Why inaction is sometimes useful employment
Inspiration / / December 26, 2019
Young crocodile old once asked how he became the most ferocious hunter in the river. The old man did not answer, only continued to doze off in the water. Young decided to show him what he can do: all day he rushed around the body of water, caught two fishes and a small crane. With the spoils he proudly walked to the old man.
He still did not move, but now only a few inches away from him in the water was a large antelope. The next moment he was like lightning rose from the water, his jaws closed on the neck of the animal. "How did you do it?" - asked the young crocodile with admiration. "I did nothing," - replied the old man.
Usually we conduct ourselves as a young crocodile: I think that to get the results necessary to do something.
It seems to us to be successful you need to constantly work, to build, to invent something new. But employment and success is not the same thing.
Entrepreneur and blogger Aytekin Tank (Aytekin Tank) I toldWhy sometimes you have to stay idle and how to enter it into a habit.
Now the idea of idleness seems wild. We evaluate people by how many hours they work and how they are employed. Employment has become a symbol of status and success. But sooner or later, we think, what is our goal: to be as busy or to make the greatest possible contribution to the business? Therefore, many entrepreneurs and scientists regularly take the time to idleness.
When Bill Gates led Microsoft, twice a year, he took a week to decide. It was not a vacation, but it is time to think, read, and distracted from the business. Gates is so serious about his weeks of reflection, that at this time not seen his family, or with friends or co-workers.
According to Gates, a big part of Microsoft's success is based on the ideas that came to him when he was inactive.
You do not have a week to fence themselves off from family and friends. And few who have the opportunity to do nothing for a week. Try a simpler approach: the weekend discard all electronic devices and technologies. Turn off phone and a laptop computer and hide them in the closet. And my best try not to watch television.
Give yourself the opportunity to forget about the daily hustle and bustle, come up with new ideas or remembering old ones. Perhaps the success of this exercise will not be worse than the old crocodile has caught antelope.
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