Consequences of Accepting the Corporate Vortex
September 20, 2023
“If I stay on this path, it’ll ruin me.”
That was my dominant thought in 2017.
I’d finally cleared years of personal turmoil and gotten my demanding corporate job under control.
Yes, I was happier and healthier…but I still wasn’t thriving.
Looking up at my bosses, I realized they were all prisoners — justifying the need to give everything to the job because “that’s what it takes.”
BULLSHIT.
I refused to accept that fate.
I saw through them.
They were:
- Miserable
- Unhealthy
- Neglecting family
Getting sucked into the Corporate Vortex can make you blind (and numb) to all your sacrifices.
You start normalizing all the downsides, telling yourself, “This is just how it is.”
Know this: if you act like the crowd, you’ll be like the crowd.
To clarify, this crap situation is not your fault.
It’s just the conditioning your subconscious internalized over many years.
Consequences of the Corporate Vortex
When caught in the Corporate Vortex, we struggle to grasp the dangerous long-term consequences of staying there.
And we become blind to the multitude of exciting possibilities available to us.
I average a dozen conversations with struggling professionals each week.
When we shine a light on their situation, here’s what they predict will happen if it doesn’t get better:
- Divorce
- Not part of kids’ lives
- Decades of daily misery
- Dying early from cancer or heart attack
- On their deathbed, consumed with regret
- Suicide
Yes, that is what’s at stake here.
I’m not trying to scare you, but that’s how bad it can get if you continue to accept “what is” and let the pain spiral out of control.
Right now, you might point at all external “pressures” and “realities” of your life and say, “Look, how hard it is!”
Yes, it is hard…if you say it is.
Truth is, you don’t have to accept this default path at all.
You don’t have to feel stressed, anxious, or regretful.
Say "yes" to a brighter future
Let me paint a better picture:
- Mondays excite you
- You wake up peaceful and in control
- You control your time and attention
- Your job provides short-term utility, and you’re emotionally free
- You’re present and joyful around family
- You’re leveraging your strengths to build a meaningful new career path
- You gracefully say “peace out” to corporate on your timeline
- Your new business unlocks real lifestyle freedom
Now, do you believe there’s even a 1% possibility you could achieve this?
If so, you have to try.
(Remember the Corporate Vortex alternative we just discussed...)
I’m not suggesting this new reality is easy to create.
You’ve got to do the hard work.
Your journey ahead
I’m warning you: your new path will hurt.
Here’s what you have to do:
- Create space: permanently reclaim time, energy, and mental capacity in your days for just being and living in flow
- Activate your future self: craft and adopt the identity (and behaviors) of your ideal future self
- Build entrepreneurial freedom: leverage your corporate career into an exciting business that enables the life you want
Listen, I’m not here to judge.
Based on all I’ve experienced, I'm just here to shine a light.
If your head and heart say, “I’m good,” I wish you well.
But if this message is gnawing at you, zoom out for a moment.
Imagine how your current path will play out over the next 10-20 years.
Is your current path unacceptable?
Well, my friend, you’ve got some critical work to do.
PS - when ready, here’s how we can help you:
- Learn to leverage corporate for entrepreneurial freedom — without quitting your job (complimentary training)
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