When it starts...and When it's over...

[Elwin and Joan]

 Peggy,
You said,
> I've come
> to see the two principles -- When it starts...and
> When it's over...  as one principle about time.  It
> has to do with our relationship to the clock.  So
this is a
> principle to invite people to pay attention to their
> own natural rhythm, noticing what has passion for
> them and to follow that path.  After all, that's
> when spirit emerges.
>
> I haven't figured out a sleek way to state this as
> one principle, so I still mention them both but talk
> about them as a result of this different
> relationship to time.  any ideas?

Peggy, I do not think it wise to "marry" these two as
one!  I strive to make participants conscientuosly
aware of the classical "control" notion we have
ingrained in us regarding start and stop time. I do
not think it is about our relationship with time.
Rather, I think it is about the way we have been
"managed" since the 1st day of school, remember the
class bells ringing?  In typical Harrison fashion I
tell a short story for each.

The "when it starts" story goes something like, " when
you arrive at your workplace at the "official" start
time do you start working when the minute hand of the
clock strikes the hour??  NO! What you do is hang up
your jacket, walk to the coffee maker and fix a cup,
say good morning to your office mates, unroll the
morning newspaper at your desk and scan it.  Next you
pick up the phone and call a friend/colleague, and
...!  You start work when the time is "right" for you!
 In reality you start work when the time is right for
you! When it starts it's the right time!

When it's over, it's over- here i talk about the
classic staff meeting agenda that states the meeting
is 2 until 4 PM.  All the items are finished at 3PM
but we sit and stare at each other and the floor until
someone says that we should go back to an already
agreed upon point and reconsider our decision about
it.  This is repeated for other decisions as well.  I
tell a story about Grandmothers birthday sweater for
you.  She labored long and hard to knit it.  When you
first put it on you notice that several knots are
loose along one cuff.  You poke and pull on those
knots and in a short time the sleeve unravels (here I
push up my suit coat sleeve as high as possible) and
you have destroyed this beautiful work of love and
art. LEAVE IT ALONE! When it's over, it's over!  Use
the Law of Two Feet and move on.

For what it's worth, each story takes about 60 seconds
and the payoff at my OSTs has been fantastic!

Elwin Guild
Future Development International
Baltimore

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