{"id":30931,"date":"2019-12-22T22:57:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T04:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=30931"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:57:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T04:57:09","slug":"audio-what-if-she-was-right-maybe-i-am-the-real-product","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=30931","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO: What if she was right? Maybe I am the real \u2018product\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/David-informal-portrait-blue-new-920px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30926\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/David-informal-portrait-blue-new-920px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/David-informal-portrait-blue-new-920px.jpg 920w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/David-informal-portrait-blue-new-920px-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/David-informal-portrait-blue-new-920px-768x558.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I always find myself re-evaluating my direction at the end of each year. It\u2019s an inward-looking exercise in navel-gazing, but it serves a broader purpose.<\/p>\n<p>When we get stuck on the wrong course in life, it\u2019s hard to change that. But it\u2019s almost impossible to make the change unless we\u2019re willing to be honest with ourselves about where we are. If we can see what we\u2018re doing to ourselves, we have a chance of making a correction. If not, we\u2019re doomed to stay on the wrong course for life.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been conducting my annual year-end evaluation over the last few days. Oddly, I have two image stuck in my mind, one from the past and one from the future.<\/p>\n<p>The first image relates to some advice my ex-wife gave me many years ago. I\u2019ve always known she was right, but I\u2019ve never quite figured out what to do with it. This year, I can\u2019t get it out of my mind.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Click or tap the \u201cplay\u201d button to listen.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-30931-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/I-am-the-product.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/I-am-the-product.m4a\">https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/I-am-the-product.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always find myself re-evaluating my direction at the end of each year. It\u2019s an inward-looking exercise in navel-gazing, but it serves a broader purpose. When we get stuck on the wrong course in life, it\u2019s hard to change that. 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