Peggy, You said, > I've come > to see the two principles -- When it starts...and > When it's over... as one principle about time. It > has to do with our relationship to the clock. So this is a > principle to invite people to pay attention to their > own natural rhythm, noticing what has passion for > them and to follow that path. After all, that's > when spirit emerges. > > I haven't figured out a sleek way to state this as > one principle, so I still mention them both but talk > about them as a result of this different > relationship to time. any ideas?
Peggy, I do not think it wise to "marry" these two as one! I strive to make participants conscientuosly aware of the classical "control" notion we have ingrained in us regarding start and stop time. I do not think it is about our relationship with time. Rather, I think it is about the way we have been "managed" since the 1st day of school, remember the class bells ringing? In typical Harrison fashion I tell a short story for each. The "when it starts" story goes something like, " when you arrive at your workplace at the "official" start time do you start working when the minute hand of the clock strikes the hour?? NO! What you do is hang up your jacket, walk to the coffee maker and fix a cup, say good morning to your office mates, unroll the morning newspaper at your desk and scan it. Next you pick up the phone and call a friend/colleague, and ...! You start work when the time is "right" for you! In reality you start work when the time is right for you! When it starts it's the right time! When it's over, it's over- here i talk about the classic staff meeting agenda that states the meeting is 2 until 4 PM. All the items are finished at 3PM but we sit and stare at each other and the floor until someone says that we should go back to an already agreed upon point and reconsider our decision about it. This is repeated for other decisions as well. I tell a story about Grandmothers birthday sweater for you. She labored long and hard to knit it. When you first put it on you notice that several knots are loose along one cuff. You poke and pull on those knots and in a short time the sleeve unravels (here I push up my suit coat sleeve as high as possible) and you have destroyed this beautiful work of love and art. LEAVE IT ALONE! When it's over, it's over! Use the Law of Two Feet and move on. For what it's worth, each story takes about 60 seconds and the payoff at my OSTs has been fantastic! Elwin Guild Future Development International Baltimore __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
