Have a seat. Line 12 (the green line) was mine. The above was my station. I did a good amount of thinking while I was in that city, but since then, the relationships that I've built with people have burgeoned into excellent conversation and even better times. Treat each substantial conversation as a privilege. You never know where it'll take you in life.
Ever since my roommate mentioned the concept of "living consciously", I haven't been able to shake the idea. The conversation came about during a late-night/early morning tête-à-tête over full mugs of Rémy Martin. We tired of whatever it is we had been doing M-F, and needed to really hash it out. How many people go through life unconsciously? From personal interactions, many people in the financial sector tend to live life without really questioning why they do what they do, and more importantly, what else is going on out in the world. We seem to cover the following topics well: food, leisure, material goods. But when breaching topics such as human trafficking and illiteracy in America, often times, we start to hear the crickets chirping.
And when the Tsunami hit Japan this past spring, the outcry in our sector seemed louder on the financial repercussion front than in any real, human, aspect. Any expression of sympathy was usually followed by a five second moment of silence, before delving into the investment opportunities that may or may not subsequently materialize.
Have we forgotten to be people?
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