Ego & Let Go
By: Leon Menezes
We in the corporate world are obsessed with ranks & titles, perks & privileges & pomp & show. The amount of emotional attachments we have to our ideas & responsibilities means we are forever trying to control the outcomes to our advantage. This translates to much grief & sorrow &, worse, damages our families, colleagues & ourselves as well.
I have often said: “We believe in God but we don’t trust him”.
This is not to be taken as license to abdicate (abandon) our responsibilities; rather, we need to do whatever is in our control to ensure the desired outcome. Then leave the rest to “Divine intervention”. The major difficulty is in knowing where your sphere of influence ends & HIS starts.
The ego manifests itself in several ways but, seriously, what good is my rank & title if, for example, I were to be stuck in a lift or a traffic jam? And what good is it when I get home to family & friends? The positive about “ego” is that allows us to draw boundaries around our rank & position within the corporate context, ensuring the respect & dignity of our exalted positions. However, we need to be mindful of not carrying this to the extent that it comes in the way of our personal lives.
False humility may be the worst form of conceit while genuine humility means we are not “full of ourselves”.
Learn to let go & get more.
This article has been taken from The Dawn; Sunday edition; 2nd November 2008.
By: Leon Menezes
We in the corporate world are obsessed with ranks & titles, perks & privileges & pomp & show. The amount of emotional attachments we have to our ideas & responsibilities means we are forever trying to control the outcomes to our advantage. This translates to much grief & sorrow &, worse, damages our families, colleagues & ourselves as well.
I have often said: “We believe in God but we don’t trust him”.
This is not to be taken as license to abdicate (abandon) our responsibilities; rather, we need to do whatever is in our control to ensure the desired outcome. Then leave the rest to “Divine intervention”. The major difficulty is in knowing where your sphere of influence ends & HIS starts.
The ego manifests itself in several ways but, seriously, what good is my rank & title if, for example, I were to be stuck in a lift or a traffic jam? And what good is it when I get home to family & friends? The positive about “ego” is that allows us to draw boundaries around our rank & position within the corporate context, ensuring the respect & dignity of our exalted positions. However, we need to be mindful of not carrying this to the extent that it comes in the way of our personal lives.
False humility may be the worst form of conceit while genuine humility means we are not “full of ourselves”.
Learn to let go & get more.
This article has been taken from The Dawn; Sunday edition; 2nd November 2008.
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