16 March 2007
A Life of Meaning or a Life of Happiness…
Being an entrepreneur is really something different. It’s a life of dedication and commitment that most people can’t fully understand. One of my favorite quotes, and something to really live by comes from a quote on the TV show, Heroes. It’s a quote from a conversation that takes place between Nathan Petrelli, a politician that can fly, and Mr. Linderman, the puppet master who is behind everything. about a life of meaning or a life of happiness.
Mr. Linderman: There comes a time when a man has to ask himself whether he wants a life of happiness or a life of meaning.
Nathan Petrelli: I’d like to have both
Mr. Linderman: Can’t be done, two very different paths. To be truly happy a man must live absolutely in the past. No thought of what has gone before and no thought of what lies ahead… but a for a life of meaning, a man is condemned to wallow in the past and obsess about the future.
Very few of us will go for a life of meaning. It means putting ourselves last, and caring about others. Caring about how we change the world is our real goal. We do not concern ourselves with the right now or how large our bank accounts will get aka “happiness”, but learn from the mistakes of the past and obsess about the change we can invoke in the world throughout the future. So I ask my fellow entrepreneurs are you ready for the sacrifice and hardship that comes from trying to achieve a life of meaning?
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