Traumatic Events Don’t Cause Stress, They Release It!
Originally posted here.
Zen & Creative Management
A blog devoted to the book Zen & Creative Management by Albert Low. By blogging about this author’s work, my hope is to generate creative ideas about bringing spirit into the workplace.
Will and Desire
Many of you know most of my professional adult life, I’ve been searching for my ideal job. Finding a job or profession I am passionate about. For the past decade or so, when I think I am still looking, I remind myself that I enjoy what I’m doing. I just want more of it. And …
Projection
This comes from the chapter titled Center and Periphery – The Basic Polarity. Projection is what makes us different from animals. Work is a perfect place for us to project our dilemmas. Project is similar to Problem in terms of Latin. Both consist of a “forward” motion. We throw our problems forward by projecting. A …
Holon and Will
The subject of Will as Albert Low describes it is becoming clearer to me. The tension developed by center and periphery. This is where it all starts, apparently. This is different from Desire which is farther up the road of consciousness. We need experience to express Will. Will is the source of those unknowable and …
Product Creation Spreadsheet
I used the app Idea Growr to spell out an app I have to develop products. In talking with the developer, he had some good ideas about developing my app. Mainly, he said to start doing thought experiments. I feel like I am using the Mind Mup app to help create visual descriptions of what …
Daily Routine from Zen & Creative Management
Starting with the Foreword which serves as a good description for the whole book. Chapter by Chapter, we see how chapters are linked with one another. Some kind of standalone on their own. This daily routine was created with the idea of developing a daily routine in order to stay connected with the concepts to …
The Dilemma~ 2 Visuals to help you See
1st Revision 2nd Revision For more information on Dilemma and Product, please see this blog entry. The image I have of managing a dilemma is that of flying a plane or sitting in a flight simulator. Another image is that of an individual using two hands to fly a kite. There are four corners to …
The Trigger and the Pressure Cooker
A different way of looking at stress is to see that human life itself is stressful (reference The 1st Noble Truth from the Buddha: Life is Suffering) Furthermore, the cause of stress lies upstream of the conscious mind. Psychological traumas and difficulties do not cause suffering; they release it. They act like the trigger of …