Going beyond bigger, faster, harder
Wouldn’t it be nice on each fresh, bright Monday morning
To revel in the week that before you life spreads?
Wouldn’t it be nice that the tasks there to greet you
Drew a smile at those challenges that now lie ahead?
Now I’m wondering if my thinking is delusional or barmy.
Does our world really function in that pleasurable way?
Are not stress and a dollop of good-old-fashioned exhaustion
Essential parts of our work’s rich, rewarding bouquet?
Yes, constant comfort, I agree, is not part of life’s offering;
More so if ‘extraordinary’ is the vision that you seek.
But there are questions you might ask of your ‘bigger, faster, harder’.
Questions pointing to more ease in each hour, day and week.
Are you clear what it looks like: your succeeding and your winning?
In your Measurement World, is ‘happy’ governed by a sum?
Is your life being lived out by some metric you invented?
When you get there: is that the person whom you wish to become?
You see, we’re all such wondrous experts at creating and inventing.
We build worlds inside our head, and they rule the way we see.
In our business we paint bold each year’s revenue targets.
And we seldom think to question what their purposes could be!
Then we cry with such delight when winning yet another client.
(How we welcome the emotion ‘being trusted’ to us brings!)
And we push to back-of-mind what inevitably happens
When our resources start squeaking and our energy runs thin.
Do we ever take stock and step back to ask these questions?
Do relationships rate highly in our arbitrary goals?
Have we stopped still to consider where our ‘bigger, faster’ takes us?
Have we thought through its impact on our various life roles?
Are you clear what it looks like: your succeeding and your winning?
In your Measurement World, is ‘happy’ governed by a sum?
Is your life being lived out by some metric you invented?
When you get there: is that the person whom you wish to become?
When you get there: is that the person whom you wish to become?
