OLD GREEKS AND CHINESE

"If we don't change directions, we're likely to wind up where we're headed." Old Chinese proverb

As true as this statement by the old Chinese is, why do we keep repeating the same behaviors and expect different results?

We drive to work the same way, listen to the same radio station, meet the same coworkers for coffee, go to the same place for lunch with the same people, drive home the same way at the same time, eat dinner at the same place and time, watch the same TV shows, read the same newspapers, drink the same beer with the same neighbors, go to bed at the same time and wonder why our life is so "the same."

This approach is nothing new. The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their republic, asked Demosthenes, an orator and political leader, what to do. His reply: "Do not do what you are doing now."

Unlike today's political leaders, Demosthenes was profound in his simplicity. He recognized the power and consistency of cause and effect.

What are you willing to give up, to do differently, to get a different result?

Lesson:  Doing the same thing and hoping for different results will put you in the fast lane to the nervous hospital.