# 237: People or Things
Story behind the Passage
This topic could be my blog topic every day. But today, it really hit me in the face again with extreme power. There is no answer to the question. Maybe there is consolidation. In any case, there is the strong belief that things will turn out the way they are supposed to turn out — it just takes a bit more patience.
My Learnings
People or things?
Where is more passion?
Where is more value?
Where are the opportunities?
People see the people person in me.
I see the things person in me.
Things and people are not exchangeable.
People and things belong together somehow.
Success only flows if there are decisions
Maybe that is a thing approach.
Maybe people people let things come.
Maybe things people decide things.
It is stupid to isolate the two.
Being stupid is key to people people.
We thrive on our energy
We enjoy being emotional.
In some moments that makes us weep.
In other moments this makes us sing.
In many moments it makes us forget
That we are things people as well.
If I had to decide right now right here,
The people person is stronger in me.
But the things person also claims a place.
That is where the vicious cycle starts again.
I had dreams before I started thinking much.
The dreams were clear and solid.
The thing person thought and decided
What the people person would want to achieve.
Then things happen and thoughts change.
Then there are new goals and new people.
All the new things and people open perspective.
Every perspective brings more confusion.
Who am I, people ask at some point.
Even if you know the answer to this.
You still have a life to live.
You still have choices to make.
Careers are not important for people people.
Careers are more important for things people.
And that might be where the trouble starts
If you are a things and people person.
For today there is no answer ready.
For tomorrow I do not think answers will come.
What I love about the people person
Is the excitement about letting answers come.
What I like about the things person
Is that she raises all these questions
About things and people
About people and things.
People or things?
Who cares about this.
Life will show which side prevails
And which step to follow next.
Reflection Questions
1) Are you a people or a things person? Has that ever changed in your life?
2) If a brand were modeled on your personality — what would be the USP?
3) How did the most important career steps happen in your life?