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Intelligence is overrated?
An old story.
A man was walking down the street at night, and under a streetlight was a second man on his hands and knees.
“What are you doing?” the first man asked.
“Looking for my keys” the second said.
The first guy, being a helpful type, got down on HIS hands and knees to help. After about five frustrating minutes, he asked: “are you sure you dropped them here?”
“Oh no,” the first one said. “I dropped them across the street in the parking lot.”
“What?” the first exclaimed in frustration. “Why aren’t you looking there?”
“Because there is no light over there.”
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The “ a sentence a day to a book a year” works for the same reason that “just get your running shoes and sweats on and walk to the track” works for getting in shape.
In terms of relationships and self -love, hmmm. The FIVE MINUTE MIRACLE. And with one of those breaks, have a quiet meditation space, light a stick of incense and listen to/feel your heartbeat for sixty seconds, focusing on gratitude?
It would be the same thing.
- 90% of doing a thing is showing up.
- When you reduce the amount of time and effort below a certain level, you can no longer lie to yourself and say you had no opportunity. Perhaps for the first time, you will be faced to deal with your real motivations.