Welcome to the What Drives You Podcast. I'm Kevin Miller. I produce this show to help us all continually

discover where we want to go, why, and how to best get there, all the while enjoying the

daily drive as much as the destinations

we want to reach along the way. In this episode, start your journey to wisdom by

shifting from directing yourself to understanding yourself.

I spent a lifetime labeled as a high achieer and high performer and I bet you have as well in various

degrees. We have become experts in doing things and going after things and getting things done and there are benefits to this and yet the consummate midlife crisis is often a result of having used ourselves as a tool and really not knowing ourselves at all.

In my recent conversation with Dr. Richard Swartz, he wrote in his book that our childhood is generally geared around learning to direct ourselves, not to understand ourselves.

And we take this into adulthood and we go and we do and we do and we

often end up at a critical juncture where we realize we're just tired of doing.

But we don't know how to just be because we don't know who we are to begin

with. That's my story at least. Maybe it's yours as well. Let's talk a moment.

And hey, if you got a comment or a question as you hear me talk through this, let me know.

Shoot me a note by email K Miller at Kevin Miller.

These days, most mornings I spend corresponding

with listeners. I would be honored to engage with you.

What drives you becomes your reality? Let's create a better reality right here and now.

So drive with me a moment and let's consider how we can pursue wisdom by moving from merely directing ourselves to understanding ourselves and having some grace as well.

Start your journey to wisdom by shifting from directing yourself to understanding yourself.

So again, it was my recent discussion with Dr. Richard Swartz where he cited that

childhood isn't about understanding self.

It's about directing self.

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