The Anxiety of Influence...is a conundrum to me. To enact influence is to walk a very thin line, if you're being sincere and cognizant of your purpose. You never know how better off or how damaged you might leave the influencee. I am often humbled by the commitment of the 47 Ronin. They each knew the outcome of their dedication to duty. They each understood, and were committed to, DEATH. If not death during their vengeful retribution, then death by their own hands carried out in honor to Bushido Code. Imagine that type of dedication to a cause: to measure success by your own suicide. In regards to your own words; they lived their longest and fullest lives in that short expanse of time.
I think the quotation: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" is an excellent expression for the Anxiety of Influence. Living daily, we don't often think about the path we're leaving in our wake and the influence that path may have on others. It's worth consideration.
The Anxiety of Influence...is a conundrum to me. To enact influence is to walk a very thin line, if you're being sincere and cognizant of your purpose. You never know how better off or how damaged you might leave the influencee. I am often humbled by the commitment of the 47 Ronin. They each knew the outcome of their dedication to duty. They each understood, and were committed to, DEATH. If not death during their vengeful retribution, then death by their own hands carried out in honor to Bushido Code. Imagine that type of dedication to a cause: to measure success by your own suicide. In regards to your own words; they lived their longest and fullest lives in that short expanse of time.
I think the quotation: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" is an excellent expression for the Anxiety of Influence. Living daily, we don't often think about the path we're leaving in our wake and the influence that path may have on others. It's worth consideration.