The complicated life

WE’VE been told that so many times. In the Bible when it said we just need to ask and it shall be given and knock for the door to be opened. Buddhism tells us that as human beings we have been blessed with immense energy and skill that we can achieve unimaginable levels, but there is the need for mindfulness and the right concentration.

Focus, don’t be distracted. But it’s much easier to be distracted. We should know every time we pick up our mobile phone to browse through social media. Even Islam espoused the simple life. But humans that we are, we regard the simple life and the simple things in life as something we have to achieve. And so along the way we get distracted by everything and conditions are set. I will retire to a simple life after I achieve this.

I will become a farmer and tend to the soil hopefully after five years, which will be extended by another five every five years. Thus, we end up having complicated lives, relationships, and situations. This much we see around us.

to 5 employees. The power-trippers, or the people who only respect power but treat the rank and file like disposable slaves, unfortunately arouses gossips, politicking, and needless stress and contempt in the work place. As a reminder for the lucky junior and senior officers (even the heads), kind words uplift the lower rank employees and build an environment of trust and positivity.

When I was younger (and as an artist and rock & roller), I worked with chaos and recklessness. Despite surviving for some time, there were couple of times that such care-free outlook cost me important ventures. Some workmates advised me to learn the skill of

It is not uncommon to find someone who has gained popularity to lose track of what earned him/her the popularity, and then wield the tiny power that comes with the popularity to put one over the people he/she should have been serving.

From that spectrum of the world we live in, it’s easy to take on the ways of the corrupt.Along the way, the corrupt will have a brush with death or land behind bars, and from there will find a new life preaching the Holy Book and the simple life, when it has been there all along, we just prefer the complex and complicated. SSCebu

management and organization. This will prevent blame-games and confusion at work because all the levels of tasking and specialized delegations will be covered for efficiency. I am still learning those skills.

Smile. Energy, as they say is contagious. When you enter work with the look of depression, your co-workers and even clients will have the tendency to spend the day with the same drive and perspective. Smiling is the most inexpensive and the simplest way to encourage a lively and healthier working environment. As doctors remind us; Smiling contributes to the success of our work, our health, well-being, and happiness! Smile at work everyone!