“When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.”
— Zhuangzi https://t.co/8nU1wzH1gI
“When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.” — Zhuangzi https://t.co/8nU1wzH1gI
The great Chinese sage Tranxu puts it marvelously: “When the archer shoots for nothing, he has all his skill. When he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. When he shoots for a prize of gold, he goes blind. He’s out of his mind. He sees two targets. His skill has not changed. But the prize divides him. He cares. He thinks more of winnin
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If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time. - B.J. Marshall
Erikc Perez-Perez added
“Maintain a margin of safety—even when it’s going well.
Rich people go bankrupt chasing even more wealth.
Fit people get injured chasing personal records.
Productive people become ineffective taking on too many projects.
Don’t let your ambition ruin your position.”
Rich people go bankrupt chasing even more wealth.
Fit people get injured chasing personal records.
Productive people become ineffective taking on too many projects.
Don’t let your ambition ruin your position.”
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Isaac Feldman added
“Maintain a margin of safety—even when it’s going well. Rich people go bankrupt chasing even more wealth. Fit people get injured chasing personal records. Productive people become ineffective taking on too many projects. Don’t let your ambition ruin your position.”
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Steven Kempton added
If you were to put a blindfold on me, then hand me a bow and arrow and ask me to shoot at a target, I would have absolutely no clue where to aim my shot. If I knew the general direction of the target, I might get lucky and hit it once out of a thousand attempts, but there would be no way to replicate the effort because it would be quite literally a
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A line from the Bhagavad Gita , the ancient Sanskrit scripture, on focusing on the process rather than the results:
“You are only entitled to the action, never to its fruits.”
“You are only entitled to the action, never to its fruits.”
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Isaac Feldman added
What no attachment represents is a new attitude for engaging the world. It’s a willing attitude that says, “I want to be aware; I want to be in touch with whatever is and let whatever happens happen.” It is adjusting to the understanding that the moment you make a goal out of something and attempt to get it, you’re seeking ego glorification, ego pr
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Whether he hit the bull’s-eye or missed the target there had to be complete equanimity, for it was not in fact Herrigel that was loosing the shot but the unspoken powers that guide men’s lives. It was only by accepting this that Herrigel could then allow the arrows to be shot through him rather than by him.