Sublime

Zen priest in both the Soto and Rinzai schools of Zen Buddhism. He has distilled what he’s learned over the course of decades of study into a series of teachings that he calls Big Mind and has been a game changer for thousands of people.

did not claim to be an expert like a physician but saw his role more like that of a patient describing the progress of his treatment to fellow patients in the hospital beds beside him.

the guiding values of these free agent small groups—trust, reciprocity, and horizontal loyalty—are essential nutrients of free agency itself. The story isn’t simple.

which people think, If no one is going to praise me, I won’t take appropriate action and If no one is going to punish me, I’ll engage in inappropriate actions, too.

He also believed that good character was his ticket to both productivity and happiness.