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I really find this notion tickles my fancy. It matches well the stand-out principle. It's a guideline for which things to work on. It suppose it suits the Dreams book, though that didn't appeal to me. It is a recipe for excellence.
What seems to happen when I adopt this mindset, is those things I didn't really want to do, I now say I won't do them as set out.
But some things demand my attention even though I'm not enthusiastic. I think here that simply by insisting on the whole-hearted attitude, and simultaneously acknowledging the reason for the needed task, I can actually find an approach such tasks which provides the stipulated heartiness. It's only been a day but it feels amazing.
What seems to happen when I adopt this mindset, is those things I didn't really want to do, I now say I won't do them as set out.
But some things demand my attention even though I'm not enthusiastic. I think here that simply by insisting on the whole-hearted attitude, and simultaneously acknowledging the reason for the needed task, I can actually find an approach such tasks which provides the stipulated heartiness. It's only been a day but it feels amazing.
January 3, 2012 at 22:05 |
Alan Baljeu
Alan Baljeu
Alan:
Thanks for reminding me of this article. It's just as easy to forget one's own advice as that of other people!
Thanks for reminding me of this article. It's just as easy to forget one's own advice as that of other people!
January 4, 2012 at 1:23 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
http://www.markforster.net/wholehearted-living/
Basically, don't accept any duties unless you are able to put your whole heart into it. Sounds to me like a recipe for making the most of life: most enjoyable, least overburdened, most energetic. It also fits this bit of biblical wisdom:
"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;" Colossians 3:23