The Scenic Route and Other Pivots Away from Efficiency

 Several years from now will the new cultural power structure be laughing hilariously at Meta, VW and more which boasted how efficient they are and how more efficient they would become. 

Actually, even in its heyday - that is right now - the efficiency mandate seemed comically overwrought. The ethos reminds us of all those back-seat drivers who insisted Route A was the most efficient. Verboten was taking the scenic one that treated us to the serene snippets of cows and horses grazing, ghost towns and general stores. 

In the tarot the anti-efficiency card is The Chariot.

The journey is being determined by natural contours. Yeah, let it be. Don't hold tight to the reins. 

The biggest successes in my career emerged when I was off the efficiency game. Beyond burnt out to deep fried, I had left methodically chasing revenue through ghostwriting/speechwriting. I fell into dabbling in blogging, often staying up all night playing around in that new medium in 2004. 

Not only was that without revenue. I had to pay for setting up the platform and a bit of coaching. 

Then within several months a public relations agency offered me a king's ransom to live-blog events. That led to my becoming an influencer and I was set for the usual shelf lives of influencers. 

Meanwhile, in the final fading days of influencing I was inefficiently dabbling in the family heritage of mysticism. Smoothly I pivoted to my current space of tarot reading and intuitive coaching. 

In contrast, the horrors had been rooted in efficiency. That was childhood endured in 1950s in Catholic schools. Oh, remember the tour of whatever. And the mandates to overweight females who were told no one would marry them.

Think about this. Among the most successful professionals are those who are downright inefficient in their interactions. They take the time to engage, even though there may not be significant ROI. 

Paul, Weiss celebrity lawyer/awesome rainmaker Brad Karp often read my content and made thoughtful responses. That was even though obviously I was no source of new business.

Expert on Bipolar mental illness Kay Redfield Jamison called me. I had asked via snail mail if she needed ghostwriting assistance for her prolific output. No, she didn't need my help but we did talk. 

A big wig from Harvard made intellectually insecure me visit him periodically to discuss what I was thinking about. Not much in that for him. 

In contrast there are those stunted relationships in which MBA principles are applied. 

During intuitive coaching/tarot reading sessions I find myself having to "give permission" to human beings to take the time to experience joy. That usually isn't on the check list for efficiency. 

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