{"id":86,"date":"2010-09-07T13:56:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T20:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ezraengle.wordpress.com\/?p=86"},"modified":"2013-04-11T17:02:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T00:02:42","slug":"go-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ezraengle.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/go-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Well"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please don’t ask the question, “What shall I watch next?”<\/p>\n

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\nWhen we are not inspired, challenged, driven or surprised, we seek diversion.
\nMany people seem to have a great desire to be entertained.
\nEntertainment is diversion without challenge.
\nChallenge is not encouraged often in television, because true challenge makes us turn off the television.
\nEntertainment has an element of surprise at times: in drama, comedy, horror, action, and almost every other genre.
\nThose who spend a lot of time engrossed in entertainment lose the experience of surprise and seek that experience with a continued, greater investment.
\nThe entertainment industry capitalizes on this drive by offering more sets of channels to subscribe to and billed monthly for this ‘privilege’.
\nEntertainment is an imposter, attempting to compete with that which would satisfy our actual desires.
\nThe most effective way to be inspired is through a mentoring relationship with a successful person who has accomplished an admirable feat or reached a worthy goal.
\nA great way to be challenged is to commit to a relationship that involves accountability to another who is stronger than us in an area of our own weakness.
\nOne method to acquire drive is by learning to keep one’s commitments in an atmosphere of success and assured a future reward without immediate personal benefits.
\nSurprise occurs when we attempt things that we thought were not possible and achieve them or we witness a peer achieve them and can celebrate that in our community or group.
\nWithout challenge to our habits or changes to our environment, surprise is unlikely.
\nComfort is the enemy of satisfaction, and the friend of atrophy.
\nRest is necessary, but should be earned with a continuing effort.
\nWith wisdom, we must choose worthy endeavors and battles.
\nAssuming the battle is worth fighting, it is better to die in the heat of battle than to rest in the complacent coolness of peace.
\nDo not ask the question, “What shall I watch next?”, rather answer the question,
\n“Where should I go?” and wherever you do go; go well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please don’t ask the question, “What shall I watch next?” When we are not inspired, challenged, driven or surprised, we seek diversion. Many people seem to have a great desire to be entertained. Entertainment is diversion without challenge. Challenge is not encouraged often in television, because true challenge makes us turn off the television. Entertainment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[28,40,41,54,55,57,103],"series":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughts","tag-apathy","tag-comfort","tag-complacency","tag-drive","tag-entertainment","tag-fight","tag-worthy"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"http:\/\/ezraengle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"http:\/\/ezraengle.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/ezra-engles-blog","embedCode":"

Go Well<\/a><\/blockquote>