How you can benefit from everyone being confused

Look around.

Everyone is sad but they post happy pictures and happy thoughts. (Is it because they are lying to themselves, to everyone else, or because they think if they post enough happy memes they'll become happy?)

Then they see everyone else only posting happy pictures and happy thoughts and they think "everyone must be really happy...but I'm not...what's wrong with me?"

So we go out to "find the truth."

We determine truth must be what we see so much of, so it must be toned, tanned bodies, fast cars, big watches and bigger houses.

So we pick up a new hobby like body building or we train for a triathalon and suddenly play becomes work.

But work is important and we need lots of money from work to afford the big houses so we hustle, do 10x the effort, and go "all in" to show our committment to the boss to get the raise.

We do email from 5 am to 11 pm, including weekends, holidays, at they gym, in bed, in the car, at the pool, in church.

We worship work because religion is a myth since science has proven that God is not real. (I saw it on the HuffingtonPost so it must be right...right?) 

Besides, the Joneses don't go to church on Sunday. They sleep in then hit the gym then do some more emails, close a few deals and spend their commissions on a newer TV...and we need to keep up with them.

So our faith fades and we soon begin to play at worship...but worship is what we're meant to do.

It's why those without faith worship Justin Bieber or American Idol contestants or LeBron James or the latest Victoria Secret cover model. 

But shows fade and athletes slow and super models age.

And so do our TVs...and our tans...and our drive to ride a bike for eight hours on a Saturday instead of watching our daughter's soccer game...and so does our company, which eventually lays us off despite us putting in so many hours on nights, weekends, and holidays.

Then, sitting alone in the silence—which is silent because we're finally not checking email and putting out fires every waking moment—we realize what is true.

And it's at that point we realized how confused we've been.

And we're ashamed we have allowed ourselves to be fooled for so long.

And we wonder if it's too late or if we can do something about it.

And then we realize that deciding to do something about it isn't enough.

We must actually do what we decide to do.

It's in that moment of clarity that we stop being confused. 

And it's a beautiful thing. 

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Wes Schaeffer, The Sales Whisperer®