“The deeper the wound, the bigger the scar, the longer the heal.”
Mother Nature
Ever cut your knee wide open trying to be Evil Knievel jumping your bike on a ramp in the gravel alley where no sane person would pedal that fast traveling over a greasy chunk of plywood on top of cinder blocks with a “chopper” (three bike forks jammed together so the front wheel looked like it was going to fall off before you even started toward the ramp)? Maybe that was just me.
Pushing the limits of our reality is common.
Risk/Reward is a formula that works in the United States better than most environments.
•If we’re talking capitalism, it’s the best test bed I know of.
•If we’re talking a specific work environment, I never knew how to sit still and do what I was told. (Neither did most people who preferred to stand out and were willing to pay whatever price came with taking the risks associated with the perceived reward).
•If we are talking matters of the heart…this may be where it all comes together. Last week I presented the argument that emotion wins the most influence. You are entitled to have a different opinion. (Let me hear it through your comments.) When someone is filled with drive, desire, passion…whether toward a career, a family or a higher cause…it is hard to dampen the enthusiasm using reason and logic. A passionate soul is something to behold (and even more challenging to contend with).
I love many things in this broken world. I have been told more than once that I “care too much”. I think the best way to interpret that is to say, I’m purposely out of balance. I have something to prove. I want to make things better:
For my family
For my employer
For the industry I associate with
For my clients
For myself (since we’re being honest here)
What better place to start than areas requiring significant improvement?
As a young kid, I knew the chance to “fly”, if even for a scant second or two, would be amazing. That same feeling of flying is extended infinitely longer in a meaningful career scenario. Reward: successful and sustainable divisions, companies, and emerging leaders.
Risk: bumps in career path, sacrifice of time and life balance, perceived narcissism.
While I navigate the troubled waters with no life vest, no navigation equipment and a make shift oar, I’m looking at a wide-open ocean and it’s intimidating…and exhilarating. I’ve convinced myself that prosperity is nothing more than a state of mind. Willing to take the bull by the horns, once again, recognizing risks to avoid and driven by rewards, the acquired taste that is impossible to forget, I push past the crashing waves toward … the deep end.
Have a blessed weekend!
Tenacious Cadence 
Everyone who realizes your truth; ” I’ve convinced myself that prosperity is nothing more than a state of mind”, is one step closer to freeing themselves from the human trait of comparing ourselves to others. There is no need to compare. Success and happiness have nothing to do with what we have or how we “stack up” with others. It has everything to do with the attitude we take up with each morning, carry through our day, and show to others around us.
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