dispatches from the new world of work

Sleep In ...

Our friend Tom Asacker counters in a Comment with this wonderful piece of quasi-Haiku:

Sleep in tomorrow.
Unplug.
Take a walk in the woods.
Don't try to figure out a damn thing.
Breathe.
Make a whistle from an acorn top.
Say, "You are very lucky. Be at peace." At least a dozen times.
Be invisible.
Be of open heart.
Catch a fish.
Or not.
Repeat weekly.

Presumably the two lists could be used together. I think so. Don't know what Tom A's view is—or yours.

Tom Peters posted this on 04/09/09.

Comments

Beautiful! The two lists can used together for sure! Thanks, Tom A!

Posted by Judith Ellis at April 9, 2009 7:47 AM

Make yourself visible.
Be invisible.

Together, these two lists make an excellent example of the simultaneous "loose-tight properties" that one needs to master, to thrive in 21st century life and business.

Jay, Bangalore

Posted by Jayakumar Hariharan at April 9, 2009 8:10 AM

Brilliant - Why not copyright the two lists under a new brand name 'Tom-Tom' :-)

Sincere 'thank you' to two of my gurus!

Posted by Trevor Gay at April 9, 2009 8:37 AM

Work hard and rest well
cherish and love and nourish
work, family and friends.

Posted by Mark JF at April 9, 2009 9:03 AM

I LOVE the idea! There is no dark without light. No work without rest. No downs without ups. No meaningful passion without compassion. "Dynamic Equilibrium: The Secret to Success in an Age of Turbulence." Quick! Call your publisher. :)

Posted by Tom Asacker at April 9, 2009 11:07 AM

Brilliant! What could be better than my two favorite marketing strategists collaborating! Can I pre-register at Amazon? Really, could you imagine Tom and Tom doing a presentation together? Sign me up NOW!

Posted by Blake Williams at April 9, 2009 6:13 PM

Sleep in ... to 5 am after 6 hours perfect REM sleep.
Then try easier & relax into wealth & superior health.
A smart career yes - labor intense hard work no - except for masochists of course :>).

Posted by C Love at April 9, 2009 6:54 PM

A twelve-line haiku
Tom Peter's innovation
Once was called free verse

Shakespeare’s Debtor
(Aren't we all?)

Posted by Shakespeare's Debtor at April 10, 2009 1:31 PM

No.

Posted by Judith Ellis at April 10, 2009 3:46 PM

If you are not, you have my sympathies.

Posted by Shakespeare's Debtor at April 11, 2009 8:50 AM

There are many great writers of antiquity to whom Shakespeare is indebted. It is the extremity of the "we" and the sense that we are all so indebted to the exclusion of many other great writers, east and west, that struck me as peculiar. Shakespeare, though, is without doubt a favorite of many among other great writers before and since. No sympathy needed; my troth is full.

Posted by Judith Ellis at April 11, 2009 12:47 PM