In the Nanny Diaries an anthropology student Scarlett Johansson shared this thought: The biggest problem for an anthropologist studying particular sociological model is that being exposed to this segmented group of people eventually leads to a total assimilation with them and the only way to stop this process is to immediately remove yourself from that environment.
Simply put, the environment you place yourself in shapes who you will become.
Listen to a little story about me.
Before I came to America I was making good money, wearing cashmere coats, driving nice cars, and eating out whenever I wanted. I had never done a day's worth of manual labor in my life.
When my country's economy went belly up, I lost everything and came to the United States to find a new beginning.
I came here without any money and without knowing anybody and decided to start from construction kind of work.
I traded my cashmere for Carharts, my fancy car for a pickup, my college educated friends for a bunch of stinky teethless rednecks. Me, a former business-developer, hanging vinyl siding!
I felt like a square peg being driven into a round hole but at the same time it was kind of funny. Until I noticed that my entire value system was degrading to match that of my co-workers! I began to debate whether or not Burger King was better than McDonalds and wearing anything but coveralls started to feel weird. I even laughed at people who bought sedans because they wouldn't have any place to put their tools!
I even wore bandanas . . . in public!
It sucks you in! It starts to feel normal and acceptable!
It took years of swinging hammers and shifting equipment before I realized I wanted more (clean clothes, clean cars, good food,) longer to actually pull myself out of that environment.
Now, just a few months after I left my Carharts behind for business casual clothes, I don't eat whoppers and I don't go crazy over the Lowes' sale flyer.
If I had told those guys I used to work with my plans to become a successful Internet marketer or my dream of owning my own home-based business, how do you think they would have reacted? Seriously, I would have sounded crazy.
Was it hard to drag myself back up out of the mud? Yes, it was.
Was it worth it? Absolutely!
One more time: Being exposed to a segmented group of people eventually leads to a total assimilation with them and the only way to stop this process is to immediately remove yourself from that environment.
What do you do? - 15478
Simply put, the environment you place yourself in shapes who you will become.
Listen to a little story about me.
Before I came to America I was making good money, wearing cashmere coats, driving nice cars, and eating out whenever I wanted. I had never done a day's worth of manual labor in my life.
When my country's economy went belly up, I lost everything and came to the United States to find a new beginning.
I came here without any money and without knowing anybody and decided to start from construction kind of work.
I traded my cashmere for Carharts, my fancy car for a pickup, my college educated friends for a bunch of stinky teethless rednecks. Me, a former business-developer, hanging vinyl siding!
I felt like a square peg being driven into a round hole but at the same time it was kind of funny. Until I noticed that my entire value system was degrading to match that of my co-workers! I began to debate whether or not Burger King was better than McDonalds and wearing anything but coveralls started to feel weird. I even laughed at people who bought sedans because they wouldn't have any place to put their tools!
I even wore bandanas . . . in public!
It sucks you in! It starts to feel normal and acceptable!
It took years of swinging hammers and shifting equipment before I realized I wanted more (clean clothes, clean cars, good food,) longer to actually pull myself out of that environment.
Now, just a few months after I left my Carharts behind for business casual clothes, I don't eat whoppers and I don't go crazy over the Lowes' sale flyer.
If I had told those guys I used to work with my plans to become a successful Internet marketer or my dream of owning my own home-based business, how do you think they would have reacted? Seriously, I would have sounded crazy.
Was it hard to drag myself back up out of the mud? Yes, it was.
Was it worth it? Absolutely!
One more time: Being exposed to a segmented group of people eventually leads to a total assimilation with them and the only way to stop this process is to immediately remove yourself from that environment.
What do you do? - 15478
About the Author:
Author: Pavel Becker is a frequent contributor of articles about Web-Promotion and Home-Based Business. To learn how to make money on-line go to his website PavelBecker.com
