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How did we end up here? (And what to do about it)
From an early age, we get sucked into “The Success Trap”. We stay working in businesses with toxic cultures or in jobs that we are good at but don’t actually like that much.
It starts with our grades being tracked at school, decisions about which university you choose to go to and the name of the business you eventually start working in.
The path is well worn, we slide up the greasy pole and once we reach the top and take a look at the scenery (because we didn’t take the time to do this on the way up), we often ask ourselves “How did I end up here?”.
The thing is, you are here now.
The next question should be how do you take control of the next part of your life.
In his book ‘The Three Marriages’, David Whyte suggests that you need to separate self, work, and others and have conversations about how each one of them works before you bring them back together in a way that they can co-exist.
Here are a few questions you can use to start the conversation.
Questions about self
- Am I following the vision I want for my life?
- Which energy sources drain or elevate me?
- What should I start to care less about?
