Stephen discusses how to find meaning in work through the 16 Human Dharmas and talking about his struggles with work over the years.

1. 16 Guidelines For
Happy Knowledge
Workers
Stephen Nelson-Smith (@LordCope)
DevopsDays Tel Aviv, December 2018

2. Meaningful?
Fulfilled?

3. Change
and
Transform

4. Transforming our
minds benefits...

5. The
Sixteen
Human
Dharmas

6. Sounds
like
religious
claptrap

7. About
me...

8. 4W16G

9. 4 Wisdom Themes

10. Thoughts
Actions
Relations
Meaning

11. Thinking
Everything we say
and do arises from
our thoughts

12. The power
of the mind...

13. Inside...
...not out there

14. Behind every
emotion lies a
thought...

15. Transform
your
mind...

16. Acting
Every skilful action
makes a better world

17. ‘If you think you’re
too small to make a
difference, try
getting into bed with
a mosquito.’
- The Dalai Lama

18. Choose how
you act...

19. Give attention
to the
smallest
actions...

20. Review your habits
and patterns...

21. Relating
Every time we
cherish others
we are cherishing
ourselves

22. ‘We must learn to live
together as brothers, or
perish together as fools.’
-Martin Luther King Jr

23. We cannot
get by
alone...

24. Self-sufficiency
and independence
actually leads to
sadness... :`(

25. To be kind to
others is a
kindness to
ourselves

26. Generate
loving-kindness

27. Meaning
If everything
is changing
anything
is possible

28. Change is ubiquitous
and inevitable

29. Living beings are
also constantly
changing...

30. Welcome & Embrace
Hide & Deny

31. Explore unfamiliar
territory

32. 16 Guidelines

33. humility
patience
contentment
delight
respect
gratitude
forgiveness
loyalty
kindness
honesty
generosity
right speech
aspiration
principles
service
courage
ActingThinking
Relating Meaning

34. Humility

35. Humility
To be able to
learn from others

37. “The noble art of losing face,
may one day save the
human race.”
-- Peit Hein

38. Patience

39. Patience
Cultivating a calm
and spacious mind

41. “For every minute you
are angry, you lose sixty
seconds of happiness.”
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

42. Contentment

43. Contentment
To be satisfied
with who we are
and what we have

45. “He is rich who is content with
the least; for contentment is the
wealth of nature.”
-- Socrates

46. Delight

47. Delight
To rejoice in
the good fortune
of others

49. “To be rich in admiration and
free from envy, to rejoice greatly
in the good of others - these are
the gifts which money cannot
buy.”
-- Robert Louis Stevenson

50. Kindness

51. Kindness
To be friendly
caring and
considerate

53. “You yourself, as much as
anybody in the entire universe,
deserve your love and affection.”
-- Buddha

54. Honesty

55. Honesty
To act with
transparency
and fairness

57. “Make yourself an honest man,
and then you may be sure there
is one less rascal in the world.”
-- Thomas Carlyle

58. Generosity

59. Generosity
To give without
expecting anything
in return

60. https://unsplash.com/photos/4iOcciwDzRw

61. “You make a living by what
you get. You make a life by
what you give.”
-- Winston Churchill

62. Right Speech

63. Right Speech
To speak with
insight and
sensitivity

64. https://unsplash.com/photos/9Qu8rZxwz_g

65. “Before you speak, let your words
pass through three gates. At the
first gate, ask yourself, is it true?
At the second gate, ask is it
necessary? At the third gate, ask is
it kind?”
-- Rumi

66. Respect

67. Respect
To honour people
with deeper
understanding
and experience

69. “Listen to your elders’ advice,
not because they are always
right but because they have
more experience of being
wrong.”
-- Unknown

70. Forgiveness

71. Forgiveness
Let go of
resentment and
anger towards
others
and ourselves

72. https://unsplash.com/photos/Zi8-E3qJ_RM

73. “If we could read the secret history
of our enemies, we should find in
each man’s life sorrow and suffering
enough to disarm all hostility.”
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

74. Gratitude

75. Gratitude
Acknowledge and
repay the
kindness of others

77. “The essence of all great art, of all
beautiful art, is gratitude.”
-- Friedrich Nietszche

78. Loyalty

79. Loyalty
To be good-hearted
and dependable in
all relationships

80. https://unsplash.com/photos/WlB8TsI_th0

81. “I’ll take fifty per cent efficiency
to get one hundred per cent
loyalty.”
-- Samuel Goldwyn

82. Aspiration

83. Aspiration
To seek a
fulfilling way of
live that avoids
doing harm

85. “If you have built castles in the air
your work need not be lost. That is
where they should be. Now put the
foundations under them.”
-- Henry David Thoreau

86. Principles

87. Principles
To develop stable
inner values, and
avoid harmful
influences

88. https://unsplash.com/photos/C7DWZcxFCNY

89. “It takes a great deal of bravery to
stand up to our enemies, but just as
much to stand up to our friends.”
-- J.K. Rowling

90. Service

91. Service
To help and
benefit others
in whatever
way we can

93. “The best way to find
yourself is to lose yourself in
the service of others.”
-- Gandhi

94. Courage

95. Courage
To accept
challenges with
determination and
equanimity

96. https://unsplash.com/photos/Zdf3zn5XXtU

97. “When we are no longer able to
change a situation, we are
challenged to change
ourselves.”
-- Victor Frankl

98. https://unsplash.com/photos/eofm5R5f9Kw

99. https://www.compassionandwisdom.org/
https://www.reboot.io/podcast/
https://thehappinesstrap.com/
https://www.tarabrach.com/articles-interviews/trauma/
https://www.matthieuricard.org/en/books/happiness-a-guide-to-
developing-life-s-most-important-skill
https://psychcentral.com/lib/the-confidence-gap-a-guide-to-
overcoming-fear-and-self-doubt/
https://www.shambhala.com/when-things-fall-apart-3628.html
https://www.cnvc.org/
Resources

100. Thank You