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Tag Archives: Tao

The promise of the object is more powerful than the object itself

…if I don’t have that additional jam sandwich I might be in trouble.

Posted byrodkersh1948August 16, 2022August 16, 2022Posted inEffectiveness, MindfulnessTags:Buddha, consumerism, desire, Ezra Klein, Ruth Ozeki, Tao, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Zen4 Comments on The promise of the object is more powerful than the object itself

Overflowing

You take a cup, smash it, pollute the river and offer constant interruptions and the result is not tranquillity or effectiveness, it is, a mess.

Posted byrodkersh1948February 11, 2018Posted inEffectiveness, Evolution, Humanism, Person Centred CareTags:bed occupancy, Brexit, Chernobyl, DToC, Flow, Herman Hesse, Hitler, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, NHS, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Siddhartha, Tao, ToryLeave a comment on Overflowing

And the award goes to…

Costa person one, ‘We’d better tell the continuous improvement team about that.’

Posted byrodkersh1948December 4, 2017Posted inEvolution, Humanism, Mindfulness, Person Centred CareTags:Award Winning!, Bruce Lee, Christopher Robin, Costa Coffee, Health, ideas, Innovation, Jeet Kune Do, Pooh Bear, Quality Improvement, Tao2 Comments on And the award goes to…

Bruce Lee & names in healthcare

One of Bruce’s other sayings was that JKD was ‘a circle without a circumference’ I think I might be starting to understand where he was heading with that idea.

Posted byrodkersh1948March 6, 2016March 6, 2016Posted inEffectivenessTags:Bruce Lee, effectiveness, Evolution, improvement, Jeet Kune Do, Lean, quality, TaoLeave a comment on Bruce Lee & names in healthcare
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