“Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action”. — Goethe
What does this mean exactly? Perhaps it is as simple as this:
“The unexamined life is not worth living”. — Socrates
We get one passage here on Earth. Let’s make it a good one.
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It Begins With The Father
“It is said to begin with the Father”. — Maxine Kumin
Our models are our parents. And for boys, this is primarily the Father. And if the Father is absent, well, the Father is still the model.
And even when the Father is present, he might still be absent. This makes a compelling case for being a great Father. BFO, right?
And yet, I don’t really recall when my Dad actually sat me down to teach me important stuff.
Maybe Maxine is full of misguided notions. Maybe she’s right on target. This confuses me, scares me, and motivates me. What about you?
Who Gives A Crap?
“He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself”. — Philip Massinger
If this is the case, then there really aren’t too many qualified leaders out there. Are there?
How hard do you work to gain mastery over yourself? Do you even care? Isn’t it an awful lot of work to polish things no one can immediately, if ever, see?
Then why do it? Simply this, you will know. And if you never get to the point where this is important to you, then you will never understand self-mastery. If you never understand this, you will always be frustrated with people, particularly yourself.
Who gives a crap, right? My point exactly.
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
“Whose life is it anyway”. — Brian Clark
You know what? I’m not sure where to begin on this one. Seriously. The quote is so intriguing, yet so open for interpretation.
If you’ve been in the workplace all your life and now into mid life, you are well aware of how “work” can own you.
Others may understand this, “You either run your business or it runs you”.
Or, no one ever said on their deathbed, “I wish I had spent more time at the office”.
No matter how you think about today’s quote, it certainly does make you think, doesn’t it?
But does it call you to any action?