Momentum
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
-Steve Jobs
I've talked about Dr. Makus before, my college philosophy professor--may God rest his soul--but there were a lot of things that I learned from him. One of my favorite things that he exposed his students to was the idea of momentum, and it's power.
Dr. Makus was about 6 foot 4, had thick dark hair, a dark beard, and these eyes that seemed to look into the very bottom of a person's soul. Once in awile he would start off the class by asking some random person, what their major was. They'd give and answer, and he would say, "Why?" The person would say something like business, and he would say, "Why?" Usually, there would be this very uncomforable silence. About ten long second would go by and you'd get an answer like, "Well, I want to go to law school" And then we would get another, "Why?" It was a very uncomfortable process for the person in the hot seat because most of the time the person being questioned--just like the rest of the human population--really didn't know what they wanted to do or why they were doing things.
One brave soul was asked this question, and said, "Well, Dr. Makus, I really don't want to be in college at all. I want to go do jungle music."
I am still not sure what jungle music is, but Dr. Makus looked deeply at the person and said, "Is that really what you want to do?"
There was a heavy silence. Nobody had ever broken the ranks like that or gotten past looking like a total schmuck infront of the guy.
"Yes, I am sure that this is what I want to do. And being in school has nothing to do with what I want out of life." And then something happened that I will never forget. This moment is absolutely burned into my memory.
"If this is what you really want, then go do it." Makus then started talking about Socrates, but the student never returned to class again. I'm not sure where they are, but I am sure it's very interesting.
Most people I know get up in the morning and go to work, which is what productive members of society do. But I think much of the time people--and I am in this category--forget why they are getting up. When we lose the intent of our work, and just run on momentum I think we lose that extra something that separates the worker bees from the Creators.
I've been writing out what I want to achieve each day in a notebook the night before. I've felt more connected to my daily task because I am doing these tasks for myself, not my boss, or my family. It's been a pretty interesting place to be.
So those are my thoughts for this week. I plan on sharing the results of mending fences with the people that I hurt in the next week.
Namaste
-Steve Jobs
I've talked about Dr. Makus before, my college philosophy professor--may God rest his soul--but there were a lot of things that I learned from him. One of my favorite things that he exposed his students to was the idea of momentum, and it's power.
Dr. Makus was about 6 foot 4, had thick dark hair, a dark beard, and these eyes that seemed to look into the very bottom of a person's soul. Once in awile he would start off the class by asking some random person, what their major was. They'd give and answer, and he would say, "Why?" The person would say something like business, and he would say, "Why?" Usually, there would be this very uncomforable silence. About ten long second would go by and you'd get an answer like, "Well, I want to go to law school" And then we would get another, "Why?" It was a very uncomfortable process for the person in the hot seat because most of the time the person being questioned--just like the rest of the human population--really didn't know what they wanted to do or why they were doing things.
One brave soul was asked this question, and said, "Well, Dr. Makus, I really don't want to be in college at all. I want to go do jungle music."
I am still not sure what jungle music is, but Dr. Makus looked deeply at the person and said, "Is that really what you want to do?"
There was a heavy silence. Nobody had ever broken the ranks like that or gotten past looking like a total schmuck infront of the guy.
"Yes, I am sure that this is what I want to do. And being in school has nothing to do with what I want out of life." And then something happened that I will never forget. This moment is absolutely burned into my memory.
"If this is what you really want, then go do it." Makus then started talking about Socrates, but the student never returned to class again. I'm not sure where they are, but I am sure it's very interesting.
Most people I know get up in the morning and go to work, which is what productive members of society do. But I think much of the time people--and I am in this category--forget why they are getting up. When we lose the intent of our work, and just run on momentum I think we lose that extra something that separates the worker bees from the Creators.
I've been writing out what I want to achieve each day in a notebook the night before. I've felt more connected to my daily task because I am doing these tasks for myself, not my boss, or my family. It's been a pretty interesting place to be.
So those are my thoughts for this week. I plan on sharing the results of mending fences with the people that I hurt in the next week.
Namaste
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