I recently read "The Inner Ring" by C.S. Lewis as part of one of the classes I was taking. I thought it was a brilliant an insightful read. Here is a link: http://www.lewissociety.org/innerring.php
Some of my thoughts and quotes from the reading:
-What Lewis refers to as "the inner ring," we may now recognize as an "in-group." Every organization and profession has them.
-The War and Peace excerpt is an excellent example of the formal vs. informal chains of command.
-The desire to be in the "inner ring" (whatever that is in your own life) is one of the "fundamental desires of human nature."
-The existence of an inner ring may not necessarily a bad thing, but the desire to be a part of it, for its own sake, may be.
-The desire to be part of the inner ring may drive good people to do bad things.
-"Friendship causes half of the world's happiness- and the inner ring cannot have it."
-The inner ring would be no fun if you couldn't exclude people from it.
Summary: If you are true to yourself & to the principles of your profession, you will be part of the in-group that really matters, and you'll be happy.
Some of my thoughts and quotes from the reading:
-What Lewis refers to as "the inner ring," we may now recognize as an "in-group." Every organization and profession has them.
-The War and Peace excerpt is an excellent example of the formal vs. informal chains of command.
-The desire to be in the "inner ring" (whatever that is in your own life) is one of the "fundamental desires of human nature."
-The existence of an inner ring may not necessarily a bad thing, but the desire to be a part of it, for its own sake, may be.
-The desire to be part of the inner ring may drive good people to do bad things.
-"Friendship causes half of the world's happiness- and the inner ring cannot have it."
-The inner ring would be no fun if you couldn't exclude people from it.
Summary: If you are true to yourself & to the principles of your profession, you will be part of the in-group that really matters, and you'll be happy.
