Meaningful Life
"It is very difficult to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work, or to have meaningful work without all the legs of the triangle."-Jim Collins
In post i described the legs of the triangle: Success, Growth, and Service. This quote comes from the same article on Jim's teaching at West Pointe and leadership.
The easy way to visualize this quote is:
Success => Meaningful=>Meaningful => Great
Growth Work Life Life
Service
Maybe I am wrong but I do not self identify with the work that I currently do. It is meaningful work But it is not my life. Don't get me wrong, I care about being successful, growing, and being of service to others. I even enjoy it but it is not leading me to a meaningful life.
There have been times when I felt that my work at that time, teaching at a major university, was leading me to a meaningful life. And maybe if I had stayed on that path it would have led to a great life. Maybe? The difficulty was making a living at which you can thrive instead of just survive.
Currently, writing and creating gives me the meaningful work and meaningful life. I believe that it will eventually lead to a great life. A life where I spend most of my time creatively.
Today's question is:
"Do you believe that your current work could lead to a great life?"
"It is very difficult to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work, or to have meaningful work without all the legs of the triangle."-Jim Collins
In post i described the legs of the triangle: Success, Growth, and Service. This quote comes from the same article on Jim's teaching at West Pointe and leadership.
The easy way to visualize this quote is:
Success => Meaningful=>Meaningful => Great
Growth Work Life Life
Service
Maybe I am wrong but I do not self identify with the work that I currently do. It is meaningful work But it is not my life. Don't get me wrong, I care about being successful, growing, and being of service to others. I even enjoy it but it is not leading me to a meaningful life.
There have been times when I felt that my work at that time, teaching at a major university, was leading me to a meaningful life. And maybe if I had stayed on that path it would have led to a great life. Maybe? The difficulty was making a living at which you can thrive instead of just survive.
Currently, writing and creating gives me the meaningful work and meaningful life. I believe that it will eventually lead to a great life. A life where I spend most of my time creatively.
Today's question is:
"Do you believe that your current work could lead to a great life?"
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