Wisdom is often about understanding the collateral benefits and costs that aren’t obvious to most people. Long ago, one of the role models of simplicity, Henry David Thoreau suggested, “The cost of something is measured by how much life you have to give for it.”
It’s a question we all have to ask for ourselves.
I’ve turned down two pretty amazing career opportunities in the past three years based upon the recognition that the upside financially and ego-wise of taking those positions wasn’t worth the downside of workaholism and stress that would likely come from those jobs. It wasn’t always easy, but in the long run, I deeply appreciate that my life is so much simpler today. Maybe the world needs a global simplifier, not a pacifier.
What decisions do you need to make in the next couple of months? How could you be wiser to the less obvious collateral costs and benefits of these decisions? As you merge back on the fast-paced highway after what may have felt like meandering on a country road, let’s make sure it’s not as anxiety-producing as this funny video from the movie Clueless.
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