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2010: A new decade, great expectations…

// January 14th, 2010 // Philosophy

It is really amazing how life turns out to be, how the universe tends to respond to our actions in a sometime tough, sometime gentle manner.

Year in, year out we come up with new resolutions, new promises, new targets. Almost never fulfill all of them but yet the vision alone of having it all figured out is a driver by itself.

I read a book (on my e-ink device obviously)  recently that shook my soul in a very fundamental way. It’s “Who’s got your back” by Keith Ferrazzi.

At the beginning of the book there is an event where somebody tells Keith: “You are not elegant”. Not in a dress code sense but in how he lives his life… That’s where I said “That’s it!”, that is exactly what is not working in my life. I live a very fulfilling life, I have a great family, an incredibly challenging and exciting job, I am growing every day, adding new tools to my arsenal, a lot of learning. I mean life is beautiful, I am blessed from many aspects but I don’t seem to be able to quit struggling somehow…

There is always an important call, a missed opportunity, an urgency, a stressful task, something missing, anxiety of what’s to come… I am so mad at myself because I have all the tools I need to take under control my feelings, my finances, my time, my schedule and my goals thanks to Tony Robbins and David Allen. So why am I still in a constant rush to “make it”, whatever “it” is…

I want to streamline trough life, have my sense of purpose at sight 24/7, be grateful and just have a blast.

There are many components that I need to fix to make it happen, there is a lot of discipline and knowledge that I still have to grasp and perfect, but here it is:

My resolution for 2010 is to start and live elegantly!

Again: My resolution for 2010 is to start and live elegantly! Period.

Sadok Kohen
In truth, without deceit, certain, and most veritable…