"We praise people who want
balance in their lives, but reward those who work themselves to death."
- Roy Neel
What a confusing message, the
difference between who we praise and who we reward. Roy Neel is the former Deputy Chief of Staff
for President Clinton who quit that position to take a job that would allow him
to spend more time with his family. It
really is funny the way we get things backwards in our society. Neel saw that and did something about
it. Good for him. We should all do what we can about these
inconsistencies. How can we expect our
children to understand balance when we reward the opposite behavior? How can we as adults feel good about choices
that lead to balance if the rewards are based on different criteria? In your own world, your home, your
department, your company, think about the behavior you reward versus the
behavior you praise. Shouldn’t they be
the same?
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