Comments on: Consequences of The Easy Way Out http://greshes.com/2006/05/12/consequences-of-the-easy-way-out/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Warren Greshes http://greshes.com/2006/05/12/consequences-of-the-easy-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1840441 Warren Greshes Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:30:59 +0000 http://206.130.103.177/wordpress/consequences-of-the-easy-way-out#comment-1840441 Jim,<br/><br/>Thanks for your comment on my blog. You pose a very thought provoking question.<br/><br/>I think your key statement is: "..realizing your talents may lie in a different field?"<br/><br/>It seems to me if you really truly loved what you were doing it might not have caused you as much stress. <br/><br/>Sometimes we do things (and we are all guilty of this. You are not alone) because we feel we're supposed to or, feel obligated to, or, maybe even because we're trying to prove something to the rest of the world or, maybe we're just trying to do something we hope the rest of the world would approve of rather than what we really want.<br/><br/>I learned the hard way: Do what you love; do it all the time; even if you have to give it away for nothing. I had far more stress as an idiot salesman in NYC's Garment Center than I do now as a business owner, author and entrepreneur with FAR more responsibility, because it's not work. <br/><br/>To hell with what the rest of the world thinks. If you can satisfy yourself, your harshest critic, everyone else will fall into line. And if they don't, who needs them? <br/><br/>Not knowing you and not really knowing your circumstances, this is pretty much a shot in the dark, but I hope it helped. Jim,

Thanks for your comment on my blog. You pose a very thought provoking question.

I think your key statement is: "..realizing your talents may lie in a different field?"

It seems to me if you really truly loved what you were doing it might not have caused you as much stress.

Sometimes we do things (and we are all guilty of this. You are not alone) because we feel we’re supposed to or, feel obligated to, or, maybe even because we’re trying to prove something to the rest of the world or, maybe we’re just trying to do something we hope the rest of the world would approve of rather than what we really want.

I learned the hard way: Do what you love; do it all the time; even if you have to give it away for nothing. I had far more stress as an idiot salesman in NYC’s Garment Center than I do now as a business owner, author and entrepreneur with FAR more responsibility, because it’s not work.

To hell with what the rest of the world thinks. If you can satisfy yourself, your harshest critic, everyone else will fall into line. And if they don’t, who needs them?

Not knowing you and not really knowing your circumstances, this is pretty much a shot in the dark, but I hope it helped.

]]> By: Jim http://greshes.com/2006/05/12/consequences-of-the-easy-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1840440 Jim Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:57:51 +0000 http://206.130.103.177/wordpress/consequences-of-the-easy-way-out#comment-1840440 Warren, your advise is sound, wise and resonates with my personal experiences... to a limited degree. Could you expound on the difference between taking the hard road and when to realize that you are swimming upstream and may consistently do so. By way of background, I am an attorney and have consistently found competing at the top a struggle, whereas cum laude grads from Harvard seemed to breeze through as if walking in the park. Even back in lawschool I remember telling my parents that I felt as though I had to work twice as hard to get the "A" as others. The stress and effort expended resulted in some disasterous health consequences, forcing a change. Where is the line between taking the hard road and realizing that your talents may lie in a different field? <br/><br/>Jim Warren, your advise is sound, wise and resonates with my personal experiences… to a limited degree. Could you expound on the difference between taking the hard road and when to realize that you are swimming upstream and may consistently do so. By way of background, I am an attorney and have consistently found competing at the top a struggle, whereas cum laude grads from Harvard seemed to breeze through as if walking in the park. Even back in lawschool I remember telling my parents that I felt as though I had to work twice as hard to get the "A" as others. The stress and effort expended resulted in some disasterous health consequences, forcing a change. Where is the line between taking the hard road and realizing that your talents may lie in a different field?

Jim

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