The Direction of Intention

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Conventional wisdom would have you believe that behavior is driven by self-interest. That, “what do I get?” is the driving question at the core of your being. Really?

Scratch the surface a bit – people seeking meaning and greater depth of experience (that would be all of us) are not looking for personal gain, we are reaching for greater connectivity and richer experiences. Perhaps you have so reduced yourself as to believe that your highest purpose lies in what you can get; how lonely you must be. How empty you must feel. Perhaps you should spend an afternoon with a few elders and ask them what in their lives held value and meaning?

It may be a necessity of consumer mind to believe that you are a bundle of unfulfilled self interests; perhaps it is an economists dream to imagine that people can buy their way into fulfillment (we’re certainly reinforced in this thinking), the person with the most toys, wins?

You can choose to diminish yourself and believe conventional wisdom, you can abdicate your responsibility and give away your power. Or not. Conventional wisdom is learned, it is a construct born from an agenda, it is not natural. Conventional wisdom needs you to believe that you are, well, conventional: can you truly find your happiness in aisle 7?

Truly powerful people define themselves, not by what they lack, but by what they bring? Who might you be if you remembered (and believed) that your gifts were innate, unique, and essential?

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