[Springboard] On the contradictions

[jlepps at pc.jaring.my]

Thanks for the posting of contradictions. They're quite good.

There's another one that has bothered me quite a bit that may fit under one 
of the headings, but it's this: the illegitimate distinction between life 
and work. The mantra in SE Asia these days is "Achieve a balance between 
life and work." The implication is that work is somehow not life to the 
people making the statement, and that's probably true. People generally do 
not find meaning in work, and that's a terrible loss / waste of talent / 
offense to customers / misuse of time. In fact, people don't generally quit 
living when they go to work, though some appear to. It's not simply a 
matter of story either. It represents a serious misunderstanding of the 
private sector, one that assumes business is only about profit. In fact, 
profit is only the measure of how good a company is at what it does. But 
doing what it does (its mission) can be immensely important to society, and 
to engage in that can be a privilege -- something we discovered when under 
assignment.

Anyway this may be something else to consider.

John E.

LENS International (M) Sdn Bhd
5th Fl, Tower 1 Wisma MCIS
Jalan Barat
46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Malaysia
on the web at <www.lensinternational.com>
email: <jlepps at pc.jaring.my>  
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