August 2010
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“The single biggest reason companies fail,” says Mr. Hamel, “is that they overinvest in what is, as opposed to what might be.”
—http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439723695579664.html?KEYWORDS=end+of+management
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“There is a story of a young, but earnest Zen student who approached his teacher, and asked the Master, “If I work very hard and diligently, how long will it take for me to find Zen? The Master thought about this, then replied, “Ten years . .”
The student then said, “But what if I work very, very hard and really apply myself to learn fast — How long then?” Replied the Master, “Well, twenty years.” “But, if I really, really work at it, how long then?” asked the student. “Thirty years,” replied the Master. “But, I do not understand,” said the disappointed student. “At each time that I say I will work harder, you say it will take me longer. Why do you say that?”
Replied the Master, “When you have one eye on the goal, you only have one eye on the path.”
—http://americaviaerica.blogspot.com/2010/07/coxsackie-athens-valedictorian-speech.html
“There’s a real mental freedom in knowing no one or nothing can interrupt you”
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Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain
Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain
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“under every deep a lower deep opens”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I can only meditate when I’m walking. When I stop, my mind ceases to think; my mind only works with my legs.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one can not walk away from it…”
—Kierkegaard, . JP, 5, entry 6063, pp. 411-412, S.K.’s letter to his niece Jette. Also in Hong: KW 25, Letters and Documents, Letter 150, p. 214-215