{"id":6951,"date":"2022-02-23T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T11:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huebner.io\/?p=6951"},"modified":"2023-04-07T12:16:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T12:16:36","slug":"on-creating-the-purposeful-future-we-want-to-live-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huebner.io\/en\/2022\/02\/on-creating-the-purposeful-future-we-want-to-live-in\/","title":{"rendered":"On creating the purposeful future we want to live in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What I hear from most people around me, is that they think that work and private life are two separate things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think it has to do with the way our society and economy in Europe has been structured for a long time: Businesses are run to maximize production and pay taxes, employees are often in the hamster wheel, working to make their living, while governments provide a sort of social security that cares for health and, later, pays for retirement. While this system worked well for decades, we are now in a situation that it is getting out of balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the pandemic, climate crisis and increasing violence, we see many symptoms for this, here just a few:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>50% of employees feel overworked, with mental illnesses at the top<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pension systems face major challenges in most countries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health care costs explode in most countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-db4d2ed22aa643058caf2c1dfdb281d9\"><strong>We need a paradigm shift away from a profit-oriented to a purpose-oriented society, including businesses.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The old system has come to an end, and most of us can feel this within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking into the future, this brings many opportunities. Believe it or not, I see us moving in a good direction, despite all the disruptions that we experience now. Most hope I get from my students: Today's Generation Z shapes our future with social startups instead of corporations. They go on the street to claim their purpose, and to start a movement that increases awareness for the future instead of defending past achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My wish is that we all join this movement with a little trick:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-89a8626ff6504e9bad6ae7969985e427\"><strong>Let us all reflect a bit more and listen to our inner voice.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>5 minutes of self-reflection each day, looking at how we envision our best future as human beings, could do wonders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will help us to learn what we need most: Learning to let go from the old. Freeing ourselves from material and spiritual ballast in order to be open for new experiences. It's not a loss, it's a gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-e3c331dac6ee4332b8331877809ce6f8\"><strong>Japanese wisdom says: If you want to start over, you should do it immediately, because one overcome difficulty avoids a hundred new ones.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of thinking of life and work as something different, let's see fulfillment in life and at work go hand in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It's the first step into a bright future, sustainable and balanced, with a rich dialog across generations and true social innovation becoming reality: Living in ecosystems with high personal impact and a universal basic income that makes purposeful life and work a right for all.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I hear from most people around me, is that they think that work and private life are two separate things. 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