I received a new lease on life when my job was
eliminated at cubicle nation. Quite some time ago, I underwent a metamorphosis
of sorts toward my own work mindset.
For years, I questioned why an organization would want to
treat their employees poorly. I just couldn’t comprehend the concept. It was so
backward, toxic and unnecessary. I started to question people in upper
management who had retired. They quickly agreed it was a sick way to run a
business.
Someone actually tried to explain the business
practice is taught in colleges. I scoured the Internet hoping to find the class
or subject. After my research produced nothing (other than psychological
dysfunctional modes of management), I thought I hit a dead-end. Why is it a
freaking secret!
Best
Selling Author, Seth Godin, wrote a book called- Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Seth described enough of the Industrial Age philosophy in the book to finally
understand what I dealing with my entire
working life. I live in what once a very dominant manufacturing city. Like most
typical Rust Belt cities we’ve been decimated by the end of the Industrial Age.
Although I worked in a non-factory environment it’s run with the same type of
management mentality as a factory.
Seth described enough of the Industrial Age philosophy in the book to finally
understand what I dealing with my entire
working life. I live in what once a very dominant manufacturing city. Like most
typical Rust Belt cities we’ve been decimated by the end of the Industrial Age.
Although I worked in a non-factory environment it’s run with the same type of
management mentality as a factory.
It’s
fear-based management. The main requirement is conforming mentally and
physically day after day, year after year. Your livelihood is held over your
head with fear; through rumors, threats, evaluations and meetings. The
reverberation extends for a period of time until something new is presented to
show your allegiance too.
The funny thing was once I understood the mindset,
I knew how to tune it out of my mind and not play the game. Gradually, I was
able to separate myself physically and mentally from the silliness of the
system. I began to realize my own creativity and ideas would be my only way out
of this train wreck. So I started to focus on myself and what my best options
for success would be.
That is when I started to change my thinking. If I
woke-up and a good idea came to me, it was worth my time to write it down; even if it meant arriving to work late.
At
that
point I knew what I could do mattered
more than what I had been doing! I felt empowered and my life suddenly had
meaning.
I knew I wasn’t happy. I knew my career was
basically a dead-end job. I no longer cared to be a hamster on the wheel or
just exist. Life is too short to spend it living in fear.
So now I’m a free agent. I have no fear and no boss. I don’t set an alarm clock or commute to work. I can have fun or work hard when I want. My stress is gone.
I’ve left cubicle nation.
And it feels darn good!
Until
We Meet Again,
Jim Carver
Jim Carver
Author: The Legacy of David A. Wells- The Lexington High School
“Band of Gold”
Something Meaningful that Matters!
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