Win Without Trying (A Taoist simile about losing your flow)

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  • @Eternalised
    @Eternalised 4 роки тому +1999

    *"Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” - Lao Tzu.*

    • @matthewx7486
      @matthewx7486 4 роки тому +4

      Good sentence. Where did you find it? It's not from the Tao-te-king.

    • @Eternalised
      @Eternalised 4 роки тому +11

      ​@@matthewx7486 Seems to be a quote attributed to him as a philosopher, not in the Tao Te Ching. I'm unaware of its origin.

    • @bellarmino4406
      @bellarmino4406 4 роки тому

      This is such a nonsense. I wonder how this still passes as wisdom.

    • @Eaglez27
      @Eaglez27 4 роки тому +3

      Bellarmino This is an English translation. A lot is lost in translation from the original text. It’s the best we have. But you get the gist of it.

    • @urbanwarchief
      @urbanwarchief 4 роки тому +1

      That's why you never learn from only one person

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 роки тому +1567

    “Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems”
    ― Epictetus

    • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
      @QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 роки тому +11

      @D H you don't approve of me sharing a quote?

    • @xVecna
      @xVecna 4 роки тому +19

      Man this wise guy tetus was indeed epic!

    • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
      @QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 роки тому +7

      @@xVecna 😂 😂 😂

    • @michaelstout776
      @michaelstout776 4 роки тому +6

      It's so weird how things never play out as bad as we think it would. It's just we get so focused on the idea that most things don't play out as well as we want them too so for some odd reason, we just assume that an imaginary worst case scenario, no matter how irrational and silly, is the only possibility.
      It's almost like we're convinced that if we lie to ourselves that things will become absolutely horrible, we'll be entitled to a feeling of satisfaction when things turn out just fine, but that satisfaction never really comes.
      The "prepare for the worst and hope for the best" mentality that people in the modern world are conditioned to live by leaves no room for adaptation and unforseen circumstances and so many people are running themselves ragged to live by it.

    • @missionpupa
      @missionpupa 4 роки тому +9

      We suffer more from our imagination than in reality.

  • @Lev-The-King
    @Lev-The-King 4 роки тому +2637

    When you focus on results, nothing will change. When you focus on change, you'll eventually get results.

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 роки тому +1871

    “If you are depressed you are living in the past if you are anxious you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.”
    -Lao Tzu

  • @Moviemaniac221
    @Moviemaniac221 4 роки тому +1810

    "I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened."
    Mark Twain
    As always, stellar video

    • @gainesdominique
      @gainesdominique 4 роки тому +6

      So relatable.

    • @adempenver9416
      @adempenver9416 4 роки тому +7

      Maybe they never happened because he worried about them

    • @True38
      @True38 3 роки тому

      @@annarold1709 It is said that intelligent people worry a lot. I agree. And you're right, I've suffered from both overthinking and perfectionism. Overthinking is better than succumbing to your impulses though. I always like to think out different scenarios before acting. "If I do this, then that happens" etc.

    • @EggEnjoyer
      @EggEnjoyer 3 роки тому +3

      @@True38 I don’t think overthinking is better than impulses bro. Sometimes you have to be spontaneous life. Let the Id part of your ego take control. Overthinking tends to paralyze people and this paralysis tends to lead to missed opportunity. It’s the thing that keeps you from asking out a girl or going on a trip.
      Of course there are times when thinking is good. But often, intelligent people mistake their anxiety riddled rambling as reasonable thought, and trick themselves into believing that they know what will happen after they do something as if they can read the future. It’s good to simply act sometimes because you don’t always know what the outcome is going to be

