What do I (you) really want?
General January 22nd, 2007This question is believed to be very important, and I feel it on myself. I’m doing a lot of projects and work in different areas - and I cannot say that I really like all of them! But "what I like?" is still unanswered question for me.
Do you know the response for yourself? How did you come to this response?
There is a great blog I read these days - Re-versioning your life by Laurie. Don’t hesitate to check it out.
Tags: re-versioning, self-positioning
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Dima,
For me, the answer to this question depends on situation. But, I think what I like is when I forget about time, about anything else, & focus on something important & pleasant! It is when you ENJOY spending your time!
American psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi defines the state in which people are so involved in an activity, that nothing else seems matter, as a “flow”. I think this is it. Check out his book about “flow” or an article on e-xecutive. I haven’t read the book (http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Mihaly-Csikszentmihalyi/dp/0712657592/sr=8-4/qid=1169457060/ref=pd_bbs_4/103-3903011-4956648?ie=UTF8&s=books) , but have read the article.
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Bayram,
Thanks for that! Recently I’ve met this Flow thing but in the context of computer games.
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Great question Dmitry.
I heard Csikszentmihalyi lecture last summer at Iowa State University - very good and well worth reading.
I usually answer “what do I really want?” with a ramble like this:
I want to get paid for reading, thinking, creating, traveling, meeting new people in new places, passionately communicating truth, helping people and their businesses succeed not just at making a profit but at making the world better..
And that is pretty much what I do these days.
But I had to start my own firm, the White Rabbit Group, to get there.
Always enjoy reading your post…and joining in the conversations you are creating.
Keep creating,
Mike
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:46 am
Mike,
I’ll definitely read the book, I promise ;).
Thank you for getting involved in discussion!
This paragraph you wrote, the answer on the question, is interesting. I’ll try to do the same and write a post about the result.
January 25th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Dmitry!
Thank you for linking to my “Re-Versioning Your Life” page! I hope I’ve repaid the favor by listing your site, as well.
And let me know if you want to receive new blogs as they are published — there’s more to come in “Re-Versioning Your Life”!
Laurie 2.0