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Measurement

Apr 23, 2004 21:50 pm / 1 comment

A few months ago, I wrote that I longed to re-read all the books I have. What was stop­ping me? Noth­ing. Just my notion that I was too busy to re-read, that I needed to con­stantly be dis­cov­er­ing some­thing new. What’s the use of try­ing to dis­cover some­thing new, when I don’t even remem­ber all I’ve read in the past? That I wasn’t liv­ing and work­ing true to things I found worth­while in the books? So I am doing it. I have started to re-read each of the book I have. It feels great, like meet­ing an old friend who means so much to me, and learn­ing new les­son with the new interaction.

In the mea­sure­ment world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the uni­verse of pos­si­bil­ity, you set the con­text and let life unfold. Rosamund and Ben­jamin Zan­der, The Art of Pos­si­bil­ity

Busi­ness world has been in many ways mea­sure­ment world. But results depends on the uni­verse of possibility.

 

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1. Fujiko Suda said on May 02, 2004 23:07 pm:

Set­ting a con­text, which is really a goal, is very, very impor­tant. I am dis­cov­er­ing that liv­ing in Tao-like atti­tude with­out a goal, is frustrating.

Life unfolds no mat­ter what I do. In The Art of Pos­si­bil­ity, Ben Zan­der was talk­ing about it all in the con­text of cre­at­ing great music. Hav­ing a great life as a con­text for liv­ing is not good enough to make great life hap­pen. I am find­ing out I must be explicit about what would make my life great, such as, being a con­tri­bu­tion to help young peo­ple to dare live for their dream.


 

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