“I remember once suggesting to a client that his life could be fun. It was such an insult to his intelligence that he walked out of my office never to return. I was fired. It struck me just as funny then as it does now.
“I had assaulted him in a way I would have never thought was an assault. It was a mere suggestion, but it was mind-bending to him. You would have thought I was trying to convert him to a bizarre new religion.”
It’s all too easy – especially as a work-at-home entrepreneur – to get into a mindset that I need to keep pushing and striving and hacking away at that infinite to-do list – and not bother with even moments of fun. Fortgang’s wise writing in her “Little Book” provides helpful reminders and perspectives on living more openly and relaxed.
“I remember once suggesting to a client that his life could be fun. It was such an insult to his intelligence that he walked out of my office never to return. I was fired. It struck me just as funny then as it does now.
“I had assaulted him in a way I would have never thought was an assault. It was a mere suggestion, but it was mind-bending to him. You would have thought I was trying to convert him to a bizarre new religion.”
It’s all too easy – especially as a work-at-home entrepreneur – to get into a mindset that I need to keep pushing and striving and hacking away at that infinite to-do list – and not bother with even moments of fun. Fortgang’s wise writing in her “Little Book” provides helpful reminders and perspectives on living more openly and relaxed.
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[Photo: Albert Einstein]