. I'm really tired of being sold that their point of view is right, and I need to work more because of their point of view. Sure, making sales and therefor money is my job, but let's evaluate the chances before we commit fully to a course of action.
Nope. Got stupid salesmen to work with. And they were warned about my bad attitude, which of course engenders a bad attitude. It's interesting on an abstract level, but boring to repeat myself every day: "No, I'm not going to do that, it won't help the sale. No, you're not thinking it through. Yes, sure, let's go talk to the manager."
Time for a change--but conventional wisdom says don't leave a job in these hard times. Jobs are mayflies, and it doesn't really hurt your career to leave them, unless your career is very focused and directed. The question to answer is, Then what? Evercrack awaits the unwary, as does couch yam hood--like potatoes with more sugar. Gotta figure it out.
School? Travel? Selfwork? Learn how to jump logs on an expensive motorcycle.(hmm, good idea, but that will take cash, I think.) Contracting? Chasing women? Having kids?
THink I'll change my ways, and let the decisions come to me. Recently I've put some decisions off (more or less), not by refusing them, but by listening hard to the other people involved. Someone has revealed herself to be wise--a character trait that will outlast all others. Someone else has revealed himself to be completely self centered--perhaps someday he'll find wisdom.
And for me? What a month. What a month.
This last week, I went dancing 5 times--Gaskell's, Peers, FirstFriday Waltz, LPN, and a class. My legs are developing.
This last week, I rode a rode I never have been on before in the Santa Cruz mountains.
This last two weeks, I met a man who made me drool by having the motorcycle I most want, who turned me on to an offroad site and class. (Doc Wong 10/22-24, fyi, T.)
This last month, I've practiced more than all the year before in armor. Woo!
What next?
Time to go back to Aikido. Time to apply to schools. Time to take the GS over the rocks. TIme to see a marraige. Time to lose another 10 lbs.
Onward!
Too many times words are not wisdom, ever, they're salesmanship. Best example is trying to hold conversations with (don't hold your breath!) the sales team I work with. I'm really tired of being sold that their point of view is right, and I need to work more because of their point of view. Sure, making sales and therefor money is my job, but let's evaluate the chances before we commit fully to a course of action.
Nope. Got stupid salesmen to work with. And they were warned about my bad attitude, which of course engenders a bad attitude. It's interesting on an abstract level, but boring to repeat myself every day: "No, I'm not going to do that, it won't help the sale. No, you're not thinking it through. Yes, sure, let's go talk to the manager."
Time for a change--but conventional wisdom says don't leave a job in these hard times. Jobs are mayflies, and it doesn't really hurt your career to leave them, unless your career is very focused and directed. The question to answer is, Then what? Evercrack awaits the unwary, as does couch yam hood--like potatoes with more sugar. Gotta figure it out.
School? Travel? Selfwork? Learn how to jump logs on an expensive motorcycle.(hmm, good idea, but that will take cash, I think.) Contracting? Chasing women? Having kids?
THink I'll change my ways, and let the decisions come to me. Recently I've put some decisions off (more or less), not by refusing them, but by listening hard to the other people involved. Someone has revealed herself to be wise--a character trait that will outlast all others. Someone else has revealed himself to be completely self centered--perhaps someday he'll find wisdom.
And for me? What a month. What a month.
This last week, I went dancing 5 times--Gaskell's, Peers, FirstFriday Waltz, LPN, and a class. My legs are developing.
This last week, I rode a rode I never have been on before in the Santa Cruz mountains.
This last two weeks, I met a man who made me drool by having the motorcycle I most want, who turned me on to an offroad site and class. (Doc Wong 10/22-24, fyi, T.)
This last month, I've practiced more than all the year before in armor. Woo!
What next?
Time to go back to Aikido. Time to apply to schools. Time to take the GS over the rocks. TIme to see a marraige. Time to lose another 10 lbs.
Onward!
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Allow me to pose a classic question. I first encountered it in a book called Your Money or Your Life (healing your relationship with money). If all your baisic needs were taken care of, that is to say you wouldn't need to work for your day to day expenses, what would you do? You might ride some (ok, a lot), you might want to see a few places. But after you do that enough to make up for lost time, what then? What is so important to you that you'd do it every day for the rest of your life if you could? There aren't any real right or wrong answers here. I hope it's a usefull way to look at your situation.
One of my friends used to be a real over achiver... got fed up with success pretty quick and started to look at his options. You might find some of his journal entries interesting (go back a year or more... some are better than others), his name is psy.
Dream Fierce. I wish you the best in this, and hope to see you soon.
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Date: 2002-11-05 08:17 am (UTC)Congrats on the upped dancing and riding, by the way. It looks like in the next 2 weeks I'll be buying myself a helmet of my very own. I'm not a fan of cold noses as I have discovered, so the 3/4 helmet I wore w/ Tugrik when he was up here just won't cut it for lotsa riding for me. Besides, as long as it gets good use, I don't see why I shouldn't have my own helmet before I have a bike. ^_^Gloves and "hair sock" seem like they are next... And then boots. And then? Who knows. Depends on what else I find out. Probably leather pants, or something along those lines. (Yea bike stuff!) And, while I love the GS, I must admit the Goldwing is horribly comfy. ^_^ Starting up from a dead stop is much easier on me... ^^;
Curiousity question for you... Do you have a com system on your bike?
Anyway. Sounds like stuff is getting ready to happen. Looking forward to talking with you.