We live in an age where there’s literally information and training everywhere. From association meetings to podcasts to YouTube to FaceBook, you can’t turn around without being exposed to the latest and greatest "wow factor" strategy or "new wisdom".
With all that success advice right at our fingertips, why is it that according to Inc. Magazine, more than 85% of people today don’t like what they do for a living? How can it be that the majority of Americans wake up every Monday morning dreading going to their place of business?
One clue is in the nature of the message that much of the modern-day success literature promotes:
"You should be outworking everyone around you"
- "You can manifest anything you want"
- “You have all the power to control everything"
- “Being rich and unhappy is better than being broke and unhappy”
- “The purpose of a business is to be profitable”
I bet you’ve heard every one of these things, and they certainly have their attraction. But I ask you, does any of it mesh with your experience in the real world? Or have you observed, in yourself and others, that the opposite of each of these things is usually the truth?
I’ve coached many men and women over the years that have reached what most would consider “the pinnacle of success” only to wake up saying, “is this it? Please tell me there’s more to life than this!”
And invariably, what I found in coaching ... Read More…