{"id":55513,"date":"2018-08-18t11:20:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-18t15:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=55513"},"modified":"2018-09-14t23:20:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15t03:20:09","slug":"duty-a-tough-hurdle-to-overcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2018\/08\/18\/duty-a-tough-hurdle-to-overcome\/","title":{"rendered":"duty: a tough hurdle to overcome"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"businessman<\/a>once again, you may be your own biggest obstacle.
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by bill reeb<\/i><\/p>\n

in my opinion, most people are rarely driven by just their own desires. rather, they are influenced heavily by the desires and expectations of those around them as well as by the roles they fill.<\/p>\n

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duty is synonymous with words like responsibility and obligation \u2013 and the thesaurus offers the phrase \u201cwhat you have to do.\u201d duty has intellectual and emotional ties to your value systems, too. therefore, to defy one\u2019s duty is to default on one\u2019s values.
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\nsomeone\u2019s sense of duty can be so strong that he or she will not even consider changing a plan or embracing a different idea, regardless of how dire the consequences might be. just consider the secret service agents who guard the president \u2013 it is their duty to jump in front of a bullet to protect the president. when duty to your job trumps self-preservation, that makes it clear how strong this emotion can be.<\/p>\n

who wrote your guide book that details what your duties are as a parent, spouse, teacher, child and so on? what is your duty to your country? what is your duty to your job or other owners in your company? you might have a sense of duty that you need to \u201cpull your own weight\u201d in whatever you do, or that you should provide a minimum specific level of care for your loved ones. the expectations go on and on.<\/p>\n

the problem with duty is that we rarely challenge its origin or the validity of this ingrained mindset. when you have a sense of duty about something, it often converts to a response akin to \u201cstubbornness on steroids.\u201d<\/p>\n

i remember the many discussions with michaelle about her quitting her job at ibm so that she could earn her doctorate. i told her on numerous occasions that she could quit any time she wanted and go back to school. being very pragmatic and practical, she would ask, \u201chow are we going to make this work, especially financially?\u201d being the more risk-inclined between the two of us, i would say, \u201cwe\u2019ll make it work.\u201d my wife would then, unbeknownst to me, start to think thoughts like:<\/p>\n