Simple steps to live the life you want
- Juju Gurgel
- Oct 28, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 5, 2024
Step 7 - Martin Seligman's Salary Slave and Learned Helplessness
Realizing in the modern world you are out of the cage and out in the jungle.
As a kid your parents probably took you to the zoo and if you have kids you may have taken them too. You look at the animals and you think they are so lucky to be there, to have food, shelter and water at their disposal but the fact is that it has been proven that animals that are caged, regardless of their situation ,are less happy than those in the wild.
Why is that, you're thinking and the answer is the same as why humans that are completely dependent on others are also unhappy: THEY ARE CONDITIONED TO HELPLESSNESS!
For us humans, the cage starts when we go to school where the teacher tell us exactly what we are going to learn, how and when. We, then, are taught that the successful ones are the ones who are able to follow each and every instruction as well as excelling in exams and home work.
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Those that decide other subjects are more interesting or excel in areas outside of school are considered to be "losers". So, we grow up with the mentality that being an autodidact is not even a possibility, you must go to school if you want to learn anything!
Simple steps to live the life you want
In this step 7 of the 67 steps, Tai stress the importance of learning to not depend on others. Of course, you will always need people, you will never accomplish success alone but even to delegate correctly you must know the task at hand well.
Don't be afraid to open the cage and start taking some risks, because if you always play safe you will always wonder what if.
Yes, taking risks can be dangerous but in order to live the life you want you will have to take some risks and be mindful that things are way easier today than they were back in the days.
There are so many opportunities, advanced technology in every aspect that even if you fall you can easily get up and do it all over again.
Don't be the monkey in the cage, get out there and stop dreaming your dreams and start living them!
Thanks for providing this review. I too used the 67 steps to make some realizations, change some behaviors, and change my life some by changing my business practices. Buying it agin for myself and my now adult kids!. Have an awesome day! Cool site… I will come back soon.
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Charlotte