[Springboard] On the contradictions

[James Wiegel]

Roger, look around you.  If they are correct, you are running into them all the time . . . .

Roger Alexander <ralexan934 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:          Can somebody please give me a little guidance on where and how to find the contradictions that are posted?
  Roger Alexander
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    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jlepps at pc.jaring.my 
  To: springboard at wedgeblade.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:08 AM
  Subject: [Springboard] On the contradictions
  

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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