OS Certification and Water

[Virginia]

Thank you Scott! I had a great grin about the water .....by the way, how do
those who sell down the river do...(haha)
Virginia
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Stillinger <Stillinger at aol.com>
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Date: Friday, June 11, 1999 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: OS Certification and Water


>$25 sounds a little high, but maybe $9.95 if you throw in a signed glossy
of
>yourself, Harrison (just kidding).
>
>There will always be people who want to sell certification for everything.
It
>has rubbed me the wrong way for a long time. The older I get, the less
>enraged I've become. There are a lot of ways to get from San Francisco to
New
>York.
>
>I'm a certified executive coach. What does that mean? Especially because
the
>kind of coaching that I do assumes that all of the knowledge, wisdom,
>creativity, and resources reside within the client/colleague.
>
>In the Zen tradition we refer to it as "Selling water by the river." It's
>crazy, but there will always be somebody selling people water even though
>they're right next to the river. And there will always be people who want
to
>buy it. Some people obviously need to pay and others don't.
>
>Good teachers always point out that the teacher is not the Way and that
>everyone has to find their own Way. "Please, don't follow me". And still,
>people stand in line to buy the water, while the whole show is going on
right
>next to the river.
>
>By the way, those that point out the fact that the river is right there,
end
>up selling the most water. They just don't charge as much per gallon.
>
>All my best,
>Scott
>
>Scott Stillinger
>Stillinger & Associates
>1148 Patterson Lane
>Pacific Grove, CA 93950
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