What Pollutes Your Life?
This morning I watched a keynote talk by Gary Vaynerchuck at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York. One thing he said right at the beginning really jumped out at me.
“There is no reason in 2008 to do s**t you hate. None. Because you can lose just as much money being happy as hell.”
Make sense for business right? I can totally see where he’s coming from. In this day and age not doing something you are passionate about you should be. There are too many resources out there to do other things and it’s just a matter of finding them and working hard.
A little later I saw the question, ‘What Pollutes Your Life?’. I didn’t even catch the context of the question, but I started thinking of the things that pollute my life, and what that does to my productivity, my family, my time with my kids, and my time making SkörInc a better company. I’ve been thinking about that ever since.
I realized pretty quick I know what pollutes my life. I know what clouds my vision and I know what slows me down and it’s pretty simple. Criticism. And not only criticism, but the attacks of those critics. I hate not pleasing people and being friends with everyone and that has the potential to occupy more of my mind than anything else. I hate that. I hate that it affects me and I hate that it pollutes my life.
Now I think these things can be similar to a degree. If I hate dealing with criticism and hate dealing with the crap of those critics, why do I do it? Why can’t I just put my head down and work harder at being the best of what I am doing?
So there it is folks. What pollutes your life? What can you do to push through it?
Quick and simple…lack of collaboration. It is a buzz word in the theatre business. Everybody is talking about how much they want to collaborate, but they never schedule meetings, send out e-mails, make phone calls, or talk when the time is available to talk…they shut down…it is truly sad, and that is what pollutes my life.
Anxiety…and low self-esteem :-/
Low self-worth, and constant comparison. I struggle with always comparing myself to others, and never finding myself measuring up. The Bible calls me a fool for that. I agree. It can be crippling at times, because after I find myself lacking in an area, I tend to shut down emotionally.
How do I push through this? Only by the grace of God and with His help!
Hey, you should read “Co-dependent No More.” Pretty interesting.
Distraction.
I think I could love doing just about anything, but I love to do so many things that it’s hard for me to focus.
I need to really narrow down what I’m passionate about and focus all of my energy there.
I know what did pollute my life. Being addicted to drugs. Working a 12 step program helps to clear that fog from my life. The topic at today’s meeting was learning to trust “a God of my understanding”. So many recovering addicts think God is a vengeful and mean God. I am soooo glad that is not my problem. I know God is a loving God and that I am precious. I know God is teaching me to love myself again, so that I, in turn, can pass that on. If we rely on mans criticisms, we will surely fail. Trust in God and HIS criticism. That’s who matters. What are you doing that will continue to lift up the name of God? I’m not saying that you can’t learn from those critics, but you can’t let them defeat you either.
I would have to say procrastination. Even as a child I was a procrastinator. That’s why I’m always up all night scrambling to get things done. My motto has always been why do today what you can do tomorrow! The way I can push through it is TO MAKE that choice to not procrastinate.
Laziness. Oh and worry.
I’m very paranoid about EVERYTHING.
Oh and the whole laziness is easy to push through. I just have to suck it up. The whole worry problem will only go away if I surrender and trust God with everything.
Worry, is big one for me. And I can ditto what Lisa (Sunny Side) said. I have always felt that I do not measure up to others, which causes me to be easily intimidated.
Distractions/Wasting time.
Not finishing what I’ve started.