Continuous employment is not recognition of a job well
done. In my last few years of consulting
in the environment industry, this past week it hit me that I have very little
evidence that the work I complete is recognized as exceptional.
This bothered me because during certain periods of the
season, work takes probably close to 90% of my attention. Application to Mastery in Kung Fu must
absolutely spill over in application to every aspect of our lives. If it doesn’t, then Kung Fu is nothing but
superficial, and becomes nothing greater than a hobby rather than a
lifestyle. This isn’t as bad as it reads
though. I would argue that most of us
began our Kung Fu journey not recognizing the full implications it would have
on our thoughts and actions, until one day it dawns on us that it is a lifestyle,
not recreation.
Back to my original point though. If something like my career is not showing
the spill-over effects of my efforts in Kung Fu, then what am doing wrong? Am I truly applying mastery to all aspects of
my life if something as significant as my career is not reflecting it. Truly, I wish to be the best consultant
available to my client.
So with some discouragement and disappointment I decided to
think more on what I was using as a yardstick for my success in my career. Feedback, negative or positive, is just not a
suitable measure of my efforts because there just isn’t enough data. That is just the consulting game I guess.
So I am still scratching my head on this one. It seems as though not all thoughts can be
answered before Sunday night’s blog post.
I pose the question to you all.
What do you use as an indicator that you are successfully applying
mastery to the most important aspects of your life?
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