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February 21, 2006

Memories and development

A colleague of me resigned after 6 years and moves on. His last e-mail states, as last sentence: "What would have happened if I would have said "NO" to the job offer of COMPANY ABC 6 years ago.

This is a question that always haunts us - what happens if you do something or don't do something. How would your life develop if you would have chosen a different path?

But put it in a different perspective.

Tad James, the developer of Timeline once said:

"How do you know in the morning when you wake up, who you are?"
(can this be part of the "Miracle Question"?)

Think about it because it is a damn good question. It means that we all are products of our memories. Our memories determine who we are, what we belief in (or even how this belief has been established in the first place), whom we interacted with - and best of all, how we will act today, and tomorrow, if left alone.

It is possible (and very easy) to identify your own belief system, and your own strategies of how you handle your life and how you react in certain situations, when you think about how you handled similar situations in other parts of your life.

Ask yourself: What are the crucial decisions that you made, or even, how did you go about buying your last car, refrigerator, whatever. Everything that we do is so revealing about how we are, think, act, and what we belief in.

Try it!! It is fascinating.

Posted by Andreas at February 21, 2006 02:44 PM

Comments

a worse question to ask (which should never be asked) is, "what if i didn't marry her 6 years ago?" :P

Posted by: buaya69 at February 22, 2006 09:39 AM

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