Discarded Crawl, Walk, Run phases of One’s Career.

As a new dad to twins, I can vividly remember the days when my twins could not even sit straight, to the days when they army crawled and to now running like mad mierkats.

I think the same is true in one’s professional career. But sadly this transition is killed in the “professional” setting due to ridiculous self-infliction and mad social conformance. When I look back at my and others first job out of college, it was definitely the crawl. Understanding the deliverables and communication and overall work environment was the big part of the learning. I needed to part of that setting to understanding – it made sense. But what am I still doing that is different from then? let me be clear we are not talking about one dimensional salary. But the professional satisfaction from a rewarding career as it happens and unfolds in life.

Now that a decade has passed, its getting more and more evident, the careers of most and I mean most – like 8/10 got stunted at some point right, fairly soon I would say.. But we don’t evidently see it nor do something about it. We just accept it as reality without even being strongly aware of it.

I think everything in nature has amazing natural progression except for man’s thinking. I mean its sort of there but very little very slow in pockets! Even a tree in the four seasons, progresses remarkably. But man for some dinky reason has lost his way when it comes to how he spends his time during the day.

Career wise when did you walk ? are you still crawling ? How can you run ? start running.

I can write a whole book around it, but simple as this renders maybe. I think anyone who has a “whitecollar” job should wake up and assess their risk aversion and submission to bland zero thinking. I can understand bluecollar. They are bringing everything to the table mind and body. It’s tough but they have coped with it. But all of us have to wake up. I do realize there are some who will find the comfort and risk aversion in current state more than others appealing. Leave them alone. But those who can see must act. For it’s who will slowly shape it for them and the rest.