Impatience

I was in the car this morning when on no less than three occasions (my home is just barely 4km away from my office), I encountered jay walkers along the way. These chaps, one lady and two man, seemed to expect the whole world to wait for them.

 

Then I stopped to think – am I being impatient? Well, I was hurrying to get to Wealth Academy because I had great stuff to prepare for the Internet Marketing Seminar portion.

 

But once again, was I being impatient? Did I end up being one of the ‘ugly’ Singaporeans who would kill for stuffed toys at McDonald’s?

 

I realized that culturally, we may have been shifting toward that ugly side. As a system, we’ve always been taught to work harder, smarter and faster. That’s the way things go. There is no way in which you will be able to succeed in Singapore without having that kind of thinking. Yet, I realize that we occasionally have to take a step back and consider the repercussions.

 

I’ve experienced that in the Minnesota, I might be crossing the highway, but people will slow down just to meet my needs of crossing. I’ve seldom seen that here, at least not with the greeting and smile I get in the US. Yet, I think the needs of our society are far different from the country lifestyle in Minnesota.

 

When impatience sets in, it appears that many different possibilities vanish. I guess that’s useful. From an NLP standpoint, I get to use impatience to focus on what I need to do, if required. I also can avoid it where not useful.

 

What have you been impatient about, and was it worth it?

 

I know the countless numbers of times I was impatient about getting my work done – and I got it done. I could say, it was worth it. I also recall the countless numbers of times I was impatient with someone else, and I hurt someone. That, was not worth it.

 

Ultimately, I could wind down the windscreen and scream at these jaywalkers, but hey – I don’t think it would be worth it because they are human and they certainly have needs that I may not understand at that point of time.