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Three Keys to Redefining Family and Finding Your Tribe
“It’s the family you choose that counts,” says Andrew Vachss. And you know what? He’s right!
There’s what we had, what I thought we had…and then there’s what we have; and that’s not much these days. Lately, I’ve been bothered by a looming but necessary choice regarding key family members — more to it, their shelf-life in my ever-growing spiritual and economic marketplace: my heart.
I’m sad. And I’m frustrated. And I am exhausted. But I am finally ready to initiate conversations that will be more like declarations than discourse, more like indictments over inquiries. Even now, I’m talking “around” the subject — a habit many dislike about me — and that’s because I’ve grown accustomed to sugar-coating feedback and sparing feelings. We grew up that way. I was taught to minimize my feelings for the sake of the mission, even if it meant that one day I would disappear.
That mission?
Achieve the objective. No matter the cost.
On its face, personal sacrifice for the sake of the collective appears noble — and indeed it may be. Certainly, daring and achieving greatly come with a price. However, what if our value-based pricing strategy is off? Said another way, what if moving up in the company means…
