{"id":371,"date":"2010-11-18T14:48:27","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T14:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/aspiring-to-whats-not-really-there\/"},"modified":"2010-11-18T14:48:27","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T14:48:27","slug":"aspiring-to-whats-not-really-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/aspiring-to-whats-not-really-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspiring To What’s Not Really There"},"content":{"rendered":"

Very easy these days to want success, fame and fortune.  I mean who wouldn't want that?  When the economy is not performing like we want or we're knocking on the door of landing a prized client, it kind of justifies our pursuit.  An understandable discontent to be sure.<\/p>\n

But it's an illusion.  Think of it like a golden carrot that's always one step out of our reach.  And just like a drug, we keep coming back for more.  We always find an excuse for what we know deep down is true. <\/p>\n

In my experience what we aspire to should be Real<\/strong> and within our reach.  That implies that we can aspire to the wrong things.  And the wrong things create a question of trustworthiness.<\/p>\n

Can you be trusted with the vision given to you?  Can you be trusted with the aspiration that comes along with?<\/p>\n

The following are some tough questions to ask as you consider:<\/p>\n

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  1. Are you involved in things bigger than yourself?<\/li>\n
  2. Can you be content even when nothing seems to break your way?<\/li>\n
  3. Do you have a desire to find your limits?<\/li>\n
  4. If you died today, what and how big would the void be?<\/li>\n
  5. Do you have to "take" in-order to win?<\/li>\n
  6. What charms you?<\/li>\n
  7. Is there anyone besides God who knows all of your secrets?<\/li>\n
  8. If you have attained some level of success, fame and fortune, could you walk away from it?<\/li>\n
  9. If everyone you knew, and loved, recommended you give up, could you continue the journey anyway?<\/li>\n
  10. Have you rejected comfort?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Very easy these days to want success, fame and fortune.  I mean who wouldn't want that?  When the economy is not performing like we want or we're knocking on the door of landing a prized client, it kind of justifies our pursuit.  An understandable discontent to be sure. But it's an illusion.  Think of it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,364,123,6,54],"tags":[23,686,409,739,102,269,119,413],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coaching","category-current-affairs","category-leadership-development","category-learning","category-life-perspectives","tag-career","tag-economy","tag-fame","tag-hollywood","tag-music-2","tag-professional-development","tag-self-help","tag-success"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}