Sublime

Deep is so un-American now, even radical. We live too often like water skeeters on the surface of the pond, dropping down for a quick bite of insect or e-mail. Deep is the realm of soul.

The higher I climb in my life, the more I realize how much I need to mop that floor. Because that’s where all the knowledge is. There is no grit at the top, no tests of resolve in steak dinners, five-star hotels, or spa treatments.

This is what meandering in the muck looks like: getting there and staying there—not responding with surface defenses. You can’t successfully move to solutioning without camping out in the muck, so get your best gear ready. I want to reiterate that the muck is the most needed and hardest place to be in. If you want to create real cultures of

When you reach the top, keep climbing. Zen proverb