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It can be useful to just take a moment. Think of just one word that describes most closely how you remember or feel about the formative first twenty-five years of your life.
We did this with an Executive Group recently. They discussed it in pairs for a few minutes and then fed back on each other’s word. Someone said that ‘contentment’ sprang to mind – her childhood had been happy and relaxed with loving parents and two brothers.
Another said that ‘fear’ was the word. As an immigrant child of the sixties dropped into an inner city area, Rohan said that despite caring parents he reported that there was plenty to be afraid about.
And then someone said ‘fun’ because although Jane had not been brought up by her real parents she described the care and support she received as unconditional love.
One of the delegates took quite some time to find his word and the process seemed to upset him. Nonetheless he offered to share it anyway. The word was ‘cringe’.
It is interesting to speculate on the complex drivers inside each and every one of us. I find that it is so very rarely ‘money’ alone.
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