tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post2646286105728961552..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Success is... ?Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-8325454799505816872011-12-16T01:24:34.640-08:002011-12-16T01:24:34.640-08:00well i think success is just an idea everyone defi...well i think success is just an idea everyone defines differently. what u need is actual peace of mind. contentment is what people call "success". <a href="http://bestdietpills4weightloss.com/" rel="nofollow">7 chakras Meditation</a>Matt Basilhttp://angelmeditations.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-46158332965182063032011-12-03T06:58:16.695-08:002011-12-03T06:58:16.695-08:00"I think I can make a more positive contribut..."I think I can make a more positive contribution if I'm doing things I enjoy doing than things I'm doing just because I have to." <br /><br />Yes, exactly!Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-81935769284311346062011-12-03T00:14:58.326-08:002011-12-03T00:14:58.326-08:00Not only misery. I did make a positive contributio...Not only misery. I did make a positive contribution to the community that is the company from those positions too. They did come with a lot of baggage I didn't like, though, and for a variety of reasons this year felt like a good time to give them up. <br /><br />It felt a little selfish, though, as I do enjoy designing, coding and solving problems—for myself and for other people in the Brikoleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318706625291447339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-47104399151249289532011-12-01T07:35:43.956-08:002011-12-01T07:35:43.956-08:00Petteri,
I hear ya. The fancy titles you had, it...Petteri, <br /><br />I hear ya. The fancy titles you had, it sounds like they mostly brought misery. And who needs that. But that whole professional image thing can be so difficult to let go of. <br /><br />Robyn, <br /><br />"It seems somewhat unavoidable given that this is the system that I was brought up in - my entire education was about passing and failing, being a good student or beingNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-79702902914737026632011-11-30T12:57:42.442-08:002011-11-30T12:57:42.442-08:00Lately I have noticed that I am still holding on t...Lately I have noticed that I am still holding on to this notion within zazen itself. What was a "good" sitting period? What was a bad one? Did I pass at dokusan? Or fail? <br /><br />I thought I was not still engaging in this kind of thing, but looking deeper I see it there so clearly. It seems somewhat unavoidable given that this is the system that I was brought up in - my entireRobynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-68146630909909514212011-11-30T09:18:30.401-08:002011-11-30T09:18:30.401-08:00Oh, yes.
I'm currently grappling with this at...Oh, yes.<br /><br />I'm currently grappling with this at a very mundane level. I've made some "bad" career choices. Basically, I asked to be relieved of all "hierarchical" positions at my company, in order to go back to being nothing more or less than a factory-floor software engineer. I was CTO, for a while, business development manager for a while, and product Brikoleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318706625291447339noreply@blogger.com