I need to take a break from work to refocus. I just went through a rather frustrating meeting and I need a little bit of breathing room before I go into the next meeting. Let me just echo a complaint that I have made other times in this space - poor leadership is a horrible thing to find yourself stuck under. The answer is simple - leaders must lead, they must be clear, they must be decisive, they must take ownership. When they don’t, the entire project will stumble. From a management standpoint - when a project stumbles, the correct action to take is to immediately remove the highest leader, then promote the next one down. It’s ruthless, but it works. I am currently stuck under leadership (on this project) that has no inclination to pay attention to details. It is immensely frustrating. I can feel myself eating the stress right now, so what I am going to do is take ten minutes and meditate and see if it will help me get through the morning. Today is shaping up to be a very stressful day and I need to intervene to get it reset. So, on that note, off to meditate.
"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Thursday, January 23, 2014
On That Note, Off To Meditate
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