Simplicity
Enlightenment is not before you. It's behind you. If you slow down enough, it will eventually catch up with you.
'Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving until the right action arises by itself?'
Lao Tzu
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”
James Clear • The Ultimate Productivity Hack Is Saying No
Rory Sutherland, vice chairman of the Ogilvy advertising agency, famously told a story about an office building where people complained that an elevator took too long to arrive. Instead of spending $1 million to make the elevators 5 percent faster, they solved the problem by spending around $100 to add mirrors so people could look at themselves whi... See more
"Two is twice as good as one, but one is infinitely better than zero.
One minute of making sales calls is infinitely better than zero minutes.
One minute of meditation is infinitely better than zero minutes.
One minute of writing is infinitely better than zero minutes.
Sure, it might be ideal to spend an hour doing these things, but one minute gets ... See more
One minute of making sales calls is infinitely better than zero minutes.
One minute of meditation is infinitely better than zero minutes.
One minute of writing is infinitely better than zero minutes.
Sure, it might be ideal to spend an hour doing these things, but one minute gets ... See more
"Focusing on behavior (doing something) in order to improve behavior is simply not helping people find long-term peace of mind—much less helping them live lives of resilience, harmony, productivity, and excellence."
– The Path of No Resistance: Why Overcoming is Simpler than You Think von Garret Kramer
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– The Path of No Resistance: Why Overcoming is Simpler than You Think von Garret Kramer
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Graphic designer and painter Paula Scher on how to make something great: "Less is more and more is more. It's the middle that's not a good place."
A more certain path to wisdom, even enlightenment, lies in strategic non-action as a way of accessing the unvarnished truth that is out there, all around you. If you act less and less on the world in an effort to influence affairs to your advantage you will eventually arrive at the point where you are motionless, poised with full potential. From he
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