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“The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.”
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“Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.”
― Think and Grow Rich
― Think and Grow Rich
“Skill in any performance whether it be in sports in playing the piano in conversation or in selling merchandise consists not in painfully and consciously thinking out each action as it is performed but in relaxing and letting the job do itself through you. Creative performance is spontaneous and ‘natural’ as opposed to self-conscious and studied.”
― Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
― Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
“Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-conciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.”
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“Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent... But detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you.
On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That's how you are able to leave it...You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief... But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely.You know what pain is. You know what love is. "All right. I have experienced that emotion. I recognize that emotion. Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That's how you are able to leave it...You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief... But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely.You know what pain is. You know what love is. "All right. I have experienced that emotion. I recognize that emotion. Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tom’s 2024 Year in Books
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