ZenMaster's blog

Life is not measured by how many breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Source: www.thoughtfortoday.org.uk

Maybe it's just my browser or something. But, I love the way this link (below) to a site that is supposed to be about the Zen of leadership comes up...completely empty apart from a photograph of a Zen garden (not as nice as my Zen garden).

So, if my next post is empty, you know I've taken this whole Zen approach to leadership to the extreme, just to be even Zenner than the competition. In the meantime, this link wins on emptiness (or am I just missing something?), since not only does it say nothing, it says nothing in three languages. That's a real Zen master for you:

Governments around the world have been looking at how the kingdom of Bhutan uses a 'happiness index' instead of the traditional GDP to record how well it and its people are doing. And in the workplace, the idea that happy employees are the most engaged and deliver the best value and service to customers has caught on in recent years (thanks to the work of people like Robert Levering, who founded The Great Place To Work Institute in San Francisco).

"Look out on life with amazement, not shock.

The variety, the diversity, the manner of every person, the beauty amidst the drudgery, the contrasts, the opportunities, the heroism in the lives of ordinary people, your gifts, your talents, your friends - even just one friend - is all awesome.

I know this (below) can be read as slightly idealistic and cheesy, but an essential part of leadership is not giving in to personal enmity, or our own personal feelings of having been slighted and so on, and instead acting in a way that is good for the group or organization, and sets an example. It's Covey's first principle, I guess, about choosing how we react to people and circumstances rather than being driven by them into negative reactions...