A Wonderful Double Life: Monastic + Connector

 Silence. Meditation/Prayer. Simple daily routines. Those are the defining elements of monasticism, a lifestyle more and more in America are embracing.  



Those new monastics include Nicholas Cage. Recently he began to crow about his personal shift from the fast social lane to a monk-life existence. 

But before my exhausted clients go that route I warn them: If you need to earn a good living you need to be very out there, connecting. 

When I deliver that lesson, now I can leverage the example of Cage: He already has developed big-time name recognition and built wealth. That gives him the ability to do less connecting and more monk-like stuff.

Call the mandatory combination of monasticism and connection The Wonderful Double Life.

Classic is the tragedy of an eight-year associate in a large law firm. He continually would tell his wife and close friends, "It's like being a monk. That's what I do 14 hours a day." Well, he should have invested some of those hours in connecting with the power structure. That is, the members of the key committees who could have voted him in as partner. He assumed his intense focus on doing the work in silence and with great earnestness would be enough. The reality is that he didn't show up on the radar as partner material. 

Yes, a simplified quiet life clarified with prayer/meditation can open the channel to all those attributes which go into success. Everything from fresh perspectives to emotional control. 

But it's through people that opportunity comes our way and we're clued in how to go after it. That's exactly why there is so much deep research on networking. 

Frequently citied is the breakthrough findings of then sociology grad student Mark Granovetter. He discovered that most plum jobs come via "weak ties." That is, casual acquaintances, not the usual suspects on the same-old professional networks. The implications are obvious: You have to be out there interacting. Your child's friend's mother, a teacher, knows there will be an opening for a general counsel in the administration. She should be aware that you're open to a change. You let her know that casually as you nurture loose bonding.

In the tarot being one-dimensional, that is closed system, in how you earn a living is depicted by the Ten of Swords. You are self-wounding. 

Instead, you need to put together a double lie.

Path to earning a good living, finding your tribe and not going insane is doable.

Let’s start the journey together with a Tarot reading.

One free question.

Jane Genova, 3rd Generation Psychic 203-468-8579, jangenova374@gmail.com


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