Thanks🙂. This reminds me of a time when I was a kid, and my siblings and I were driving mum a bit crazy about what to name our newly acquired puppy. She must have been really grumpy that day. She said “ You can call him Bloody Tarzan, for all I care.”. So we did. For two days we went around calling him ”bloody Tarzan”, to our neighbours ‘ amusement, until our dad wisely suggested to shorten it to Tarzan. So Tarzan he remained.🙂
Whew! Even the Ikigai master can lose his cool with technology! Thank you for sharing - I needed that laugh. And I highly recommend you never change the name of that device!
Nice Story David and as I tell many people along with my children, friends and of course myself is to: Be Passionate, but not Emotional ;) So I have an iphone and had the same situation a while back. Unlike you in this case I did call it a slightly different name and all worked out fine. What did we learn? Not that you are not perfect as God created you, as I am far less perfect myself....NO that is not the lesson of our so-called failures. The lesson may be that technology is doing exactly what we humans programmed it to do (and that doesn't always work either) so we need to adjust and be the wiser and consider it simply another in your terms, ZEN moment. Here is a term to consider for you and all that may wish to do so: Amor Fati is a Latin phrase that means "love of fate" or "love of one's fate". It is a Stoic concept that encourages us to accept and embrace everything that happens in life, trusting that it contributes to our growth and wellbeing. So Quest well, Pax Vobiscum!
"be passionate but not emotional." That is good advice. We do get the exact process as designed, be it human or technology. The struggle comes in when we insist it be different without making it so.
In my continuous improvement work, so many leaders would be in denial. It should work! They would insist rather than look at the actual results, which told us it didn't.
It is far too easy to lose our "zen" in those cases, referring to a state of calm, meditative focus, or intuitive insight. Instead, we have a chance to practice...Amor Fati.
Thanks🙂. This reminds me of a time when I was a kid, and my siblings and I were driving mum a bit crazy about what to name our newly acquired puppy. She must have been really grumpy that day. She said “ You can call him Bloody Tarzan, for all I care.”. So we did. For two days we went around calling him ”bloody Tarzan”, to our neighbours ‘ amusement, until our dad wisely suggested to shorten it to Tarzan. So Tarzan he remained.🙂
Oh, that is awesome! Love it!
Whew! Even the Ikigai master can lose his cool with technology! Thank you for sharing - I needed that laugh. And I highly recommend you never change the name of that device!
This made me laugh, but if it was me I'd more likely be crying in frustration. Or breathing Very Slowly and Practicing Patience.
That's kind of where I was. Then I had to laugh at myself and the absurdity of the situation.
😂
Frustration is my constant lesson, too.
Nice Story David and as I tell many people along with my children, friends and of course myself is to: Be Passionate, but not Emotional ;) So I have an iphone and had the same situation a while back. Unlike you in this case I did call it a slightly different name and all worked out fine. What did we learn? Not that you are not perfect as God created you, as I am far less perfect myself....NO that is not the lesson of our so-called failures. The lesson may be that technology is doing exactly what we humans programmed it to do (and that doesn't always work either) so we need to adjust and be the wiser and consider it simply another in your terms, ZEN moment. Here is a term to consider for you and all that may wish to do so: Amor Fati is a Latin phrase that means "love of fate" or "love of one's fate". It is a Stoic concept that encourages us to accept and embrace everything that happens in life, trusting that it contributes to our growth and wellbeing. So Quest well, Pax Vobiscum!
"be passionate but not emotional." That is good advice. We do get the exact process as designed, be it human or technology. The struggle comes in when we insist it be different without making it so.
In my continuous improvement work, so many leaders would be in denial. It should work! They would insist rather than look at the actual results, which told us it didn't.
It is far too easy to lose our "zen" in those cases, referring to a state of calm, meditative focus, or intuitive insight. Instead, we have a chance to practice...Amor Fati.