The Thing That Makes Me Most Sad In My Work
What I See Far Too Often With Experts
I was having a discussion with a friend about an article I wrote about a few weeks back about How the Goal of Mastery is Self-Defeating.
When I wrote that article, there was a trend that I was noticing in the work that I do, that I often see.
For the way I approach my work, I try to find what Leaders are missing that can contribute to their Success.
Then I will seek out the best Experts I can find in an Industry and try to learn from them.
Usually, I try to see if they have a certification program and try to learn as directly as I can from those Experts.
But there is a trend that I often see as I do this.
I follow that Expert for a time.
Then I will walk alongside that Expert for a time as I begin to understand it more fully.
However, in many cases, I begin to walk to walk ahead of that Expert, and when I look back, they are no longer moving.
Where did they go?
It doesn't happen with every Expert, but it happens frequently.
This is one of the things that makes me most sad in the work that I do.
How many Experts simply Stop Growing.
It isn't even that their Success has Diminished, for some of them, their Success in their Endeavors has actually Increased.
But there are other, more important, things that have vanished.
When did they Stop Asking Questions?
Where did the Glow in Their Eye Go?
What happened to the Warmth they used to have in their Work?
When I used to see them, it was like seeing a Beautiful Tree, Growing on its way to New Heights.
But now, when I look at them, it is more like a Withering Tree, Leafless in the Wrong Season and Decaying before its Time.
Why did they Allow Themselves to Die while still Alive?
Watching People, Projects, and Businesses that have So Much Potential, only to see them stop, like Stagnant Water.
When Water becomes Stagnant, it begins to become a breeding ground for bacteria and fungi that can make people sick.
But when it happens to Experts, it Infects the Brain, making their Projects and Businesses unhelpful to others.
The Experts begin to rely on things like past testimonials instead of helping others Further.
Over time, everything the Expert has Dries Up or is so Toxic that people Avoid it like the Plague.
Sometimes this Process is Slow, but you can see the Signs of What is Coming.
The Experts and their Teams Change, Sometimes Without Words to Express "How".
The Devoted Followers begin the Openly Question and Do Not Get Answers They Desperately Need.
The Longest Followers start Disappearing, Still doing Incredible Things, Just Outside of the Community.
The Goals are Lofty and Sound Beautiful, but the Actions Do Not Align.
The Programs are Rehashed, but they Feel Like a Sequel No One Wanted and Accomplish Less.
Even "Forward Progress" begins to Feel like Movement in the Wrong Direction.
They Start to Lose Everything that Brought Success.
Perhaps what makes me most Sad is that I "Believed" they would get Further and Accomplish More Good.
It isn't the Disappointment, which also exists, as much as it is the Loss of Potential.
Seeing that Potential Dissipate and Disappear is what is most Sad.
It is like being in a Desert, knowing that an Oasis there could Save so many Lives, but it ends up being a Mirage.
People will go to it, but when they discover it is a Mirage, they leave Disappointed and Worse for Wear, Struggling to Find What they Seek.
They say that there are Fates Worse than Death.
I have Seen so many Dead People Walking to Know It is True.
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Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)
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Good read, I can relate, time to start asking those valid questions.
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"When did they die while still alive" - oof, that one hits 😬
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Sometimes people grow tired, bombarded by others with so many needs. Others are clung to by people who tend to suck the life and glow out of their energy, dimming their spark. Sickness, family life, financial burdens, and dying friends can cause people to step away from their promising path, sometimes temporarily and sometimes, just like a story, it’s simply the end. On a few occasions, some of us discover something shiny and new that pulls us to something greater.
Perhaps they're growing in a different direction to the one you're looking at.
Well vocalized. It's unfortunate & too often true.
Young age is all about dreams, adventure and taking risks Old age- is about perfecting and refining what one has achieved and discovered Mentor those who want to go further Unfortunately they cannot take much risk But hopefully pass on the mantal As you said going further than them
Or maybe they just have commitment issues like me. Like they cannot commit to keep progressing. I hope that makes sense 😅 Anyway, how is your health now?
So on point, Cody, as always! Here in academia I see a lot of people - great experts in their field - relaxing and stopping professional growth once they've earned tenure. Some don't even bother to change the textbooks for their courses that they started to use in 1980s.