May 25
Contentment: What does it mean to you?
I came across this great quote the other day:
Most presentations aren’t better for being longer, most conference calls aren’t better for being extended, most meetings aren’t more productive because you spent more time in the room. It’s just that in this age of super-sizing everything from hamburgers to automobiles, we’ve become addicted to the idea that more is better. I am here to ask you to join my revolution, to tattoo on your brain, if not your backside, that “More isn’t better. Better is better.”
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It’s true, isn’t it? Our whole tendency as a society is to grow, conquer, be bigger and better. I find that I’m always approaching any system or ideal with the thought, “how can I improve this?” That’s not a bad thing if you are trying to make it better, but I think that I fall into the trap of throwing bodies at it. Can we learn to separate better from bigger? And at the heart of it all, can I learn to be content. That is a powerful word. It has gained such a negative connotation in our competitive, business world but the bible says that it is a virtue of a person at peace. Changing for the sake of changing is, at it’s core, a sign of restlessness. So I challenge us all to learn to practice contentment, parallel to our quest for betterment.
Tags: leadership
May 25th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
I like your suggestion to practice contentment. It is an art of being satisfied with doing something well, whether it is an accomplishment or a mental resting place of peace. Let’s practice on the little things so we are ready for the big ones when they come.
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