Freeing the Wily Fox

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Seth Godin explains how to catch “the Wily Fox” in The Icarus Deception.”

“Build an eight-foot-long wooden fence in the forest.

Lay out some bait and then go away for a week. 

The fox is too crafty to be caught in a simple trap, and he will smell you and avoid the fence for days. But eventually, he’ll come and eat the bait.

At the end of the week, build a second length of fence at a right angle to the first. Leave more bait.

The fox will avoid the fence again for a few days, then take the bait.
At the end of the second week, build a third wall and a gate. Leave more bait.

When you come back at the end of a month, the fox will be happily prancing in his safe enclosure, and all you will have to do is close the gate. The fox will be trapped.”

Yes Seth, this “happened to us.”  To me anyway.  No, not all at once, and oh Yes! I was seduced by the glittery prizes, the security – uh, “apparent security.”  I agree that the industrial age continues to fade and the connection economy skyrocket (See “Elbow of the Curve”).  Now you tell me “the fence has been dismantled.” That “It’s Gone.”  Interesting.  It doesn’t feel that way – I must be like the dog with the electronic collar and invisible fence!  As Spencer Johnson would say “Who Moved My Cheese?!”

Part of me wants the fence gone SO BAD!!  I AM the Wily Fox.  Crap – I got caught.  I want uncaught!  What to do, what to do!  I’m kinda secure (as one can be in today’s wobbly world).  I’m certainly older, am I wiser or just plain scared to lose my stuff?

If I have people around me that love me; encourage my wily nature, egg me on even – who cares about stuff.  But then what about the old age / health dilemma?  Must I sacrifice my mischievous, rascally self so I don’t end up a bag lady?  No. Already laid that one to rest; not going to happen. Although I’d be a darn great wicked bag lady.

I can express my authentic voice in the business world and in my writing.  Just takes courage; courage to be brave enough to push my comfort zone.  Oh – and luck; which I have with a jam-up Mentor who agreed to work with me on this objective in 2015.  She’ll make sure I’m not so whacked I alienate my audience; at least not too bad.  Courageous, lucky – and maybe smart enough to know I’m not alone in this.

So – here’s to freeing the Wily Fox!

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 “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson (quoted in The Icarus Deception)

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