Comments on: Are we there yet? http://jim1537.com/blog/are-we-there-yet/ Practical Guidance for the Inner You Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:11:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dorothy http://jim1537.com/blog/are-we-there-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Dorothy Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:42:08 +0000 http://jim1537.com/blog/are-we-there-yet/#comment-44 Sure thing!! :) Actually, even the Fortune 500 companies are in process of constant evolution - afterall more than 40% of the 1980s fortune 500 no longer exist today. The "there" we targeted may no longer even exist & all we may have left is the journey. I live vicariously through other people's journeys when I do hear of them - One being that of "Julian Mantle" (who I think is fictional)from the book "the monk who sold his ferrari" and the other I so enjoyed being the urbanmonk from your blogpost from a few weeks ago. I do want to thank you and meremystic for so graciously acknowledging my thoughts & posting responses to my comments. Thank you. Sure thing!! :)

Actually, even the Fortune 500 companies are in process of constant evolution – afterall more than 40% of the 1980s fortune 500 no longer exist today. The “there” we targeted may no longer even exist & all we may have left is the journey.

I live vicariously through other people’s journeys when I do hear of them – One being that of “Julian Mantle” (who I think is fictional)from the book “the monk who sold his ferrari” and the other I so enjoyed being the urbanmonk from your blogpost from a few weeks ago.

I do want to thank you and meremystic for so graciously acknowledging my thoughts & posting responses to my comments. Thank you.

]]> By: jim1537 http://jim1537.com/blog/are-we-there-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-43 jim1537 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:19:11 +0000 http://jim1537.com/blog/are-we-there-yet/#comment-43 People as a whole, I feel are really trying more and more to find their process and dreams. Many people I've known leave fortune 500 companies to pursue their dreams! Let's not give up on the human race yet! Jim People as a whole, I feel are really trying more and more to find their process and dreams. Many people I’ve known leave fortune 500 companies to pursue their dreams! Let’s not give up on the human race yet!
Jim

]]> By: Dorothy http://jim1537.com/blog/are-we-there-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Dorothy Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:27:31 +0000 http://jim1537.com/blog/are-we-there-yet/#comment-42 I think that being in the journey & not goal fixating is a particularly difficult thing to do. Given, we as a culture are not set up to acknowledge the journey that has yet to yield results - there is no great celebration nor biographies in best-seller lists of those who havent reached their goals. The average person with a heartful of dreams making the journey is often simply considered the (persistent) dreamer with many battle scars. I will tell you this first hand. I also think that rejoicing in the journey takes a strong personality & a great deal of personal discipline - In the described framework, both the journey & the milestones to success are personal with likely no external reference pts (e.g. the fact that I skipped dessert but lost no weight is still a valid step toward my goal) It sort of becomes your personal journey & yours alone!!! - Its your personal success story, that others may or maynot relate to or even understand (until of course the goal is reached). Gosh!! As a social whole, we seem like a sad lot, don't we?? I think that being in the journey & not goal fixating is a particularly difficult thing to do. Given, we as a culture are not set up to acknowledge the journey that has yet to yield results – there is no great celebration nor biographies in best-seller lists of those who havent reached their goals. The average person with a heartful of dreams making the journey is often simply considered the (persistent) dreamer with many battle scars. I will tell you this first hand.

I also think that rejoicing in the journey takes a strong personality & a great deal of personal discipline – In the described framework, both the journey & the milestones to success are personal with likely no external reference pts (e.g. the fact that I skipped dessert but lost no weight is still a valid step toward my goal)
It sort of becomes your personal journey & yours alone!!! – Its your personal success story, that others may or maynot relate to or even understand (until of course the goal is reached).

Gosh!! As a social whole, we seem like a sad lot, don’t we??

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