The Seven Greatest Barriers To Your Greatest Work (6) Believing Things Should Be Fair

The Executive Summary of The Greatest Barriers:

(1) Worrying about what other people think (2) The distraction of trivia and melodrama (3) The desire for perfection (4) Simply not being bold enough (5) Not having a pen (6) Believing things should be fair (7) Copying rather than innovating.

back story with barriers (1) and (2) here. Back story to (3) here. And (4) here.

And (5) here.

We study 'fair' at school and college. We attempt to regulate and legislate for 'fair'. Any study or philosophy suggests it must be the basis of civilisation. But, but, but: day in, day out  things aren't always fair. She got the job through being political. He got the bonus because he was the senior account manager. Nobody told you the stock was going to split. Certainly things aren't always fair. But that doesn't stop you doing your greatest work. It works both ways. Maybe you are 'meant' to be too junior to represent your company at the conference but you hustle and get to speak anyway and your career takes off. Life isn't fair because life is too rich to get everything nailed down. And life isn't fair works both ways. Grab the opportunities that wrinkles in the ether allow the astute observer.

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