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tycho
#11 Posted : Sunday, December 09, 2012 9:03:29 AM
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essyk wrote:
Where is man God?


@Essyk, the Man God has been trying to see whether it is possible to give straight answers instead of parables, and alas, since everything is related to the other, straight connections are not so easy to find!

The subject of this thread is best answered by looking at the Arthurian tale of 'Erec and Ened' by Chretien de Troyes which has taken me over a decade to decipher(perhaps because I am slow?), needless to say that it is a long parable to read.

What is work? It is the Self willing change in spirit and matter, in the context of a relation between Man and God, and within Man God.

What is laziness? It is the inability of the Self to will change on either matter or spirit due to unawareness of relationship expectations, or due to the will being preoccupied by other tasks- neglecting relations, or due to a failure to understand what needs to be done.

'Hard work' seems to be equal to 'hard labor', and immediately, my mind goes to Hitler's concentration camps where the captives were told to work to be free, only to end up being gassed, or in Siberia under Stalin's watch.

Why should one work? One will work because he/she is conscious of his/her Self and power, relations, and loves being, or because the King has ordered his soldiers to whip your back if you don't follow orders.

The latter situation includes keeping up with the Jones's.

So it is neither smart to be lazy, nor glorious to work hard. But it is noble to work in love, where one uses time and everything at his disposal as he pleases and enjoys the presence and being of a beloved.
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Jamani
#12 Posted : Sunday, December 09, 2012 11:06:58 AM
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Lip service pays
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slickyoz
#13 Posted : Sunday, December 09, 2012 11:26:49 AM
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Even working smart is part of hard work
Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it
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dunkang
#14 Posted : Sunday, December 09, 2012 11:38:59 AM
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slickyoz wrote:
Even working smart is part of hard work


exactly what am saying
Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.” ― Rashi

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tycho
#15 Posted : Sunday, December 09, 2012 11:44:53 AM
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What is 'working smart'? It is the rudder turning the ship, or Archimedes moving the earth on a pivot. Is this hard work?

'Genius is 99% perspiration'. Is this the hard work? Yes. But it belongs to the prison, where one works to be free. But the freedom is a result of mercy and grace from the most high.

Working hard and working smart don't go together. It's either one or the other.
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josiah33
#16 Posted : Sunday, December 09, 2012 4:37:50 PM
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… lazy people seem to be smarter, as they use a lot of brain energy on finding an easier way to do stuff.


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Thinking like lazy people is a good way to work smart. Here are two reasons:
-Lazy people find ways to accomplish something with the least amount of effort. If you are lazy, you will diligently find ways not to work. Applied to finishing tasks, it means that you try to accomplish it with the least amount of work possible.
-Lazy people ensure that when they work, they do things that have impact. Why? Because it allows them to gain more with less. They don’t bother doing something that won’t give them results.

Of course, what is meant here is thinking like lazy people, not actually being lazy. You still need to have strong work ethic. But you also need to do things the smart way.
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ChessMaster
#17 Posted : Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:11:11 PM
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xyzee wrote:
lazy people are lazy in their minds


You haven't met lazy but superb programmers
Uncertainty is certain.Let go
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josiah33
#18 Posted : Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:28:04 PM
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Here are four things you will do if you think like a lazy person:
1. Question whether or not something is worth doing. Don’t do something just because everyone else does it. Ask yourself: is it really necessary? Is it really worth doing? If the answer is no then there is no reason to do it.

2. Do only things with the most impact. Your resources are limited so invest them only on things that give you the most return. Think ROI.

3. Take the shortest path. Don’t waste your time on unnecessary bells and whistles. Do only the things that are necessary to get the job done. Cut everything else.

4. Use as much leverage as possible. Before doing something, find the things you can leverage. Do you know someone in your network who can do it better or faster than you? Can you market it to your existing customers? Can you achieve more than one thing at once? Whatever you do, always use the power of leverage to your advantage.
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Mukiri
#19 Posted : Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:35:45 PM
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7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE wrote:
You can quickly grasp the important difference if you envision a group of producers cutting their way through the jungle with machetes. They're the producers, the problem solvers. They're cutting through the undergrowth, clearing it out.
The managers are behind them, sharpening their machetes, writing policy and procedure manuals, holding muscle development programs, bringing in improved technologies, and setting up working schedules and compensation programs for machete wielders.
The leader is the one who climbs the tallest tree, surveys the entire situation, and yells, "Wrong jungle!"
But how do the busy, efficient producers and managers often respond? "Shut up! We're making
progress."


He who is on a tree gets paid the most, no?

Proverbs 19:21
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josiah33
#20 Posted : Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:36:06 PM
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ChessMaster wrote:
xyzee wrote:
lazy people are lazy in their minds


You haven't met lazy but superb programmers

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You may be surprised to hear that the first and foremost virtue of a programmer is laziness. In the Linux community laziness is acknowledged and valued above even eagerness and interest. The logic of the claim goes like this: the lazier the programmer, the more code he writes. When a programmer hits a boring, time-consuming and high-on-routines task, he gets lazy. There is nothing worse for a lazy hacker than boring routine tasks. That's why he decides to write a program that will do the routine tasks for him. This is the program he sits up all night to perfect, seemingly diligently at work. Typing is too arduous for him, so he writes the code for a word processing program. And because it's too much effort to print out a letter and take it to the postbox, not to mention licking a stamp, he writes the code for e-mail. Now you'll understand how truly lazy programmers are.So, laziness is a programmer's prime virtue.
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