The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds--Not Crushes--Your Soul

Heroic individualism’s incessant drive to be “productive,” “optimized,” and “efficient” often crowds out time and energy otherwise spent forging close bonds, both to other people and to traditions, crafts, and lineages that provide a sense of belonging.

the Art of Self-Coaching,

when you become too focused on productivity, optimization, growth, and the latest bright and shiny objects, you neglect your ground.

Rather than focusing on the heroic achievement of big goals, practice breaking them down into their component parts and then concentrate on those parts. Doing so serves as an incredibly powerful focusing mechanism. It keeps you present in the here and now and thus keeps you patient, even in the pursuit of distant goals. If you are concentrating on