I come across professionals and entrepreneurs who
keep complaining about what they do, business or work. What started as a dream
job or business startup, seems to be turning into a nightmare in their
explanations.
Probing deep makes it obvious that their approach
to work actually changes over time. What used to be a passion or a dream,
becomes an addiction, energy gets sucked up by routines and monotony, fulfillment
begins to build inertia, larger dream is killed by myopia. Imbalance between
social, emotional, financial, health, family, professional and spiritual
spheres causes havoc over time and dissatisfaction, worthlessness, and loss of
direction become imminent and require urgent attention before they have serious
implications.
Most begin with a goal that keeps swelling in size
but is rarely reviewed on balance and quality. For instance, most commonly, Professionals
chase growth and money; entrepreneurs chase scale and varying benchmarks,
realistic or unrealistic. The other facets of their individual entity are
either consistently ignored, or take a back seat. In majority of cases, even
the cognizance and acceptance of the issues with them faces internal resistance.
As a coach I see only those people making significant progress, who
successfully overcome this resistance.
It may be a good idea to keep looking at goals over
time, and continue to have a holistic view of what one wants. Growth is about being
holistic, and that is the key to happiness. ( www.thegrowthevangelist.com )
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