Jim Murphy
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And that sucks you in to just this cycle of I just got to keep achieving.
I can feel okay about myself if I keep achieving.
It's like Jerry Seinfeld.
He's maybe the most famous successful comedian ever.
And he said, you know, why do I work?
It's like, well, I keep working because that's the only way I can kind of really feel.
I don't remember the words he used exactly, but it was, it's the same story I hear over and over and over.
Like when people retire, they lose their purpose because the work in essence kept them distracted.
And busyness is one of the biggest things that we do.
So we don't have to get deeper and face our fears and look at life at a deeper level.
Yeah.
And that deeper level is what you alluded to in the very beginning.
We're created for relationship.
And when you understand that you're either walking in love or fear, then love is this willingness to sacrifice for others.
And fear is these walls that we naturally build.
It's this self-centeredness that's inherent in human nature that is important to take care of ourselves and be safe.
But also we build these walls that imprison us.
So that's why it's so important to...
think deeper deeper about your life and and get out of that business go into solitude and really think why do i want these goals that i have and what is at the end that i that i want to look back on my life and and have
It's interesting you mentioned vacation because the second you said vacation, that's the exact same thing I was thinking about.