This familiar?
Solomon. Aurelius.
Wilberforce. Lincoln.
Guiness. Cadbury.
Nightingale. Teresa.
Mandela. King.
All of history’s greats
knew two things.
1: A life of status is a life
of personal challenge.
2: Personal formation is
vital to flourish in it.
As the modern world sees it,
‘success’ comes in many forms.
Money. Position.
Achievement. Influence.
And whilst it’s as fraught with personal risk as ever, that risk is heightened by modernity’s loss of value for the cultivation of wisdom and soul.
Our culture is entirely focused on how to ‘perform, gain and achieve’, not how to live with it.
What familiar issues
do you face?
Personal and emotional isolation.
Ego, power, options and temptation.
The moral ambiguity in decisions.
Unhealthy attention and people.
A lack of meaning and fulfilment.
No ways to integrate the sacred.
Weight of impact consequence.
Focus on outer not inner metrics.
Pressure never to go backwards.
Constantly moving finish line.
Run away risk of burnout .
Losing yourself in expectations.
Over attached identity to status.
Difficulty staying true to yourself.
Low empathy for your struggles.
No space to just stop, rest and be.