It's another wonderful Northern California fall morning with blue sky and above 70 degrees. I experienced an epiphany while reading the article about the french gaming company Gameloft in this morning's WSJ. My flash experience didn't have anything to do with that company in particular but triggered a glimpse of hope. Hope as in drive, not as in lottery, religion or glory.
I had the mind-blowing vision of that everything is possible, that the sky's the limit. But it manifested itself in a much clearer vision than it has over the past few years. I saw a light-weight lifestyle, a much more simplistic way with the pure essentials in our ownership. In the time of mass consumption and shopping as the cure to boredom, liberating yourself from ownership might be the only right thing to do. Marx was right after all: perfection comes when ownership is abolished (freely translated).
But the shedding of all the physical luggage was just one part of the epiphany. The other part was more revenue-oriented to speak survival and thrival lingo. I saw a Jerry Maguire-ish worklife with passion AND money being the reward, the drive and the thrill.
Bud Fox said it well in the excellent movie 'Wall Street': When have you ever stepped out in the world and staked your claim?
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