text: Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter: Your Dreams - Permission To Pull The Plug
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  There is the strange voodoo of dreams. At least in America.
  Once we attach to one, such as becoming a famous investment expert or a professional dancer, we are doomed to stick with it. But that, as therapist Tracey Cleantis hammers in the book "The Next Happy," chasing the dream can destroy us. She gives us the permission we need in America to pull the plug on all that.
  Americana is all about sticking with the dream. Examples such as Thomas Edison are crammed down schoolboys' and schoolgirls' throats. The reality is that few of our careers go as planned. If we don't go along with their twists and turns we will probably wind up underemployed - or even homeless.
  You bet, someone like Cleantis had to come along and let us off the hook, finally. The tide of public opinion is against us. Like a Greek Chorus, it warns us that success could be just around the corner.
  Had Al Gore not given up his dream of being the president of the United States, he couldn't have become the thought leader in climate change. Had I not pulled the plug on becoming a prominent literary figure, I would have missed out on making a very good living as a commercial writer.
  October 25, 2015 in Books, careers, Current Affairs, Games, Media, Personal Musings, Values, Voodoo | Permalink