Today’s T4D was inspired one posted in 2009 titled “Seek to become not to acquire.”
One day as my wife Rebecca was talking to a group of teens she said, ”Seek to become not to acquire.” A strong compliment to her personal philosophy of being a human becoming rather than just a human being.
With a world that seems to encourage the acquisition of more and more things…. we may soon find that instead of owning things …our thing own us. The move towards simplification is also a move towards freedom. (I came across this interesting book… haven’t read it yet.)
“Seek to become not to acquire.” — Just 6 words …. but 6 words that say and suggest so much.
I believe that these 6 words can have great meaning in the corporate context as well. Some seek to acquire power, position, security or influence …. others realize those outcomes as a natural consequence of their personal development and becoming.
In our seeking to become rather than to acquire… we can free ourselves from the clutter of comparison, worry, and insecurity because we have replaced them with knowledge, confidence and strength.
While others go through the motions out of pattern and habit… let us stay in motion to create habits that matter.
Let us choose wisely to not just ”go through the day”… but to grow through the day.
Kirk Out
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