Carlos Castenada writes that according to the sorcerer don Juan, to live impeccably, means to live through function, rather than goals or ideals, to try your absolute hardest, and then try a little more.
In Suzuki’s Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, he states: “When you bow, you should just bow; when you sit, you should just sit; when you eat, you should just eat.”
Marketer Seth Godin encourages us to play the long game, to simply show up, to do the work, drip by drip.
Often I discuss the concept of attention.
In reality, this is all the same thing.
Show up at the gym, do the program. Not something else. Go to the grocery store, buy the food on the list. Try your hardest. Get the best you can afford to serve your health. Go to sleep on time, wake up again, show up, do the work again.
A revolving door of attention, effort and our best work*. That is the most rewarding and that is the long game.
