Hubris and Ego vs the Beginner’s Mind and Gratitude
Hubris and Ego vs the Beginner’s Mind and Gratitude
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few”
― Shunryu Suzuki
Is the NSW syndrome a result of too much ego and expert like mentality? Isn’t predicting the future a waste of time? How do we fix the NSW malady?
Since I travelled this past weekend, and after a delay, my flight got cancelled because they were short a flight attendant, I kept thinking about how a shortage in work force is affecting our daily lives. Including air travel. Since there were a couple hundred people on my flight and then others who arrived due to their flights being delayed, getting us to our destinations was a challenge. I was fortunate to only spent a night on the airport floor and getting to my parents only about 9 hours later. Others, sadly were not able to fly be it to weddings, graduations or other engagement for two or three days.
All of it made me think why there is so hard to find workers, be it for airlines, for shops, for hospitals and elsewhere? Why so many people have chose to retire early? I know at least of 3 doctors and my brother, who feel burned out. The former quit at a young age. My younger brother is planning to work part time from now on.
Daniel Kahneman in Thinking, Fast and Slow says: ““we can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.” And since he is a psychologist who won Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002, maybe it is all about psychology. In this case, as covid and the current politics have broken our spirit? And did we give up? Do we look within or just point fingers and blame others?
Shunryu Suzuki in Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice says: “The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything. So when you try hard to make your own way, you will help others, and you will be helped by others. Before you make your own way you cannot help anyone, and no one can help you.”
On ParkNews.biz the article from Atlantic, June 27, 2022 – Air Travel Is a Disaster Right Now. Here’s Why, invites us to look within. To take some responsibility for our own behaviors and perceptions. And hopefully prevent what is happening now in the future.
If you have any stories of how to deal with current lack of work force situation. Or how you and your company maneuver through the challenges, be it travel or hiring, please let me know.
In the meantime, have the most wonderful and blessed Independence Day Holliday Weekend.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Astrid Ambroziak
Editor, ParkNews.biz
Creative Director
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