If you hate going to work, it’s your fault
Or so says Sally Illingworth below:
She appears frequently on my LinkedIn feed. Love the energy, the insights, the quick hitting posts (I am a believer in getting to the point quickly).
I had a different reaction to this one (besides the dangerous driving while doing a rant video). Yes, there are a few good points in it. Take responsibility. Take action. Complaining is not helpful to you or anyone else around you.
I’m making the assumption she is trying to help people. If so, this one is a fail. To me it comes off as arrogant, dismissive, out-of-touch, and shallow. Walk into a prison and tell the inmates it is their own fault they are in prison and they should stop complaining. Probably not going to go over well, even though there is some truth to it.
Millions of prisoners, countless unique stories on how they wound up there. Many different strategies on how to eventually be released. If ever.
The same in the prisons we construct around ourselves. Many times these prisons are for noble intentions. As George Orwell stated:
You may be living your very best life now. Great!
Or perhaps you find yourself in some type of prison of the mind, spirit and body. Perhaps built by inertia, circumstance, mortgage, raising children, other family responsibilities. Perhaps you must nobly stay there. Everyone has their own story, their own decisions.
“And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go to?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right? Am I wrong?
And you may say yourself, “My God! What have I done?”
Looking back on my life, I don’t view it with regret. It was rarely a prison. But in the last few years it has become one. About 200 days ago, I saw a way out. Planned my escape. In seven days, the movers come. Life is so very good again!