The addiction
The business can be, is or may become an addiction for anyone. However, many of us are capable of more than just one addiction. Maybe they go hand in hand.There is a leader near here that almost lives for his horses – it is the race meeting above all else that excites every fibre in his body. A lady CEO has the most amazing collection of dolls from around the world – everywhere she goes it is essential to buy one. Someone else always brings very expensive dark chocolate to the Board meetings which she is unable to share.
Tobacco is an easy one and so is our liking for too much sweet or convenience food. Erratic travel, impromptu meetings and variable hotels make it easy to justify our habits, to ourselves at least. Another leader secretly nurtures the day when he could be by the sea where he could sail the ocean waves every single day. A CEO based in Gloucester watches a Premiership football match every weekend, alternating between two grounds each week in the North West, 150 miles away.
Everything is created twice. First we imagine it, then next we do it. So addictions are interesting because of the amount of dreaming time, thinking time and mental energy they absorb every day of every week of our lives. Try asking a real ale fanatic his favourite tipple or a Classic FM devotee her favourite composer. You will see the face change, the eyes light up, we give our addiction away in a split second.
One thing is for sure. If we decide to drop an addiction for whatever reason, it will leave a hole or a vacuum in our life. There will suddenly be more time, more energy and usually more money, to spend elsewhere.
If you share your addiction with a partner at home, like a couple of bottles of wine every night for example, then it will be a joint challenge.
Or maybe it will be a joint opportunity.
Labels: Our addiction to spending time energy and money
posted by Tim @ 7:37 AM
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