Irresponsibles Anonymous

“When life demands more of people than they demand of life – as is ordinarily the case – what results is a resentment of life almost as deep-seated as the fear of death”

- Tom Robbins

What do you demand of life?

David Allen used that quote in his “Getting Things Done” book, and I remember reading it and thinking about the amount of work that I did for others, and how little I demanded in return.

I don’t refer to compensation; money by itself does not represent anything real. Neither do I mean getting something back out of a gesture… a good deed that demands something in return stops being good and becomes a service.

I’m referring to how many of your initiatives you do for yourself, and what do you ask in return of your sacrifices. continue reading…

Irresponsibility can be an addiction as strong as drugs or alcohol, Irresponsible Anonymous is a 12 step program to kick the habit of breaking promises, this is Step 11 and it’s about figuring out your life’s purpose.

What is my purpose in life?

This question has frozen a lot of us in our tracks, the extent of the answer and its ramifications are so huge that it looks like an impossible riddle.

Any problem you tackle in life is made easy if you do two things:

1. Achieve a clear understanding of the problem.
2. Fragment it into smaller, easier problems.

If the objective is to find your purpose in life, you can divide the problem into 10 small steps, which can be done in a week each, and in only 3 months it’s possible to get a clear vision of something that was murky and hard to define.

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