Wouldn’t You Rather be “Good at Who You Are” Rather Than Just “Good at What You Do?” Part I
This is Part I of a two part blog.
but what they become by it.
John Ruskin
. . . as in being able to remake ourselves.
Mahatma Gandhi
Who are you, actually? Is “who you are” defined by what you do? Or is it defined by who you “be.”
It’s rather interesting that when we greet someone we habitually ask: “How are you doing?” Rather than: “How are you Being?” It seems that we do not care to find out about who they are and what is at the essence of their lives and is eternal and everlasting. But we prefer to find out about what they are doing externally which is transient and ephemeral.
What matters most about someone, from my perspective, is “who they are” and not what they do. What they do can be of interest, but what is most important to me is whether they are a loving, open, trustworthy, kind person. So, who they are counts a lot more for me.
We are good at determining how someone else is doing by noting their wealth and status. But how does one discern how someone is? It begins by first coming to know who you are. But you’ll never know who you are, until you start focusing on that aspect of yourself and not putting all your attention on what you do. If you are honest with yourself, you will realize that you spend most of your waking hours focusing on what you do rather who you are.
This is Part I of a two part blog.