Results: Think Less. Achieve More

You're said to have embodied understanding of a domain when you understand it at such a deep level, you don't even have to think about it.

…if you're searching for happiness; if you're searching for tranquility… if you're searching just to have a nice, peaceful, loving, understanding life… in actual fact, you're searching for your inner self…

People pick up on ‘where you’re coming from'. If you're feeling needy, uncomfortable and manipulative, they'll feel creeped out, uncomfortable and manipulated. If you're feeling calm, connected and inspired, they'll feel calm, connected and inspired.

‘I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment…’

Value Formula 1. Clarity Clarity of understanding allows you to see through contaminated thinking and move boldly forward to make a difference. Each of us is unique, with our own talents, abilities and perspectives on life. Your uniqueness is an expression of your inner self; the ‘true self’ we referred to in Chapter 4. This is the source of your a

But here's the thing: while different decisions bring different consequences and levels of complexity, there's nothing in reality that makes one decision more difficult than another… The outside-in misunderstanding is the main source of difficulty in decision-making… But as you fall out of the complexity of contaminated thinking… You fall into the

The illusion that tricks us into believing our felt experience is being generated from something other than THOUGHT is both compelling and invisible. We all get fooled by it, and we will continue to get fooled by it from time to time. There's no immunity from this trick of the mind. There is, however, an inoculation…

The capacities you need to prosper in the twenty-first century can be summarized as perceptiveness, creativity and social intelligence.

Of course, when you take on bigger opportunities and challenges, it sometimes shines a light on areas where you're not seeing the inside-out nature of life, and it's time for another increase in your grounding.