Friday, March 21, 2008
The Organization Man
I have started another book I got for 100 yen called The Organization Man. Here is an excerpt.
"There are only a few times in organizational life when he can wrench his destiny into his own hands- and if he does not fight then, he will make a surrender that will mock him. But when is that time?...He does feel an obligation to the group; he does sense moral constraints on his free will. If he goes against the group, is he being courageous-or just stubborn? Helpful-or selfish? Is he, as he so often wonders, right after all? It is in the resolution of a multitude of such dilemmas, I submit, that the real issue of individualism lies today."
I fear I have been a coward most of my life settling for things that although widely accepted, I know are not right. I feel as though my life has been dictated by the default. I am a passive bystander. The best falls prey to the tyranny of the urgent. The urgent thing usually involves money. Now I understand why money is the root of all kinds of evil.
"There are only a few times in organizational life when he can wrench his destiny into his own hands- and if he does not fight then, he will make a surrender that will mock him. But when is that time?...He does feel an obligation to the group; he does sense moral constraints on his free will. If he goes against the group, is he being courageous-or just stubborn? Helpful-or selfish? Is he, as he so often wonders, right after all? It is in the resolution of a multitude of such dilemmas, I submit, that the real issue of individualism lies today."
I fear I have been a coward most of my life settling for things that although widely accepted, I know are not right. I feel as though my life has been dictated by the default. I am a passive bystander. The best falls prey to the tyranny of the urgent. The urgent thing usually involves money. Now I understand why money is the root of all kinds of evil.
hd 9:33 PM