You aren’t going to get along with everyone, or every culture, and you aren’t going to avoid stress – this is part of life, of course. But when you’re working, you want to be around people that are fair-minded and complimentary, and who want to work together to build something great, something that you want to learn about and believe will make a positive impact. In this post I outline the signs that your work is not working, for you, or the world....
People face struggles of all kinds, but the one that almost everyone faces is being trapped by the sustainability paradox - a predatory system of jobs, people, and ultimately the profit motive - forcing us to do all sorts of uncomfortable things to survive. But in most cases there is a way out. I dive into my personal experiences about the subject here....
Are you meant to work on one thing, one industry, and one direction, or are you a multitude of things? Why can't we take natural abilities, refined skills, experiences, and interests of several different types and create work that best merges them together, making us truly unique, as we are, making us inherently indispensable, especially to those that appreciate this mindset? ...
Focusing on the big picture - how the world works, good and bad - was a huge door and mind opener for me, and inspired me like never before to break out of all chains and fight for my freedom. And from this, I've grown into a person who is aiming at helping in the best way I can, finding the place where my talents and interests match up best with where help is needed. I don't think I would be able to say this if I hadn't first started thinking about the big picture....
Coffee Shops, Cafes, Restaurants, Co-Ops, Libraries, Parks - work is too important not to be comfortable....
Healthy, cost-effective, delicious food spots are not in the majority. Let's find and support the few that exist....
Feelers will tell thinkers to stop thinking and just be, just live, just do. Thinkers will wonder why the feelers are lacking reason in what they do. But let’s stop this labeling and criticism for a second. We all have more reactive activivies – social encounters, sports, improv, pop-quizes, performing, in which we are a bit nervous but still go for it – and more preactive activities – writing, brainstorming, analyzing, where we have lots of time to dive deep into life’s limitless understanding. The Myers Brigg feel vs. think.. strengths and weaknesses – they can be a good status check… but throw them away for now. Just BE more THOUGHTFUL about feeling AND thinking. To improve the status, feelers can think more to bring meaning and understanding, and thinkers can do more to feel and experience reality more directly. Both are extremely important to explore. “Get the ship on the ocean and steer it from there” and “Those who don’t plan, plan to fail” are not meant to force you to choose sides, but rather to embrace both forces....
