405: How to Be Happy in Life & Work: Stop Trying So Hard with Edward Slingerland
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The Paradox of Trying Not to Try
There is a there's a real paradox, I call it the paradox of trying not to try. In a situation where you know that trying is bad, how can you consciously try not to try? How can you consciously shut down your conscious mind? The early Chinese were aware of this tension. They saw spontaneity and kind of unconscious skill and absorption in the world as the secret to success.
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