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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  @Paul: This post is part of the larger series on career fulfillment -- your comments seem to be taking it out of context and addressing the money-value issue in isolation. See comment #10 above for details. |
Series or no series. When I read a post from you, you hold a certain amount of authority in my subconscious. Therefore, when you write...
"If you somehow find a way to make money providing little or no value, you can bet your market will soon be flooded with me-too wannabes. The field will be sliced into tiny little pieces. Meanwhile your spirit will be screaming at you to stop doing what you’re doing because it’s mind-numbingly boring, regardless of how much money you’re able to make from it."
... I have to take it at face value. Meaning, I have to assume that what you write is what you believe to be true. So if you say that "if you somehow find a way to make money providing little or not value...your spirit will be screaming at you to stop doing what you're doing" etc., I have to assume you believe that.
This is where I disagree. I am sure that some people who work in coal-mines would say that what you do provides "little or no value" because you're just "clicking buttons on a computer". I know people who say that sales people don't do anything - "They just talk all day long...scammers making money by talking...why can't they do an honest days work!" etc.
All of this is limited belief thinking in my opinion.
What if I'm an artist and I get absolute FULFILLING BLISS by painting giant paintings that look completely ugly to everyone else. Am I providing value?
What if the only value you provide is to yourself? Does that count? Why or why not? What if nobody in the world can provide more value to you than yourself?
I understand the context you're saying what you're saying. I just don't belive it anymore. I used to. But certain experiences have changed my thinking. Having to provide value in order to make money or feel fulfilled is an illusion. Or, perhaps a better way to say it is that it's a CHOICE.
Here's another way to say it. Take your list of values. Take "CONTRIBUTION" as one of your values, and move it down all the way to the bottom. Then put "FULFILLMENT" and "SUCCESS" as numbers 1 and 2. What happens now?