“Life is chaotic and unscripted. Not everyone becomes a success. Or, even a failure. Most people just are. They don’t even consider what they are. They just are.” – Aaron Goldfarb via How To Fail: The Self Hurt Guide
Most people don’t think about what they’re doing. They think of the day to day sprint, but not the marathon that they’re on.
What happens when you scale out your path: a week, a month, a year, 10 years?
It’s not a question many dissatisfied people want to ask themselves. It’s much easier to just exist and coast.
This is true of businesses. How many employees of a business know the overall mission or long-term goal of the company?
People know what they do, but do they know why the company is in business? Do they know why an entrepreneur took a risk to start the business?
My experience tells me no.
Existing is what most people and most business do and what they’re content with.
True success starts with finding purpose and meaning (Read one of my favorite books).
Don’t just exist.
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thanks for this reminder to live fully. it reminds me of a ultramarathon i ran some years ago…i was left behind by the pack, running on fumes and then i just fell over. eventually i made it, but i remember thinking to myself: no matter how hard i try, there is a wall that i will hit. it was nice to know it was there, it was inevitable, and i hit it. how many people hit the wall once in their lives?
Great insight. People rarely hit the wall. The mind always quits before the body does. I might use this thought in an upcoming post.