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ZENgagement: Cling Free or This Too Shall Pass

By David Zinger on Jul 17, 2007 in Employee Engagement, Zengagement

Be careful of clinging too tightly to fixed concepts of employee engagement.

Work, people, and relationships change.

Here is a short zen story on impermanence:

A student went to his meditation teacher and said, “My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, my legs ache and I’m constantly falling asleep. It’s horrible!”

“It will pass,” the teacher said.

A week later, the student came back to his teacher.

“My meditation is wonderful! I feel so aware, so peaceful, so alive! It’s just wonderful!’

“It will pass,” the teacher said.

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Stacy Doolittle | Jul 27, 2007 | Reply

Thanks for this post (and the Art of Time one as well)!!

Stacy - engaged employee, Boeing
Z | Jul 27, 2007 | Reply

Stacy,
You are very welcome. Keep “flying” with engagement.
David
kenna | Aug 28, 2007 | Reply

thanks for this post! my friend took this pic of my dog.

i remember thinking that when this happened - http://flickr.com/photos/perfectoinsecto/274921648/in/set-309528/

it will pass.

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