The work world knows all about competence. Most evaluations and rewards are determined by a person’s competence. Vocational guidance emphasizes it in testing which areas of work one would be most competent in. Transfers and promotions are based upon competence. In business and the professions, you get in and get ahead by demonstrating your competence. But somewhere along the way—as early as thirty-five for some people, but as late as fifty-five for others—competence begins to lose its force as a source of motivation. Continue reading
Transformation
Where do you want to go?
Thought for the Week – 23rd June 2014
“Anytime we think the problem is “out there,” that thought is the
problem.
We empower what’s out there to control us.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Tap into a renewed source of Energy
It is no wonder that a job, once a perfect fit with your talents and interests, ultimately becomes boring, or a career loses its power to take you where you want to go. Nor is it a surprise that in even the most rewarding and successful work life many people come to points where—often unexpectedly—they find themselves in transition.
time-out
Think of transition as a process of leaving the status quo, living for a while in a fertile “time-out,” and then coming back with an answer. The British historian Arnold Toynbee pointed out that societies gain access to new energies and new directions only after a “time of troubles” initiates a process of disintegration wherein the old order comes apart. Continue reading
Oh the thinks you can think up!
“I took an early retirement, although it wasn’t for the leisure as such that I did it. The idea of sitting on the beach or puttering in the garden doesn’t appeal to me much, but I wanted to use the time to . . . well, think. Continue reading
bringing your mind back to the present moment
Whether standing, walking, or sitting in meditation, you can use your in-breath and out-breath to help yourself to stop. You stop totally in the present moment. And when you stop, you are master of your body and your mind. Continue reading
Happiness and Buddhism
Thought for the Week – 16th June 2014
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.
—Zig Ziglar
Dance so fast that the dancer disappears and only the dance remains….
Death may not come. Death cannot come to people who live very intensely and very totally. … Continue reading
ONE TUSK 