Tony Schwartz with Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy., The way we're working isn't working: the four forgotten needs that energize great performance, 2010
p.30
On the one hand, it's undeniably more demanding and frustrating to improve in our areas of weakness than to build on our existing strengths. It's also true that we're likely to be more effective doing whatever it is we already enjoy most and do best.
On the other hand, a sole focus on strengths creates its own problems.
“There is always an optimal value”, explained the philosopher Gregory Bateson, “beyond which anything is toxic, no matter what: oxygen, sleep, psychotherapy, philosophy.”
The Stoic philosophers referred to this paradox as anacoluthia, the mutual entailment of the virtues.
No virtues, they argued, is a virtue by itself.
• No virtues is a virtue by itself.
Even the noblest virtues have their limits.
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Honesty in the absence of compassion [empathy] becomes cruelty. Tenacity unmediated by flexibility congeals into rigidity. Confidence untempered by humility is arrogance. Courage without prudence is recklessness.
Because all virtues are connected to others, any strength over used ultimately becomes a liability. Inhaling deeply is useful, but only if we're equally capable of exhaling just as deeply. Even pleasure and pain are connected. Pushing beyond our comfort zone is uncomfortable, but it's the only means by which we can learn and grow, and ultimately perform better and experience deeper satisfaction. This understanding has ancient roots.
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pp.30-31
In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang refer to opposing forces that are actually interdependent and part of a greater whole. Seng-ts'an, a Chinese Zen master [a Japanese Zen master, or, a Chinese Ch'an master], put it this way: “If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between ‘for’ and ‘against’ is the mind's worst disease.” [Zen is Japanese Buddhism that came to be adopted by, associated with the Japanese warrior class]
(Schwartz, Tony, 1952-, HF5549.5.P37S39 2010, 658.3'128—dc22, copyright © 2010)
(The way we're working isn't working : the four forgotten needs that energize great performance / Tony Schwartz, with Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy. — 1st Free Press hardcover ed., 1. performance., 2. work — psychological aspects., 3. organizational effectiveness., 4. personnel management., )
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Tim Ferriss, Tools of Titans, 2017 [ ]
p.175
“Andy Grove had the answer: For every metric, there should be another ‘paired’ metric that addresses adverse consequences of the first metric.”
Marc Andressen on Twitter
“... For every [virtue], there should be another ‘paired’ [virtue] that addresses adverse consequences of the first [virtue].”
(Tim Ferriss, Tools of Titans, 2017, 081 Ferriss, )
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An introduction to buddhism
An introduction to buddhism : teachings on the four noble truths, the eight verses on training the mind, and the lamp fo the path to enlightenment
by The Dalai Lama
translated by Thupten Jinpa
2004, 2003, 2018
pp.92-93
At this point it may be helpful to reflect a little on the different levels of meaning in the principle of dependent origination. On one level dependent origination refers to the nature of things and events as understood in term of their dependence upon causes and conditions.
On another level this dependence can be understood more in terms of mutual dependence. For example, there is a mutuality of concepts between, say, long and short, in which something is posited as “long” in relation to something else that is “short”. Similarly, things and events have both parts and a whole; the whole is constituted of the parts, and the parts are posited in relation to the whole.
An introduction to buddhism : teachings on the four noble truths, the eight verses on training the mind, and the lamp fo the path to enlightenment
The Dalai Lama
translated by Thupten Jinpa
2004, 2003, 2018
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• how does the principle of dependent origination apply to the [virtue] under examination (investigation) (meditation)?
• where does the [virtue] rest in term of dependence upon causes and conditions.
• what is the [virtue] mutual dependence.
• where does the [virtue] rest in term of have both parts and a whole.
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Tao te ching
Lao Tsu
a new translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English
TWO
Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness.
All can know good as good only because there is evil.
Therefore having and not having arise together.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short contrast each other;
High and low rest upon each other;
Voice and sound harmonize each other;
Front and back follow one another.
Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking.
The ten thousand things rise and fall without cease,
Creating, yet not possessing,
Working, yet not taking credit.
Work is done, then forgotten.
Therefore it last forever.
p.175
“Andy Grove had the answer: For every metric, there should be another ‘paired’ metric that addresses adverse consequences of the first metric.”
Marc Andressen on Twitter
“... For every [virtue], there should be another ‘paired’ [virtue] that addresses adverse consequences of the first [virtue].”
(Tim Ferriss, Tools of Titans, 2017, 081 Ferriss, )
____________________________________
An introduction to buddhism
An introduction to buddhism : teachings on the four noble truths, the eight verses on training the mind, and the lamp fo the path to enlightenment
by The Dalai Lama
translated by Thupten Jinpa
2004, 2003, 2018
pp.92-93
At this point it may be helpful to reflect a little on the different levels of meaning in the principle of dependent origination. On one level dependent origination refers to the nature of things and events as understood in term of their dependence upon causes and conditions.
On another level this dependence can be understood more in terms of mutual dependence. For example, there is a mutuality of concepts between, say, long and short, in which something is posited as “long” in relation to something else that is “short”. Similarly, things and events have both parts and a whole; the whole is constituted of the parts, and the parts are posited in relation to the whole.
An introduction to buddhism : teachings on the four noble truths, the eight verses on training the mind, and the lamp fo the path to enlightenment
The Dalai Lama
translated by Thupten Jinpa
2004, 2003, 2018
____________________________________
• how does the principle of dependent origination apply to the [virtue] under examination (investigation) (meditation)?
• where does the [virtue] rest in term of dependence upon causes and conditions.
• what is the [virtue] mutual dependence.
• where does the [virtue] rest in term of have both parts and a whole.
____________________________________
Tao te ching
Lao Tsu
a new translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English
TWO
Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness.
All can know good as good only because there is evil.
Therefore having and not having arise together.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short contrast each other;
High and low rest upon each other;
Voice and sound harmonize each other;
Front and back follow one another.
Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking.
The ten thousand things rise and fall without cease,
Creating, yet not possessing,
Working, yet not taking credit.
Work is done, then forgotten.
Therefore it last forever.
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THE TAO TEH KING,
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2. 1. All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the want of skill is.
2. So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another.
3. Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.
4. All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show itself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership; they go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a reward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement).
The work is done, but how no one can see;
'Tis this that makes the power not cease to be.
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
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Title: Tao Teh King
Author: Lao-Tze
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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TAO TEH KING ***
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THE TAO TEH KING,
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THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
2. 1. All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the want of skill is.
2. So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another.
3. Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.
4. All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show itself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership; they go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a reward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement).
The work is done, but how no one can see;
'Tis this that makes the power not cease to be.
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