I’ve told you before about the half man-half half-bull called the Minotaur. Proofread by Claire Deakin, December 2013. Some of the touching details - such as Icarus playing with the feathers - come from the Latin poet, Ovid. We hear how he and his son Icarus tried to escape from Crete with wings made of feathers and wax. It continues the story of Daedalus, whom we first met in The Minotaur. If you want to research Icarus more Google the amazing Seth Godin who has written a book on it … The Icarus Deception.The myth from ancient Greece of the boy who flew too close to the sun. Your strategy should be to consistently make progress, in whatever part of your life you choose.The world is moving so fast there is absolutely no way you will fly too close to the sun, the limit of your capability, will always be outstripped by the speed of progress!.Show some grit and push yourself out of that comfort zone! Definitely do not fly low… You’re letting yourself down.The world is changing so fast, you do not need to get caught in the trap of flying high or flying low! You are not a character from a Charles Dickens novel!.In conclusion to this post, here is my view on the riddle of what altitude to fly at… The classroom mentality is dead, and businesses that rate individuals by their ability to sit still, not fidget, be first in and last out the gates, and copy from the company blackboard, will be deader than a fish smelling of sarson’s vinegar within the next few years. In today’s connected world with a £100, a laptop and a costa coffee, you can set up your own business and literally make a living connecting your passion, to like minded individuals. ![]() Work 40 hours a week for 40 years for 4 weeks holiday a year, and get a gold carriage clock, before a few years of retirement and a wooden box… That was the deal! From 1947 – 1963, National service was even introduced, to further make civvy street look like a ticket to Disneyland. School therefore, was simply a training ground to condition the general population to work in factories, heavy industry or offices, driving the capitalist machine. Think about it, from the age of 4 to 16, you were placed behind a desk, forced into a specific controlled routine, where you were told what to do, rewarded for your compliance and punished severely for the breaking of any rules… There is increasing evidence that over 100 years ago, school was instigated by the powers that be, to drive the cogs of the industrial revolution… Let’s revisit school from the start of the post to help fathom out why? In both cases he is toast, so why do we only seem to remember the part about the sun then? Don’t fly too low and close to the sea as the dampness will weigh down your wings.Don’t fly to high and close to the sun as it will melt the wax on your wings.In the original story, Daedalus actually gave Icarus 2 pieces of advice, prior to his first, and sadly only solo flight… The whereabouts of who took his Gucci sliders remains a mystery to this day, but everytime you see someone in a pair, it may well be them! He eventually flies too close the sun, melting the wax on his wings, and he crashes to his death in an Asda car park…. ![]() because we ain’t got any factor 50 sun screen and your brand new Gucci sliders might fall off!’įollowing this advice, Icarus takes flight and with his hubris getting the better of him, he ignores the advice, flying increasingly higher and higher. ![]() What everyone tends to remember from the story is that Daedalus gave Icarus a specific piece of advice…. In the famous story from Greek mythology, Daedalus, Icarus’ father fashioned 2 pairs of wings made from feathers and wax, so they could escape Crete from the clutches of King Miras, who had imprisoned them. with a generous sprinkling of utter nonsense to sex it up…. a brief recap of what you have probably heard. With the above in mind, this post is about the famous story of Icarus, and a part of the original story, that the establishment deliberately forgot to tell us all…Īre u all sitting comfortably children… No talking and legs crossed… Let us begin…
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