In Career World, crossroads don't happen very often. Should I go to college? Which one? Should I quit this job? Where should I apply...
In Project World, on the other hand, every day offers a choice that could change things. Should you start a new project? Organize a conference? Open a new channel of social media? Quit something you're doing right now to make time for something else?
It's easy to get stressed and excited about the infrequent crossroads. It's just as easy to ignore the daily opportunities you have to change everything. Seth Godin
In my World, I think the daily opportunities are not as easy to ignore. Ok, maybe those days of Headaches or Heartaches - when it takes everything you have to just keep going but mostly, I'm all about the Daily.
I remember Career World. I was very good in it. I was a Pain to those around me and to those I reported to, a dream come true. A bulldog that did not let a penny go unless it had been accounted for. I dare to say that most of my working days, I could have been Employee of the Month, every day. Not bragging but the feedback I have gotten after a 25 year career.
Did I love working? 99.9% of the time, no.
Was I aware of anything but the job? 99.9% of the time, no.
When the Crossroads came, was I aware? 99.9% of the time, no.
Project World has been a whole new experience. Besides learning to live in the Moment, which I believe we learn everyday our lives, I have found a creative side I never knew and would argue vehemently even existing. There are more Crossroads than I ever imagined but if I don't see them, they go unnoticed and poof, they are gone.
When the Crossroads came, was I aware? 99.9% of the time, no. What bothers me is what did I miss? How would my life look now if I had been aware? The true is it doesn't matter. The truth is today is what I have and the Crossroads I have to deal with are here and now. The question is, whether for you or me, what are we going to do about them?...
