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After not having a great start with my routine today, I was reminded that yea, it’s important to set really big goals, but at the same time – to go easy on yourself.
We need to work on accepting, appreciating, and valuing who we are – rather than always thinking “oh, I’m so lazy”, “I never get shit done”, “I’m such an unproductive person”, etc.
It’s about meshing the practical nitty-gritty HUSTLE with the buddha-like acceptance of ourselves and “practicing” detaching from the outcome.
Don’t get too high when you’re up and don’t get too low when you’re down.
Ride the ebb and flow, hustlin’ & being lazy, striving for big goals, yet being easy on ourselves.
These are the great paradoxes of productivity.
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JasonFonceca
October 22, 2012 at 1:36 amI talked about this with Benjamin Jenks of AdventureSauce.com a month or two ago, and we reached a similar conclusion.
I find it interesting that the paradoxes of productivity aren’t taught in school, instead the environment is setup to encourage laziness, skipping and not getting anything done, or hyper-pressured ‘brainers’ and ‘brown-nosers’ and ‘geeks’.
I used to hate it, but now I feel there’s a bigger reason the system is like that — it creates posts like this one.
Matt Horwitz
October 22, 2012 at 1:50 amA lot of this stemmed from a conversation with him and another friend. I went for a walk, grabbed the camera, and boom ∞ this flowed out!
I really love the example you shared with me a while back. That of Structure & Flow…
How the ocean has structure (H2O molecule) and flow (raging waves).
Wise man J – thanks for chiming in !
Have you seen the Bruce Lee, “Be Water My Friends”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGFf3SRP1bE
JasonFonceca
October 23, 2012 at 5:11 amHaha, I”m not surprised, I love it dude :) The structure and flow example is in more detail here: http://ryzeonline.com/achieve-a-perfect-blend-of-structure-and-flow – not sure if I ever showed you that, or I just explained it in voice.
And yeah, I looooove that Bruce clip. Or any Bruce clip :)
Matt Horwitz
October 23, 2012 at 8:38 amThanks for the link man! Will check it out. Bruce… love all his stuff!