…enjoying a bit of Fall warmth and colours.
While wandering, a voice from an early mentor showed up with a reminder that much of our work is dealing with what isn’t.
Meaning!
We all, at some point, are responsible for influencing or intervening in a present direction, in some meaningful way, so that it turns out differently than the course we are presently on.
The old proverb that, “if we don’t change our direction we’ll likely end up where we’re headed,” outlines the situation perfectly.
There seem to be a couple of ways we can attempt this. One is looking at options, which come from our past experience. The other is to look to possibilities which come from a commitment to the future.
Blending the two might be better than either/or as long as the possibilities are not too far outside the proverbial box so they rhyme with the past with the options giving us a bit of grounding in how to get there.
So, what many of us actually get paid for, as my early mentor stated, is ‘what isn’t’ happening at the moment to get us to what we would most like to happen in the future.
And we all thought we’re paid for what we’ve already done.
Written while listening to some Dvorak symphonies.
Best thing I came across over the last week. Lex Fridman podcast with Ray Kurzweil.
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