The Dalai Lama

I find it rather interesting that our text quotes wisdom of the Dalai Lama for Organizational Communication.... However, it goes to show that things do go around full circle and are applicable to everyday aspects of our life....

Mindfulness is something I just learned about this year... I am trying to learn how to be more mindful and aware of my surroundings, behaviors of others, and most importantly my own thoughts and behaviors. I have actually looked into this, if mindfulness is something that interests you, check out these sites:
www.mindfulness.com
http://www.contemplativemind.org/practices/tree.html

Chapter 11 summarizes it well in the section of 'Mindfulness, Integrity, and the Experience of Work.' The example of the Dalai Lama's circulated internet message about achieving Good Karma in his "Instructions for Life in the New Millennium" is a great one. Because as Eisenberg states, "regardless of your spiritual orientation we feel his insights help put the experience of work into a broader experience of living well" (p. 349) and I couldn't agree more. These are great 'instructions' to apply in life as well as the workplace, because lets face it... we spend most of our lives at work... so by achieving mindfulness and integrity, it's possible to maintain a better workplace and a happier life...


Excerpted from page 349 so I can try to abide by them ;)

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the 3 R's: Respect for the self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all of your actions
4. Not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck
5. Learn the rules so you can know how to break them
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship
7. When you realize you made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone each day
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer
11. Live a good, honorable life. That way, when you get older and think back, you will be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life
13. Share your knowledge. It is a way of achieving immortality.
14. Be gentle with the earth.
15. Once a year go someplace you have never seen
16. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.