Most of us have surely faced this! We drive in one of these clogged highways and start looking for elusive shortcuts. We change lanes numerous times creating inconvenience to others just to get ahead by a few feet. And then suddenly spot the red car ahead (which by the way last time I saw was behind me by quite some distance!). And it never changed its lane.
Simple thing but so much to learn. Looking for constant short cuts to move up hardly helps. First, it creates ill-feelings all around with few people trusting us and second, there is only a small chance that this will get us ahead of the crowd. Often it can leave us behind as well! Then why look for elusive gains. Self aware people (one my previous posts) "know" when they are starting to do this and immediately check on it.
The courageous thing to do is to get out of the crowded street and jump on to the untried, relatively empty road where you are not aware of all the turns but only know that the road takes you to the same general direction. You have to find your own way there and it is uncertain, lonely and risky...
Simple thing but so much to learn. Looking for constant short cuts to move up hardly helps. First, it creates ill-feelings all around with few people trusting us and second, there is only a small chance that this will get us ahead of the crowd. Often it can leave us behind as well! Then why look for elusive gains. Self aware people (one my previous posts) "know" when they are starting to do this and immediately check on it.
The courageous thing to do is to get out of the crowded street and jump on to the untried, relatively empty road where you are not aware of all the turns but only know that the road takes you to the same general direction. You have to find your own way there and it is uncertain, lonely and risky...
Thought provoking!!! Shortcuts were never my choice; however I should more stress on search for those untried paths, literally!
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