    • @True38
      @True38 3 роки тому +3

      ​@@EggEnjoyer Neither overthinking nor succumbing to your impulses is good. But there's always a thing called balance.
      Generally, you should have a normal routine in life that gives you an illusion of control and some sort of long-term goal that you continuously strive to achieve.
      Then, now and then you can break out from your routine and do something crazy or things you normally would not do for some excitement.
      But going overboard on either spectrum is bad for you and I would rather be a control freak than an impulsive maniac. Control freaks go much farther in life imo.
      I agree with your last sentiment to some extent. I am highly educated, have a Masters's degree in Strategy and Management, so it's natural for me to analyze everything and develop different scenarios in my own head "If I do this, then this happens" ect.
      You are right indeed that I've wasted so many opportunities right in front of me because of this, although this is mainly because I shoot very high, and if I don't achieve my goal at first, I usually never give up until I do. But then I neglect so many other opportunities out there and that has in fact cost me a lot.
      In regards to the future. I can't predict 100%, but I always know where the world is going by looking closely at trends. If I really want to be successful both now in the future, I know exactly what the most optimal choice is, and that is an IT-career. I also know what choices NOT to make, as so many jobs are being replaced by automation and digitalization.
      But yes, my philosophy these days is "just do it!" whatever it might be. As long as they are good/smart choices, then that is more often than not the best strategy. Keep it simple and just go for it.

  • @ReynaSingh
    @ReynaSingh 4 роки тому +789

    Life itself is effortless. It is humans that complicate the process. We simply need to let it be.

    • @aaliahrose7791
      @aaliahrose7791 4 роки тому +3

      You comparing a 2nd density being(animal) to a 3rd density being (human) its not the same we have a lot more conciousness/awareness we can reach. Editing this comment to add that I'm am not putting down animals relax why do u guys like to assume everyone on social media are out to put each other down stop this dense nonsense. You can't even say water is wet then people will find something wrong with that statement it's a sickness. "think 10 good things before 1 bad" - prophet Muhammad.. Try that out or ask someone what they mean before you shoot.

    • @lordmichael7136
      @lordmichael7136 4 роки тому +9

      @@aaliahrose7791 You look down on animals.
      You sound like you are at 1st density. Also, before you say "but dat da.truf", I'll simply say a sage and a saint trains animals close to her heart. That is, if all living beings are close to her heart, she sees her potential and their potential.

    • @lordmichael7136
      @lordmichael7136 4 роки тому +1

      @@lechsiz1642 You have surpassed Daoism, without getting rid of it. You remind me of Hsu Yun.

    • @lordmichael7136
      @lordmichael7136 4 роки тому

      @Bob Wilson What does this mean exactly?

    • @lordmichael7136
      @lordmichael7136 4 роки тому

      You changed your message. Also, life is not "effortless". What does "let it be" mean. Part of being human is the spiritual potential we have.

  • @roydamanna
    @roydamanna 4 роки тому +437

    “We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”

    • @newlifegroupinc
      @newlifegroupinc 4 роки тому +4

      The great Jim Rohn.

    • @TheZakiya07
      @TheZakiya07 4 роки тому +2

      Thank you for Jim Rohn 🙏🏽 I needed to read this quote today. Thank you @roydamanna

    • @bianlinka8386
      @bianlinka8386 4 роки тому +1

      @@TheZakiya07 same here wow

    • @bianlinka8386
      @bianlinka8386 4 роки тому

      Wow thank you for taking the minute to comment. I really needed to hear this :)

    • @RedDragonfly205
      @RedDragonfly205 3 роки тому

      Yes one should always try to avoid The 'RE' words:- Resent, Resist and Regret.

  • @debasish.d5616
    @debasish.d5616 4 роки тому +328

    "Accomplish but do not boast,
    accomplish without show,
    accomplish without arrogance,
    accomplish without grabbing,
    accomplish without forcing"
    Lao Tzu
    But first you need to "empty your mind" manifest plainess, a life which is as bright as a light BUT DOES NOT DAZZLE

  • @allschooltv5385
    @allschooltv5385 4 роки тому +162

    Allow your thoughts to come and go, just don't serve them tea
    -Shunryu Suzuki

