[Springboard] On the contradictions
jlepps at pc.jaring.my
jlepps at pc.jaring.my
Tue Dec 4 12:08:56 EST 2007
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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