Comments on: Navigator or victim, which are you?

By: sage

sage — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:56:02 +0000

This is a good article, but a bit over simplified. It is true that many people’s failure are due to lack of motivation. But it is also true that there are outside forces that do conspire to keep people “in the rut.” You are I are blessed by having been born in America which means we have a lot more opportunities available to us than had we been born into a peasant family in Central America or in India or Africa. The problem arises and we fall in a rut when we see our position as entitlements and work to keep ourselves on the top by keeping others down. I suppose I see this issue primarily through a theological lens. Everyone needs to work to better others as well as themselves, and to those whom much have been given, more is required. Thanks for sharing the article.

By: kontan

kontan — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:03:38 +0000

I don’t think navigators will choose the rut path, that would make them fall into the victim category. Being a navigator means moving forward, seeking better, and not accepting the rut life, meaning that if the navigator is not happy in the current situation then they seek to change it.

By: Tess

Tess — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:58:32 +0000

ruts are predictable. I wonder if navigators can choose to be in a rut or blaze their own paths at will.

By: kontan

kontan — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:45:28 +0000

This is an article I found a few months back. I consider myself to be a navigator. I’m always trying to move forward and learn from the situation I am in.