Are you engaged in your dreams of employee engagement:
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind wake in the day to find it all was vanity, but the dreamers of the day, are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes and make it possible. ~ T. E. Lawrence.
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At Slacker Manager I recently wrote about September 1st. as New Year’s Day. I offered 5 keys for a New Year. I wish you full engagement in the coming year…
Another fresh new year is here…
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
William Arthur Ward
Seize engagement now…
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed. ~ John Anster
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.
We become distinct by avoiding creating distinctions:
The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he’s always doing both. ~ James A Michener
Pursue your vision of excellence.
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