Like the wolf allegory attributed to North American Indians (Wikipedia, 6 May 2019), the horse which wins is the horse we feed. If we feed our "black" horse, we will reward ourselves for being lazy, we will procrastinate, we will waste our time watching cat videos and looking at shoe porn on the internet, creating our own crises. We will behave, as my Grandmother used to say, like we are "all talk and no trousers".
However, if we, as the charioteer, feed the "noble" horse, we build good habits, we reward ourselves for making good choices, we apply techniques to limit procrastination and manage our time as well as we can. Through self-awareness, we self-regulate (Goleman, 1998). We don't aim to be perfect, but to behave along noble lines.
I am thinking that this could be the year of the charioteer feeding the noble horse.
Sam
References:
- Dossenbach, M. & Dossenbach, H. D. (1985). The Noble Horse (New Zealand ed.). William Collins Publishers.
- Goleman, D. (2004). What makes a leader? (reprint from 1998, R0401H). Harvard Business Review, 82(1), 82-91.
- Uebersax, J. (n.d.). Plato's Chariot Allegory. http://www.john-uebersax.com/plato/plato3.htm
- Wikipedia (2 May 2019). Chariot Allegory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariot_Allegory
- Wikipedia (6 May 2019). Two Wolves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Wolves
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