It’s time to explore truth
Sanity Dose #211 — When you start doing your own work — whether you get a guide, try meditation, or whatever way you start investing in yourself — what you are starting to do is something not many openly talk about. You are starting to uncover your spark and how you truly want to show up in the world, which matters deeply.
It is only those who are in constant revolt that discover what is true, not the man who conforms, who follows some tradition. It is only when you are constantly inquiring, constantly observing, constantly learning, that you find truth … or love.
~ Krishnamurti
f you want to bake the perfect cookies or grill the perfect meal, there is a recipe for that. You can buy all the ingredients and follow the instructions, and then, even, go online and rate the recipes so other can benefit from how accurate the recipe or book is. We can openly share our rating of recipes, hotels, employers, restaurants, items on amazon.com. In our attention economy, engagement is defined by our likes, our shares and oir comments. We live in a world where we trust strangers with where to eat, sleep and work. Often, we don’t know what they like or don’t like, and we trust their opinions.
Our world is at an all time crisis in leadership and trust in every institution.
Across the globe, people are looking at business to step up the game, and when we realize that business is us, the game can change dramatically, which is why I birthed the book.
The opportunities surround us. The question is whether we continue to throw rocks at the ivory towers or do we find our Vitamin C — courage — and have open conversations with ourselves and others about what we can do? How much time is spent with people griping and complaining about the current state of affairs and how much energy can be spent on doing something about it?
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While we can find great recipes online, no one can give you the manual of how to follow your path. That is why the work we do on ourselves matters today more than any other time in our history. We are living in an important time in our collective history and how each of us shows up matters more than ever.
It’s time to bring harmony into business with win-win approaches. As long as we continue to define engagement as how many likes, shares and comments an organization gets in the attention economy, we will continue to be pawns in someone’s game. It’s our time to create it. There is no else apart from each of us. How we consume matters and sends messages. What do we choose? And how do we stop putting band-aids on broken systems? The band-aid strategy is failing miserably if we look at it straight in the eye. What’s our opportunity and how do we tackle it with wisdom?
We know what needs to be done, what are we waiting for? We can invent amazing technology and call it progress, so when will we bring sanity back into our collective human evolution?
Welcome to 2017 where we have 365 days to play, create and connect.
