By David M. Hoffman I love this blog and the dialog it inspires, but I’ve always found the mantra irritating: “Be Mindful, Trust the Process, Let Go of Outcomes.” Don’t get me wrong. I’ve no doubts about power of mindfulness. And I’m more interested in process than many topics I’ve researched. But … ‘let go of outcomes’ … Really? Sometimes outcomes matter: job interviews, performance evaluations, tenure reviews. That said, outcomes are…
By Kimine Mayuzumi While the whole world has slowed down, the guilty feeling of many academics hasn’t – could be quite an opposite. It is partly because even the adjustment made for the evaluation system for tenure and promotion doesn’t seem to be promising at this point. The society is quite unsettling. The gap between who can produce and who can’t has been exacerbated. The latter group would feel agitated, anxious, and scarce within themselves…
