There I was, standing in my boss' office, listening to his brainstorming of how I should deal with an issue that came up with a new account launch. Nothing earth shattering. And yet.. important enough to analyze the various ways we could proceed, and keep repeating the key points over and over. And then, in a flash of absurd awareness, he sighs and says: "God, I am repeating myself over and over. You must find me soo annoying!"
My eyeballs, which at that moment were rolled up, suddenly rolled back down and bulged a little. WTF, I thought, as thoughts of Socrates and an examined life suddenly made everything much more interesting. Could it be?! Did my manager just take a small step towards transcending his own monkey brain? I was eagerly awaiting the logical conclusion, something close to: "You know what to do, go do it."
Not so fast. Awareness disappeared as quickly as it appeared. Poof, gone. My boss was BACK, better than ever! "Ok, so what I would do, is call blah blah and email blah and cc blah and make sure that blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Oh, and remember, we need to blah blah blah blah. OR. Let me see. Hmm. Maybe we should blah blah blah."
My eye balls are tired of rolling.
So. Presented with clear glimpses of our own insanity, why do we so often chose NOT to examine it deeper? To ponder fresher, more mindful ways of thinking and acting. How honest are we with ourselves, really?
WHO IS DRIVING THE BUS?
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