Truth: It Depends
A friend of mine recently told me that there are many people wanting to fly, but they don't know how to leave the tarmac.
I think he's right for the most part. I think though also, is the fact you have many planes on the tarmac delayed for whatever reason preventing you from taking off. What I mean is, you have to depend on so many people to get things done, that it can become cumbersome or impossible to get anywhere.
When I was in Manhattan, I marveled at the entire supporting of the infrastructure that takes place on a daily basis. Just taking out the trash alone is a huge undertaking that blows my mind. The food services, the parking, the police, the transportation. All the intricate pieces that need to keep the city afloat coming together to make it happen. They all depend on each other to function.
You hear these cliché's that you are master of your own domain. That you control your own destiny. That you alone have the ability to succeed on your own. It all makes sense from a theoretical standpoint. My issue though is that you have to depend on others to make it happen. In any level of success you need support people, you need favors, you need help, you need services to make it happen. Individualism is key, but people always get in the way. You need to find a way to minimize those obstacles....somehow.
When you let someone down, you are letting everyone down to some degree. I'm frustrated at how much I have to depend on others for projects to get completed. I can only hope that others don't fee the same about me, because I feel their pain. What you do depends so much on others helping or followng through. Can it work? It all depends on so many things. It all depends on you.
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