The element
(see exceptions, heart and other keywords)
“The Element is about discovering your self, and you can't do this if you're trapped in a compulsion to conform.”
Are you in your element?
- Sir Ken Robinson published his book The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything in 2009.
- By element Robinson meant finding something combining your personal talents with your personal passions.
- This can happen if people are given enough support, freedom and time when they are young.
- Others only manage to find it when they retire.
- Unfortunately, the bits in between (i.e. education, followed by paid employment) tend to be rolled out like a production line. (see allopoiesis).
- This creates pre-determined expectations that can impede, or stop us from 'finding our element'.