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Last post we took a look at 'coming home'?
Remember the Jungle Book?
Well, I listened to my favorite song from Jungle Book the other day and it made me wonder...

Hmm... 
"Whoo-hoo-hoo, I wanna be like You-hoo-hoo..."?
Once you get 'home', 'who' is there?
Who ARE you, really?
And who do you wanna be? Just like all the other men?

How much are we 'ME'; our own unique selves?

Last year I was at TImes Square in New York.
-That's where I took the picture above; if you'd like the rest 
of the series called 'Time Squared', please click HERE-

Times Square visualises so well how the media deludes us with their message: 
"You-hoo-hoo! You wanna be like me"?

And, without thinking twice, we gladly sing along "Oobidoo, I wanna be like you-hoo-hoo"
Well, what's left of You? Hoohoo?

I think there is a problem hidden in this message...
On a subconcious level the media message your brain gets is:
'You are not good enough.'
'You should be better'
'You can be happier'
Leaving 'You' restless, striving for more, more, more and something you're not.
Needing external stuff to acknowledge ourselves? 
To try and create a new... what?

   What I desire is man's red fire
   To make my dream come true
   Give me the power of man's red flower
   So I can be like you

In other words:
If only I have (...) than I will be (...)
If only I do (....) than I will be (...)
Just think about it; we're looking for external stuff, creating an image of something we're not.
Like rabbits chasing a carrot on a stick.

What environment do we create for ourselves if it is one in which we can't be ourselves?
Living on the whims of 'what is supposed to be...'
Living like the Joneses...

Can we please just be who we are as is?
Can we please be encouraged to find our uniqueness?

Especially in the rapidly changing global economy this is extra important.
According to best selling author Daniel Pink that's the way to keep a future job.
We need the unique you, the person only you are.

What makes you unique?
Left brain stuff are useful, yet can be automated or off-shored, yet right brain skills  -that make you unique- cannot.
Skills like: creativity, music, art, empathy, intuition, thinking randomly and free, imagination, innovation.
The way you see the whole picture, connect the dots.
Those are the skills you 'must master in an outsourced, automated age.'

That's where art steps in:
So visit that museum, enrol for a Moodwalk, play a game of Pictionary, write that short story or envision that plan.

Unique; that's who you are and who we need you to be
So please let go of the 'shoulds' & 'if only's' and..
 
WHOOHOOHOO!  YOU BE LIKE YOU-HOO-HOO!!!


Next time: the Forum

See you then!
~Niene.nu


Oh and PS:
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” 
~ Oscar Wilde

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Remember Lee Dorsey's song? "Working in the coal mine.."?
I heard this song the other day and it made me wonder...

Cool tune, pretty dark view on 'work'..
The lyrics talk about "how long can this go on...?"

Well. That's actually a very good question!
We currently live in times of exponential growth. 
In technology, in world population and Asia.

Check this fact:
If only 15% of the Indian people would join the workforce, this group would be as big as the entire American one...
Imagine the other 85% joining in as well? 

Well guess what: they're are! As we speak.
Plus China's workforce. And Mexico's. 
And the rest of the world's...
Where would that leave you and your job..?

Many people will go 'down, down, down'..
'Whoops, jobs about to slip down'...
Big chance their jobs even cease to exist..  Yay!

Let me explain why yay!.
According to writer and speaker Daniel Pink, any task/job that can be automated or outsourced will do just that: be automated and outsourced. 
Disappear.
Basically: any job /task you can put into a spreadsheet will most likely disappear...
Because it can be reproduced.
Replaced.

Now how does that work for you? Does it mean your 'screwed'?
For most of us it will be the end of life as we know it, the life we've grown accustomed to.

Sounds scary, right? 
Though actually it can a lot of fun.
It gives you a fantastic opportunity to re-invent yourself.
To try on a 'different coat' so to speak.


However you see these developments 'coal black' or 'option': 
in your near future you will have to push your 'reset' button.


How to do that? How to find sustainable work? 
With tasks you actually like.. 
That leave you with enough energy to have fun during weekends...
And cannot be reproduced, because you cannot put them in a spreadsheet?

Here's what you do:
Find an activity you're REALLY good at, that comes naturally and that you REALLY like to do.
Because that is what is going to make you unique.
Irreplaceable.
Than figure out how to make money doing that.

Now why would an artist write about this?
Because making yourself irreplaceable means making a shift from the left brain to the right brain.

Things you can put into a spreadsheet are left brain activities. 
It's anything logical, analytical, factual, sequences etc.
All replaceable.
Yet right brain activities are: imagination, innovation, intuition, creativity and arts!
Irreplaceable.
And as an artist, I know all about that!

If you want to keep working in the future, 
it's time for you to get into the mines, get 'down & dirty' and get your creativity up and running.

So pull those charcoals out and draw your new future.
Or pull out your camera and find new perspectives and options.
Visualize that new coat and try it on.
The Moodlab can help you with the fitting.


Maybe things are not as coal black as they may seem at first after all... 
Loosing you current job or life as you know it, might just very well be a blessing in disguise.
And mind you: millions are making the shift from the left to the right brain as we speak. 
You're really not alone.

To end with the title: IS working in the coal mine the safest job you can currently have?
Yes, as you can't put coal mines into a spread sheet, or fully automate it or ship them all to Asia.
Yet it is to your advantage to find a job that lifts your spirit and doesn't get you 'down, down, down'!


Next week: Are you in charge of what you feel?

See you then!
Niene.nu

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When doing so, please forward it in its entirety, including our contact and copyright information. Thanks and enjoy!

The Appetite for light article is written by Niene.nu and www.nienesmoodlab.nu
 If you have any questions or comments, please send them to: mail[@]niene.nu

If you'd like to see more moods: feel free to take a look around in the MoodLab while you're here and see if Niene.nu can help you raise your 'Appetite for life"!

And yes, the photo at the top is available as a print here or as a gift card here.