Distracted By Shiny Objects?
A new idea captures your imagination.
Your attention is taken by a “great opportunity” and suddenly you are distracted from the big picture, the bigger picture, and, well — the great big picture.
The things you said you always wanted to do become secondary. You lose your way. You go off on a big tangent instead of remaining focused on your goals. You may rationalize, ignore people close to you, and possibly even act beyond your legal authority.
Kinda like falling in love with someone who’s really not all that good for you. Your friends go ignored. You create your own reality. It’s almost impossible to hear people warning you that you’re headed. for. big. problems.
Hey, it happens to all of us.
That’s why your family trys to bring you back to reality, before you make a really serious mistake.
Sometimes, you just have to learn these lessons the hard way.
Really, isn’t this shiny object best returned to where you found it? Let someone else become distracted and thrown off on a tangent. Because we’ve got urgent challenges to tackle right now.
One person’s provocative view carried on CBC News. James Howard Kunstler. Author. Futurist.
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