English Hacking

마이클 거버는 70세에 새로운 회사를 시작합니다…

그 전에, 69세의 마이클 거버가 자신의 인생에 대해서 96세의 엄마와 이야기를 합니다. 이 이야기가 인생의 황혼기에 새로운 인생을 시작하게 된 계기가 되었다고 그는 말합니다. 그 이야기의 한 조각입니다.

“It’s just that, for the past twenty-nine years, I have been so immersed in creating my life, my books, my company, the world I live in, the speaking – all of it. It’s been my passion. And while it’s been difficult at times, it’s also been extraordinary beyond belief. I have been someone, have done something that few people have ever done, have come to this place in my life knowing that I’ve had a positive impact on millions of people in the world, and yet … “
I paused, feeling that I was missing the point somehow, but continued to push through it.
“Oh, God, that’s not really it, Mom; it’s something much less obvious. It’s that, yes, all that is true, but at the heart of it something is missing in all of it. I have been so consumed with the path I was on I stopped looking at where it was taking me. It’s like the path became the purpose. But the path I was on … still am on … is simply that, one path among many. And it could have been a million different paths, had I paid attention somewhere along the way; it could have been anything. I could have done anything, other than what I have done. And I’m feeling the loss of the many paths not chosen because of the one I did take. I have committed myself to becoming ‘Mr. E-Myth’ and I don’t know how to disengage from him now that he’s become such a reality to so many people, and to me. I guess what I’m saying is that I need to find a new path, and, at sixty-nine, I feel foolish and lost because I don’t know how, or even why, I want to do it.” ...
“Michael, I feel your pain. I do. I can only imagine how difficult it would be to have to start all over again. But, of course, you don’t have to. You could do anything you wish to do now. The only reason you feel so conflicted is because you’re coming awake to energy in you, the same energy that has been bubbling and bursting and playing inside of you ever since you were a little boy. Just let it, Michael. Stop thinking. Just let it bubble and burst and play inside you, and see what happens. It’s telling you something. It’s telling you that that little boy I love so much is just aching to come out. He’s the one who is making such a ruckus in you. He’s the one who created the E-Myth when everyone told you that you were crazy. He’s the one who still wants to play, no mater what time it is, no matter what anybody has to say. Michael, you’ve always been like that. Let go, and let it do what it does. I have a feeling everything will change. It feels like it’s time for something new to come into your life, Michael,” my beautiful mother said. “Isn’t that exciting?” (Michael E. Gerber, Awakening the Entrepreneur Within, pp. 4 – 6)

일흔의 나이에 뭔가 새로운 것을 시작할 좋은 이유죠?

“And I’m feeling the loss of the many paths not chosen because of the one I did take.”

월요일 아침입니다.