He died in his early fifties. He had become a very successful, unhappy
lawyer. Like me, he had two professions by the time he was 26. Although
he hated being a lawyer, he continued being a lawyer because he had a
family, kids, a mortgage, and bills to pay.
A year before he died, I met him at a class reunion in New York. He
was a bitter man. “All I do is sweep up behind rich guys like you. They pay
me nothing. I hate what I do and who I work for.”
“Why don’t you do something else?” I asked.
“I can’t afford to stop working. My first child is entering college.”
He died of a heart attack before she graduated.
He made a lot of money via his professional training, but he was
emotionally angry, spiritually dead, and soon his body followed.
I realize this is an extreme example. Most people do not hate what they
do as much as my friend did. Yet it illustrates the problem when a person is
trapped in a profession and unable to find their path.
To me, this is the shortcoming of traditional education. Millions of
people leave school, only to be trapped in jobs they do not like. They know
something is missing in life. Many people are also trapped financially,
earning just enough to survive, wanting to earn more but not knowing what
to do.
Without awareness of the other quadrants, many people go back to
school and look for new professions or pay raises in the E or S quadrant,
unaware of the world of the B and I quadrants.
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