Moses, the great liberator and great leader of ancient days, faced major problems with the people he liberated, where they felt that they were better-off in Egypt. The years, decades of slavery made them feel that slavery after-all was what was best for them. Even if it limits you, you are still getting taken care of.
Life outside is too risky. There is too much at stake. When I have someone who I can touch and feel, providing for my needs and even well-being and security, why take a chance getting out of that?
The child who never wants to grow up.
The slave who never wants to be free.
The prisoner who does not now want to leave the prison, so he finds ways and means to get back!
The Predictable and the Limited taste much better than the Uncertain yet Opportune. These limited beliefs will end up being our conviction. These convictions become cozy. They become our cocoon, warming us up always. The shelter, the protection. Let me be a worm. Why break the cocoon to be a butterfly, only to be eaten by the bird! A worm's funeral is no worse!
Individuals live like this. Organizations live like this. They don't live. They exist. Their cocoons get revamped every now and then. But good care is taken by them that even by accident they do not become the butterfly. They do not want to listen to someone who says, Man, your organization can be a butterfly garden instead of a worm farm. Your life can fly freely smelling flowers in the garden.
No, I am proud to be a worm. I am happy to be a worm. Come-on, are you crazy? There may be some fools in my organization who want to be a butterfly. But if they break out of the cocoons, thanks to your mis-guiding them, then what about me? My cocoon? My life? My retirement? My post-retirement benefits?
Go away! You don't understand. Being a slave is a good thing, after-all.
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