Did you know that CEO’s are as likely to become addicts as just about any other population group? Lawyers lead America in depression, divorce, death from addictions, and death from suicide? Did you know this?
CEO’s and Lawyers are leading the way, it seems. They are leading in a number of categories (see above) that we would NOT aspire and one, I guess, we must. You see, they also lead the way in terms of income – they make some serious coinage. In fact, Lawyers just recently surpassed docs as the highest per capita people on this planet. We already know where CEO’s sit on this subject. One is left with the facts staring us in the face. In contrast to what we “mouth,” we are mostly about one thing.
Show me the money!
Forget the pain and the price, send me to the top of the system and shower me with POWER. Sadly, as these wildly successful CEO’s hire shrinks, counselors, biofeedback specialists, sleep docs, Pastors, consultants, pain medicine specialists, physical therapists, personal trainers, and countless full time associates who bow before them while bringing their own sack of lies, here’s what they desperately desire.
ONE human who understands them.
You see, the leading cause of “CEO” disease and Lawyer malaise is one as well. AND, sadly this same cause is the leading cause for so many forms of addictions. The leading cause may be one of the reasons you are moving from pot and molly to black tar and oxycotin. You see, addicts are built slowly as they move from experimenting at some kinda entry level to ever deepening levels until they’re drowning. The root reason?
One human. One man or one woman who feels deeply divided and desperately ALONE.
You see, CEO’s, Lawyers, and you have more in common than you think. All humans are meant to have a hand to hold onto. All the great stories remind us of this truth. Froto had Sam. John & Abagail. Saint Valentine’s story tells this too. We are not made to go it alone. We cannot. We must not. We gotta go together and at the same time we gotta get comfortable alone. And, this is why my favorite, frequent prayer is some kinda ccd magic for me. God, help me.
Do you know who you are? Do you know what you believe about the big questions in life? Do you know where you’re going and WHY you so desperately want to go there? Are you struggling to cope, or confident in what gives you hope? And, are you a true friend to at least one? Are you giving one human your hand, my friend? You gotta give, give, give and get comfortable on your own. You see, regardless one’s position or power, we all gotta learn to deal with pain. There is no easy way through life.
God, help us all…
BUILT TO LEAD 