Archive for April, 2009

Monday, April 27th, 2009

The fish only knows that it lives in the water

“The fish only knows that it lives in the water, after it is already on the river bank. Without our awareness of another world out there, it would never occur to us to change.”

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Inertia

Inertia. You know the Universal Law that keeps us moving blindly or sitting dumbly. Among its definitions are apathy, torpor, lethargy and even disinterest.

  • Vacation aside -- the notion of a fish not knowing they are in water -- is interesting to me -- think on it -- what is our parallel?
  • Nicely said Andrew. I think a lot about cause and effect in all of this as a way to train myself to think more deeply about my everyday actions (and inactions). I also have a mentor who is outside of the company. I give him a high level overview of what I'm up to every few months so ...
  • I find that inertia and “horizontal” thought is not only a tempting behavior pattern stemming from lethargy and inaction, but also a pitfall for well motivated people who fail to identify the linear trajectory of their actions. One could argue that the financial crisis (and other bubble-bust cycles) arose from consecutive years of horizontal thought. A possible solution ...
Monday, April 13th, 2009

Shock Treatment

Many of our friends and colleagues are celebrating Holidays centered on renewal and rebirth, while in a good portion of the world nature is doing the same.

Yet all one has to do is look at the news to see how jaded we have become to suffering and death, in direct contradistinction to what the season (religious or physical) is telling us.