Seek to Become not to Acquire
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Just this morning my wife Rebecca was talking to a group of teens and, quoting her Uncle Martz, counseled the teens saying…Â “Seek to become not to acquire.”
Six words that say and suggest so much. They are a really great complement to Rebecca’s philosophy of seeking to be a “Human Becoming” vs. “Human Being”. More about this can be found my kids “Human Becomings” blog. http://humanbecomings.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/a-human-becoming-2/
These six words have meaning in the corporate context … some seek to acquire power, position and influence …. others realize those outcomes as a natural consequence of their personal development and becoming.
In our seeking to become rather than to acquire… I feel a need to state the obvious… When we speak of becoming, it is always in the context of “becoming better” otherwise the spoofy picture of evolution above loses it’s spoofyness and can become a personal reality not just a political one.
While others go through the day… let us choose wisely to grow through the day.
Kirk Out
PS thank you for all of the wonderful advice on E-mail management. Most of it posted for everyone to access at .. http://kirkweisler.com/t4d/2009/08/25/ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comments
