I agree with you that the "hero" narrative is a bunch of BS and out of reach for most people.
I also believe that, more simply, we all want to tell ourselves a story about who we are and why we matter.
Our life may be pitiful, but if we tell ourselves a story about how it mattered, we can still find meaning. Conversely, our life may be outwardly successful, but if we tell ourselves a story that we aren't enough, we fall flat.
If we tell ourselves a story about how our life matters, then it can never be pitiful. If we tell ourselves a story that we aren't enough, then we can never be succesful.
These stories have different motivations. The first is about meaning (internal) and the second is about achievement (external).
So I agree, we're just trying to tell a story as a way of sense-making, in the chaos of the moment.
Gilles Deleuze suggrsted that every truth has co-ordinates - time/location/ culture etc. Pick your own. The heahunted us is a truth at a moment in time, just as is the version of us that gets made redundant. If we use corporates as arbiters of truth, we have a problem.
Somewhere here, there is a need for a secure home where the middle part - I think of it as liminal space, but also love your analogies - can happen. I find it lies in conversation with others "outside the walls" of corporateland, even if people are only visiting.
There is a lot of wisdom in this and you made me laugh 🤣 Thanks, Colin. You are a refreshing voice calling from the wilderness, where all the truly exciting stuff goes on.
I agree with you that the "hero" narrative is a bunch of BS and out of reach for most people.
I also believe that, more simply, we all want to tell ourselves a story about who we are and why we matter.
Our life may be pitiful, but if we tell ourselves a story about how it mattered, we can still find meaning. Conversely, our life may be outwardly successful, but if we tell ourselves a story that we aren't enough, we fall flat.
If we tell ourselves a story about how our life matters, then it can never be pitiful. If we tell ourselves a story that we aren't enough, then we can never be succesful.
These stories have different motivations. The first is about meaning (internal) and the second is about achievement (external).
So I agree, we're just trying to tell a story as a way of sense-making, in the chaos of the moment.
Gilles Deleuze suggrsted that every truth has co-ordinates - time/location/ culture etc. Pick your own. The heahunted us is a truth at a moment in time, just as is the version of us that gets made redundant. If we use corporates as arbiters of truth, we have a problem.
Somewhere here, there is a need for a secure home where the middle part - I think of it as liminal space, but also love your analogies - can happen. I find it lies in conversation with others "outside the walls" of corporateland, even if people are only visiting.
Keep writing - we need this :-)
There is a lot of wisdom in this and you made me laugh 🤣 Thanks, Colin. You are a refreshing voice calling from the wilderness, where all the truly exciting stuff goes on.
Thanks Emma! I like to amuse, it can all get a bit dry and heavy otherwise.
It does feel like the wilderness at times but I do detect some signs of life stirring. Let's hope so, we need these ideas to catch on.
Desert flowers blooming when there's rain once a decade or so 😂