Addiction or habit
Many of the successful people I meet put a lot of time and energy into their business, but they often pay a price with dysfunctional families and abandoned hobbies.
The female MD referred to her partner as the 'home
husband' and then she laughed as she explained that he does have a job but it's
only "nine to five". Heading up a fashion enterprise that employs
forty people, Jenny does not shirk the long hours and is home most weekends
with the children. But her partner says she may be there physically but she is
"miles away" emotionally. And on Sunday she "catches up" on
the laptop.
We talked about this pattern of behaviour and how it had
come to be the norm. And we wondered aloud whether this was merely a bad habit,
that both parties actually want to change, or whether it was some form of
addiction.
We agreed, rightly or wrongly, that a habit is something you can change and an addiction is something that maybe you can't.
Jenny thought for a minute and then said that she is
prepared to put in the hard miles for another five years and then she would
sell up and collect her bag of gold.
That is an addiction.
posted by Tim @ 11:14 PM
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