Comments on: The importance of non-judgment and non-attachment in sales and entrepreneurship http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:54:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cubfan http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-38821 cubfan Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:40:11 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/#comment-38821 Andrew, yes, the cubs give me hours of uninterrupted failure on end. if I was a buddhist monk, I could say that I've been carrying them around for 34 years. alas, watching how bad they actually are, it makes me feel much better about the work I do;) Andrew,

yes, the cubs give me hours of uninterrupted failure on end. if I was a buddhist monk, I could say that I’ve been carrying them around for 34 years.

alas, watching how bad they actually are, it makes me feel much better about the work I do;)

]]> By: Dynamic http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-37619 Dynamic Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:55:51 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/#comment-37619 Great post Andrew! I know many people who carry around their burdens (and even the burdens of others) and never seem to live a full or happy life because of it. People in general just need to learn from the past and then live their lives for the future. Okay... that's enough deep philosophy for a Friday! Have a great weekend everyone! Great post Andrew! I know many people who carry around their burdens (and even the burdens of others) and never seem to live a full or happy life because of it. People in general just need to learn from the past and then live their lives for the future.

Okay… that’s enough deep philosophy for a Friday! Have a great weekend everyone!

]]> By: aneitlich http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-37493 aneitlich Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:17:08 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/#comment-37493 Zen, Thanks for a much more accurate retelling. Mu Andrew Zen,

Thanks for a much more accurate retelling.

Mu

Andrew

]]> By: Zen http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-37458 Zen Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:56:10 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/#comment-37458 CARRYING A GIRL ACROSS A RIVER - a Zen Buddhism Koan One day, a Buddhist Monk named I-hsiu (literary, "One Rest") took his young student to go to town to do some business. As they approached a small river, they saw a very pretty girl walking back and forth looking very concerned. "Lady", asked I-hsiu, "you look very concerned. What is troubling you?" "I want to cross the river to visit my dad who is very sick, but the bridge had fallen. Where is the next nearest bridge?" "The next closest one is many miles away. But, don't worry, I will carry you across the river." So I-hsiu carried the girl on his back and walked across the river stream. Once they reached the other side, he put her down and, saying farewell to each other, went on their ways separately. Observing the whole thing, the young student was rather uneasy. He thought, "the Master taught us that women are man-eating tigers (see the story "Women are Tigers" in this site) yet today he carried a pretty girl on his back across a river! That does not make any sense. Isn't the Lord Buddha teach us to keep a distance from a stranger girl?" Over the next couple of month, the whole thing was still bothering him in his mind. Finally, the student could not stand it any longer and raised the issue with I-hsiu. Upon hearing this, I-hsiu bursted into laughter: "I had put down the girl ever since I had crossed the river. You must be very tired carrying her around for the last two months!" CARRYING A GIRL ACROSS A RIVER – a Zen Buddhism Koan

One day, a Buddhist Monk named I-hsiu (literary, “One Rest”) took his young student to go to town to do some business. As they approached a small river, they saw a very pretty girl walking back and forth looking very concerned.

“Lady”, asked I-hsiu, “you look very concerned. What is troubling you?”

“I want to cross the river to visit my dad who is very sick, but the bridge had fallen. Where is the next nearest bridge?”

“The next closest one is many miles away. But, don’t worry, I will carry you across the river.”

So I-hsiu carried the girl on his back and walked across the river stream. Once they reached the other side, he put her down and, saying farewell to each other, went on their ways separately.

Observing the whole thing, the young student was rather uneasy. He thought, “the Master taught us that women are man-eating tigers (see the story “Women are Tigers” in this site) yet today he carried a pretty girl on his back across a river! That does not make any sense. Isn’t the Lord Buddha teach us to keep a distance from a stranger girl?”

Over the next couple of month, the whole thing was still bothering him in his mind. Finally, the student could not stand it any longer and raised the issue with I-hsiu.

Upon hearing this, I-hsiu bursted into laughter: “I had put down the girl ever since I had crossed the river. You must be very tired carrying her around for the last two months!”

]]> By: tonysmith2 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-37269 tonysmith2 Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:11:59 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/#comment-37269 A great book that I would highly recommend is Paul McKenna's 'Change your life in seven days'. The monk story is in there, along with lots of other great advice and self-improvement gold. I was tempted to put my amazon affiliate link there for you all to click-thru and buy it, but I thought I'd get in trouble. A great article Andrew, many of us do need to heed your words and indeed eat ourselves up a little less! A great book that I would highly recommend is Paul McKenna’s ‘Change your life in seven days’. The monk story is in there, along with lots of other great advice and self-improvement gold.
I was tempted to put my amazon affiliate link there for you all to click-thru and buy it, but I thought I’d get in trouble.

A great article Andrew, many of us do need to heed your words and indeed eat ourselves up a little less!

]]> By: aneitlich http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-36749 aneitlich Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:41:44 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/#comment-36749 Cubfan, If your alias refers to the Chicago Cubs, then failure is certainly something with which you are familiar! Best, Andrew (Devil Rays Fan -- So I also know failure in baseball) Cubfan,

If your alias refers to the Chicago Cubs, then failure is certainly something with which you are familiar!

Best,

Andrew
(Devil Rays Fan — So I also know failure in baseball)

]]> By: cubfan http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-36748 cubfan Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:25:16 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/#comment-36748 Thank you for this post. You really hit on a critical point that I know a lot of people struggle with. Separating success/failure from your core self worth. I am going to have a talk with Self #2;) Thank you for this post. You really hit on a critical point that I know a lot of people struggle with. Separating success/failure from your core self worth. I am going to have a talk with Self #2;)

]]> By: A.N.Onym http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-36721 A.N.Onym Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:41:33 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/#comment-36721 Those are indeed some great points - it is amazing how little they are mentioned among the web dev circles. Thank you for sharing them :) Those are indeed some great points – it is amazing how little they are mentioned among the web dev circles.

Thank you for sharing them :)

]]> By: DavyT http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-36647 DavyT Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:11:47 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/#comment-36647 The young monk was just thinking about what come's next when reached the other side of the river... The young monk was just thinking about what come’s next when reached the other side of the river…

]]> By: Gator99 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-36633 Gator99 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:41:14 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/07/11/the-importance-of-non-judgment-and-non-attachment-in-sales-and-entrepreneurship/#comment-36633 I got lost after "the last blog post". I guess you're the Hunter S Thompson of web design. I got lost after “the last blog post”. I guess you’re the Hunter S Thompson of web design.

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