MUST READ: THE ROCKING CHAIR TEST When you have to make a potentially life-changing decision, use the Rocking Chair test. Imagine a much older version of yourself, near the end of your days. You are sitting in a rocking chair on a quiet porch, reflecting back on your life. All that matters is whether you are proud of the decisions you made and the actions you took. The Rocking Chair test is a subtle way of reminding yourself that there will come a day when you are truly alone with your decisions and actions. When that happens, it wont seem so important that your father thought you were crazy to become an artist, or that your boss (what was his name again?) tried to bully you into dropping what turned out to be the best idea you ever had. Even with small decisions, The Rocking Chair test can help you gain some perspective with regards to these situations. Will the older version of you be proud of the way you reacted to every perceived slight with a quick retort or nasty look? Given decades to reflect, will you be so convinced that there was nothing you could have done differently? Sitting in your rocking chair, which decision will make you happy? - Bruce Kasanoff.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:17:28 +0000
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