Daniel Wentsch

The older I get, the more I find that you can only live with beings who liberate you, and who love you with an affection that is as light to bear as it is strong to feel… This is how I am your friend, I love your happiness, your freedom, your adventure…and I would like to be for you the companion you are sure of, always.

– Albert Camus

Shinzen has this simple formula he will often display while teaching:

Pain x Resistance = Suffering

Pain x Equanimity = Purification

Purification is maybe a big idea, but you can think of it as the undoing of what keeps us closed off to a more expansive and connected state of being or awareness. When we open to pain and allow it to move through us

But then again, is this hobby (that’s exactly what it is, yes!) of mine really less worthy than others?

Is it more pointless than crocheting, which at least results in something tangible?

Less valuable than golfing, which gets people outdoors?

Less useful than running, which improves physical health?

Less meaningful than volunteering, which benefits

The Rules of Brainstorming

1. Quantity over quality

2. No such thing as a bad idea

3. Build on each others ideas

This broke open a financing model that changes everything: Pay-As-You-Go .

Chapter 3: Turning Products Into Services: The PAYG Breakthrough

This is the unlock. This is the thing that makes everything else possible.

Here’s the model:

1. A company (Sun King, SunCulture) installs a solar system in your home




2. You pay ~$100 down




3. Then $40-65/month over 24-30

If a designer shows you work in progress, it’s a great sign. It means they’ve moved beyond a fear that all you’ll see is the broken stuff to a willingness to collaborate with you. Look at it in the spirit of collaboration. Ask questions about what they’re showing. Talk about where they’re headed with it. Feel free to ask if there’s any feedback