{"id":708,"date":"2007-11-09T17:15:42","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T17:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/defined-by-corp\/"},"modified":"2007-11-09T17:15:42","modified_gmt":"2007-11-09T17:15:42","slug":"defined-by-corp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/defined-by-corp\/","title":{"rendered":"Defined by Corporate America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I knew a lady once who always seemed uneasy in her daily work life.&nbsp; It wasn&#8217;t everyday, but I started to notice a trend; when things were good at the organization, then things were good with her.&nbsp; The same applied when things were bad.&nbsp; Is that ever a good place to be?&nbsp; Not in my book, but the former describes many workers\/slaves in Corporate America.<\/p>\n<p>To some it seems reasonable that work would define us.&nbsp; Our economic well-being, sense of belonging, need for exorcising ghosts or greed would explain much.&nbsp; Not to mention how many hours we spend there.&nbsp; I see much danger up ahead in Corporate America.&nbsp; Any system that creates a condition of self-imposed slavery is bound to rupture.&nbsp; Maybe not a unrepairable rupture, but a rupture just the same.&nbsp; Understand me, I&#8217;m not saying that Corporate America will cease to exist.&nbsp; There is a heart issue here.&nbsp; The death of a heart is a tragic thing.&nbsp; It&#8217;s the center of your universe, whether you know it or not.<\/p>\n<p>So how do you avoid the trap of corporate definition?&nbsp; Think about the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t kid yourself, it won&#8217;t be easy to change.&nbsp; It will take hard work, but it is simple (thankfully). <\/li>\n<li>Make the decision to turn around.&nbsp; That may mean you choose not to gamble in Vegas or buy that new diamond. <\/li>\n<li>Remember, the organization cares about the bottom line first.&nbsp; Your heart is a by-the-way issue to them.&nbsp; <\/li>\n<li>Eventually (through retirement, downsizing or firing), the organization will ask you to step aside&#8230;no matter how great you are today. <\/li>\n<li>Start valuing (really valuing) the hidden things. <\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s your choice!&nbsp; The life you create\/shape will be credited to you.&nbsp; Make sure it breathes in eternity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I knew a lady once who always seemed uneasy in her daily work life.&nbsp; It wasn&#8217;t everyday, but I started to notice a trend; when things were good at the organization, then things were good with her.&nbsp; The same applied when things were bad.&nbsp; Is that ever a good place to be?&nbsp; Not in my&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708","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=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}