http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/151 A Daily Dose of Buddhist Wisdom Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:48:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/151/comment-page-1#comment-546 AH Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:10:32 +0000 http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/151#comment-546 The corporate world is not very conducive to Buddhist views. In many companies, providing both positive and "developmental" information is required for a "balanced" review. For my own view on this specific topic, balancing the goal of a performance review with Buddhist views should actually mesh quite well, in that your choice of words should be the vehicle for the effects of karma. Our society has eroded much of its ability to be articulate because we are always 'texting', emailing, or 'im-ing' our way through daily communications. The art of using words to convey meaning cannot be over emphasized. Expressing outright negative comments on a review does in fact sound somewhat overt; expressing developmental comments with a sincere desire to elicit positive change in behavior is another. Too often we lose sight of the power of words. After all, written language has been around for thousands of years, and because of this it does help to convey many different thoughts and emotions. Tapping ones vocabulary archives may help to resolve this type of dilemma. The corporate world is not very conducive to Buddhist views. In many companies, providing both positive and “developmental” information is required for a “balanced” review. For my own view on this specific topic, balancing the goal of a performance review with Buddhist views should actually mesh quite well, in that your choice of words should be the vehicle for the effects of karma. Our society has eroded much of its ability to be articulate because we are always ‘texting’, emailing, or ‘im-ing’ our way through daily communications. The art of using words to convey meaning cannot be over emphasized. Expressing outright negative comments on a review does in fact sound somewhat overt; expressing developmental comments with a sincere desire to elicit positive change in behavior is another. Too often we lose sight of the power of words. After all, written language has been around for thousands of years, and because of this it does help to convey many different thoughts and emotions. Tapping ones vocabulary archives may help to resolve this type of dilemma.

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