Ram Sundaram says in his last posting:
>And one day I stepped back and looked around me. I had blinded myself
>to the fact that not everybody WANTS THE DIFFERENCE and they
>unfortunately constitute the majority.
>
>I asked myself , is it worth doing it ? and after a week of
>self-debate I decided NO. I am tired. Right now, I do not have the
>strength to go on. So I decided to quit. I do not have the security
>of another job in hand.
Your discover is very valid...everybody doesn't want to make an effort
to get the difference. They may want it, but like so many other
things, they want it handed to them on a silver platter. And like so
many companies, burn-out is often the result of people who care,
people who want to make a difference.
Last night, at a presentation, Shane Morand -- a recognized speaker
here in Ottawa, asked the questions:
Do you really want to make a difference?
Do you want to make a difference for other people?
Do you want to make a difference for yourself?
and the real clincher
Do you want to make the effort, to get involved to make that
difference?
It's an important distinction. I doubt anyone would say they don't
want to make a difference, but do they want to make the effor to get
involved in something bigger than yourself, to make a difference.
Ram, on my homepage, I've just put a short article I wrote about the
year 2000 entitled 'Only 173 More'. I hope you'll find it helpful.
Gary Scherling
Helping people help themselves
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GScherling_GMS_TPN
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