If something isnt working and you have been trying for a long time, just stop and take a rest. Theres no use hating people or the system if you are not making an impact or you are experiencing failure and rejection. Its just time to try something different. For years I tried to sell my PhD in Futures Studies (focusing on consciousness studies) to universities. I figured if I just published more journal papers and book chapters than anyone else someone would be impressed. Several books, chapters and 50 papers later and still no university would touch me. Eventually I realised that I was trying to fit a round peg into a square hole. Getting angry was a just a total waste of creative energy. There is no such thing as should - as in After a decade of work some university should take me on! Thats just stupid. I feel much better now about what I am doing. I am basically a free-lance researcher. I get to focus upon what I want to research, write and speak about. And it is slowly all starting to come together. My latest book project the Great Mind Shift is looking good, and my agent is confident of getting a publication contract. I now realise there is a whole niche market to tap into here. Whats more the work can really help shift the way people think. All in all, everyones a winner. If I had secured a university job Id now be wasting time jumping through administrative hoops, begging for grant money and publishing useless papers to keep my employers happy.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 13:15:13 +0000
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