Lessons From A Chilean Mine

13th Oct 2017 | Comments Off on Lessons from a Chilean Mine Lessons from a Chilean Mine So, what now? Florencio Avalos had just escaped from a dark, sweltering gap by which he should have assumed he would die. But now he had an opportunity for life, and his response was salutary: “I’ve been buried for forty years of my life. The reality is I’m going to be dwelling more, together with my wife and daughters”. Death sheds mild on what’s necessary about life. Just as sorrow deepens our capability for joy, we want death to remind us to stay. When I tried to think about what I would need to do in this state of affairs I realised I would worry much less about happiness or stress or image, and more about life. More work, better work, extra attention to friends, more present with clients, attempt more, fail extra, live extra. Less TV. Less social media. Yet in the humdrum of every day routine it’s simple to wander by way of our days largely on autopilot. We don’t notice the autumn timber. How we disconnect from others over time. How our jobs, roles, identities can steal time from us. “Welcome to life.” Those had been the words uttered to each miner by the Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, as they arrived on the high of the mine shaft within the slim and battered pod that hauled them. Well, welcome to life. What now? Career Change, Getting Unstuck teaching Tags: Creative thinking, Positive psychology, Step 3: Generating choices, Values « Why Am I So Stuck?... Help! My Values Are Keeping m... »