Cooperation is an essential organizing and survival attribute for many organisms. Human beings cooperate to live, work, and exist in groups. We form tribes with one membership rule: be loyal to one's tribe and disdain those not in your tribe. Watch any sports match, and the behavior is on full display. Tribalism, however, conflicts with cooperation. What now?
There is no natural division of brain and body, so why do we talk and behave like these are two separate things? Whether we comprehend our position in the cosmos, place in history, or differing views, we often grapple with our inability to reckon with whole systems. These fractured truths threaten our ability to think accurately about ourselves, strategies, and influence.
When students apply for our programs, we often see, even in the most successful achievers, an imbalance in their lives. Perhaps they make a great income, but their health (stress, weight, fitness) is poor. Maybe they are so focused on one aspect of life, that they struggle to satisfy others. It isn't easy to create balance in our lives, but it is quite possible to be profoundly satisfied across many domains of our lives. Although there are no shortcuts, for work-life balance, we offer a how-to in 13 steps.
Many of us have heard the mantra “Do What You Love and Never Work A Day in Your Life.” This affirmation may be misguided and misleading. It is likely to produce more hardship and struggle. For high-achieving ambitious professionals who desire an aspirational life and whole-life balance, here are my 9 Things Wrong With This Mantra.
Although we seek the freedom to act as individuals, we cannot escape the fact that we are part of a society of people, including families and groups of all sizes. So why do we sometimes think and act as if we're entities (separate and distinct)? Why do we insist on our independence? Is this a bit of assholery? Maybe.
A penguin waddling across the Antarctic tundra is an agile rocket once in the water. If you pay attention to the environment, it makes a massive difference in how you perform. Let the environment do the heavy lifting! You succeed only when your ideas and actions get produced in an environment where others accept and nurture them.
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1000 Town Center Drive
Suite 300
Oxnard, California
93036
+1 (805) 285-2900