We have been thinking about processes here in Littleton. As a professional I have had to be a self-starter most of my life. I set the agenda for each day, each week, each year. How did I learn to do that? How did I learn to think that way?
The comic character, Zits, embodies thinking without much inner motivation. He relies on his mom to get him up in the morning, to feed him, to ensure that he has a lunch packed for school, and on and on. So did I when I was young. What happened to help me think for myself, motivate myself, set the agenda for myself?
When teaching Soon-To-Be professionals such as teachers, doctors, attorneys, pastors and so forth, I wonder whether they can be "taught" or "trained" to think in such a way as to take charge of their own day, their own income and their own retirement along with their own lives. Can it be taught?
If a person is raised by people who work for someone else who sets the agenda for her/his work, where might that person get a model for being a self-starter? That is, if a person punches in each day, has a boss who says, "You work the ________ line today." and punches out after eight or nine hours, what is being modeled?
See, I think it is all about thinking. What is a person's usual mental habit? What can a person learn? How can a person think differently?
I'm not sure. What do you think?
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