Brad volunteered with us in the high school student ministries (sgc180) at our church last year, and once told me a story of a friend who had left a very well paying, secure job as a corporate accountant after confronting the question:Would you rather be bored or scared?
His job was great, and he made lots of money, but he was bored with his life.
I think a lot of life's choices give us one option that feels safe, secure and steady. The other option just seems too crazy because it may be unsafe, insecure and full of the unexpected. Far too often we write-off the crazy options because we're not willing to risk being scared.
We're definitely starting to live this out more and more as we make decisions. I've left the mass of the 'employed' to entrepreneur, we're going back (part time) to school to pursue graduate studies, we're in the middle of the adoption process, and just to make sure we're not bored, we've set our house on fire*.
While I didn't start this as a business-related post, many experts including Seth Godin, marketing guru, often writes that in business the safe decisions are usually the wrong decisions - that 'safe' businesses lose to those willing to risk and change drastically.
But perhaps all real principles - real truths - are applicable to businesses and individuals alike.
*No, we didn't really set our house on fire.
His job was great, and he made lots of money, but he was bored with his life.
I think a lot of life's choices give us one option that feels safe, secure and steady. The other option just seems too crazy because it may be unsafe, insecure and full of the unexpected. Far too often we write-off the crazy options because we're not willing to risk being scared.
We're definitely starting to live this out more and more as we make decisions. I've left the mass of the 'employed' to entrepreneur, we're going back (part time) to school to pursue graduate studies, we're in the middle of the adoption process, and just to make sure we're not bored, we've set our house on fire*.
While I didn't start this as a business-related post, many experts including Seth Godin, marketing guru, often writes that in business the safe decisions are usually the wrong decisions - that 'safe' businesses lose to those willing to risk and change drastically.
But perhaps all real principles - real truths - are applicable to businesses and individuals alike.
*No, we didn't really set our house on fire.
Between this post and Dan's latest, I think God may be trying to tell me something. :)