I think as a business model, pushing for constant quality improvement and offering the best product and financial success and pleasing others (the customer)and getting as close to perfect functioning as possible makes a lot of sense. But in terms of just living life, constant driving for perfection and achievement can also lead to a chronic sense of dissatisfaction, and I think increased suffering in many ways. Lifelong growth is a different story. Finding peace feels like my goal, which of course includes taking on challenges and achieving things and just having fun. But always having to be better means never feeling like anything is good enough, and that seems like an uncomfortable way to live.
Chag Sameach. I enjoyed reading this. I like an interview with David Bowie in which he said artists fail when they become comfortable. He used a metaphor of swimming in the lines of going a little deeper in the water, and just when you can not feel the bottom anymore, you are there to create the new and take those risks. My dad used to tell me keep going, keep trying, keep learning, otherwise you become stagnant. You want consistency, yet just settling for the norm because it is consistent becomes boring. Quality within the venue to offer people and people working within the venue, as if it were their own, will always be a winning combination. The quality of the musicians you book at City Winery has always been above par.
Owning a business is different than living a purposeful and meaningful life. Some days, just helping another (anonymously if possible) is the best anyone can do, the highest calling. Profit as measurement of success is our greatest misguidance, likely our doom...once we were slaves...now we are ...slaves.
My friend, McAvoy Lane (who used to parade around as the Ghost of Mark Twain), says, "You can be comfortable, or you can grow. Not both." There is time for comfort, in between the growth, but in my lived experience, life is mostly about growth.
I think as a business model, pushing for constant quality improvement and offering the best product and financial success and pleasing others (the customer)and getting as close to perfect functioning as possible makes a lot of sense. But in terms of just living life, constant driving for perfection and achievement can also lead to a chronic sense of dissatisfaction, and I think increased suffering in many ways. Lifelong growth is a different story. Finding peace feels like my goal, which of course includes taking on challenges and achieving things and just having fun. But always having to be better means never feeling like anything is good enough, and that seems like an uncomfortable way to live.
Chag Sameach. I enjoyed reading this. I like an interview with David Bowie in which he said artists fail when they become comfortable. He used a metaphor of swimming in the lines of going a little deeper in the water, and just when you can not feel the bottom anymore, you are there to create the new and take those risks. My dad used to tell me keep going, keep trying, keep learning, otherwise you become stagnant. You want consistency, yet just settling for the norm because it is consistent becomes boring. Quality within the venue to offer people and people working within the venue, as if it were their own, will always be a winning combination. The quality of the musicians you book at City Winery has always been above par.
Owning a business is different than living a purposeful and meaningful life. Some days, just helping another (anonymously if possible) is the best anyone can do, the highest calling. Profit as measurement of success is our greatest misguidance, likely our doom...once we were slaves...now we are ...slaves.
Incentives. You choose the particulars.
Thank you, Mr. Bork!! My daughter, Kristen Berman, owns her own company and she is a behavioral scientist. Her company would definitely be able
To assist with your goals and improving employees productivity and improve their personal satisfaction at their jobs.
Her company is Irrationallabs.com.
She went to UW Madison and was featured in the UW Alumni magazine featuring those under 40 to watch.
I think she could really help your organization.
She developed Googles behavioral department there. Some of her clients have been Microsoft yahoo Facebook TikTok discover bank Airbnb.
OK, I’m gonna step off my pedestal where I’m praising my daughter Kristen Berman .
Your article was so well written and so to the point .
Happy Passover
My friend, McAvoy Lane (who used to parade around as the Ghost of Mark Twain), says, "You can be comfortable, or you can grow. Not both." There is time for comfort, in between the growth, but in my lived experience, life is mostly about growth.