Sangha of Auspicious Companions

THE PERFECTION OF PATIENCE

Patience is not learned in safety. It is not learned when everything is harmonious and going well. When everything is smooth sailing, who needs patience? If you stay in your room with the door locked and the curtains drawn, everything may seem harmonious, but the minute anything doesn’t go your way, you blow up. There is no cultivation of patience when your pattern is to just try to seek harmony and smooth everything out. Patience implies willingness to be alive rather than trying to seek harmony.

July 4, 2012

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Are You Training Yourself To Fail?

“‘Did you get done what you wanted to get done today?’ Eleanor, my wife, asked me. ‘Not really,’ I said. She laughed. ‘Didn’t you write the book on getting done what you want to get done?’ Some people are naturally pre-disposed to being highly productive. They start their days with a clear and reasonable intention of what they plan to do, and then they work diligently throughout the day, sticking to their plans, focused on accomplishing their most important priorities, until the day ends and they’ve achieved precisely what they had expected…I am, unfortunately, not one of those people.” In this candid article a reputed author and management consultant offers up his reflections on how the habits we reinforce can help or hinder our productivity { read more }

Be The Change

This week try experimenting with “productivity rituals” of the sort described in the article.

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