A bloke around the corner from where we live has just bought a Porsche Boxter. Black and shiny, it’s lovely. Some people say hairdresser’s car but hey I like it, especially the little poppy-up spoiler on the back. Very cool.
As I drove past on my way home from work the other day, I was admiring it when really I should have been looking at the road, but still rather than crash it made me think about how my point of view has changed with regard to items of desire.
But a few years ago I would have passed this car with a completely different mindset. More than likely I would have secretly despised him for having more money \ success than I and then I would have made myself feel better by convincing myself that I was better than him in some other respect - be it bigger house, better prospects, tasier wife or larger manhood. Yes the green-eyed monster really can be that pathetic.
Some time last year I attended a course and during one day we were asked to write down our feelings with respect to money, success etc etc. and when the trainer went through what the different scores meant, it was very clear that I had quite a different view of money than everyone else in the room. Talk about transformational learning - right there and then, realising how I was behaving, compared to lots of people in the room who inspired me in many different ways, I realised that the way I was behaving was not only unhealthy, but counter-productive to what I really wanted. (more…)