  • @biswajitdutta72
    @biswajitdutta72 4 роки тому +449

    You have to understand a simple thing, that giving attention is giving nourishment. If you don’t give any attention but remain unconcerned, the thoughts start dying on their own. They don’t have any other way to get energy, any other source of life. You are their energy, and because you go on giving them attention, seriously, you think it is very difficult to be free from thought. It is the easiest thing in the world, but it has to be done in the right way.
    The right way is just to stand by the side. The traffic goes on - let it go. Don’t make any judgment of good and bad; don’t appreciate, don’t condemn. That is what is meant by being easy. It is all okay.
    ~osho

    • @daithiocinnsealach1982
      @daithiocinnsealach1982 4 роки тому +35

      This is so true. We take ourselves far too seriously and believe our looping memories, fantasies, fears, whatever, must be paid attention to. They don't.
      But sometimes the storm rages and all I can do is hunker down and ride it out. Be quiet in my own little mental hut. Then eventually the hard driving rain subsides, the black clouds disappear and the sun starts to shine behind the white little clouds and the blue sky appears once again.

    • @mikef2813
      @mikef2813 4 роки тому +3

      biswajit dutta thanks for posting.

    • @bozdogan_
      @bozdogan_ 4 роки тому +4

      He probably continued like "instead of having thoughts, have an orgy party" because its Osho, you know.

    • @tim57243
      @tim57243 4 роки тому +3

      @@bozdogan_ Hopefully the orgy happened in the present moment.

    • @mikef2813
      @mikef2813 4 роки тому +1

      KC yes, lol

  • @Tommi23
    @Tommi23 4 роки тому +125

    He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary”
    - Seneca

  • @bigal7943
    @bigal7943 4 роки тому +144

    This is the most useful channel for one struggling in life.

    • @jeevaneshsawhney9726
      @jeevaneshsawhney9726 4 роки тому +13

      And who isn't

    • @shen7728
      @shen7728 4 роки тому

      not really

    • @acidset
      @acidset 4 роки тому +5

      @@shen7728 Don't be so reductive, why not?
      This channel has helped people immensely.

    • @rainmanjr2007
      @rainmanjr2007 3 роки тому +1

      @@acidset OMU must feel that only those not with Jesus need to open their minds and listen. They have the arrogance of absolute certitude, arrogance being a deadly sin because it's always born from ego, but those who explored and chose are of closed mind. This is obviously twisted thinking and that's what one would expect of evil. In fact, I'd argue that it's the alarm bell for it.

  • @johnstutzer8664
    @johnstutzer8664 11 місяців тому +3

    Thank you Einzelganger. Always an even tempered delivery. Not shouting, not monotonous, and yet present and balanced in presentation.

  • @fpvillegas9084
    @fpvillegas9084 3 роки тому +110

    This also applies in schools. When you're studying for an exam, you seem to struggle in absorbing information and concepts. But when you're just reading for pleasure and fun, you're brain easily absorbs and retains the lessons. Maybe it's just a matter of study methods and techniques. But the point is, you seem to learn more when there's little or no pressure to learn.

    • @abc-ze2es
      @abc-ze2es 3 роки тому +6

      That's how I learned English when I was a kid! Just playing games while searching online what they mean

    • @shadowbarkspawn5711
      @shadowbarkspawn5711 3 роки тому +2

      True dat.

    • @imarchello
      @imarchello 3 роки тому

      @@abc-ze2es I was about to comment the same exact message, but you beat me to it. But yes, learning English felt effortless to me, thanks to the internet and video games and such.

    • @artfuldodger806
      @artfuldodger806 3 роки тому +1

      The truth literally no ones reads for fun

    • @applebalbuena9892
      @applebalbuena9892 Рік тому

      It really depends on the subject and also it's kinda exhausting because there's a lot of subjects to study. There are subject that is not supposed to be learned in school. 😢

  • @monikatripathi4589
    @monikatripathi4589 4 роки тому +242

    This channel is the reason I'm becoming a totally different version of myself, this channel is gold, thank you for giving me different perspective towards life, all of a sudden life seems easy and not very complicated, problems have solutions

    • @nikstoun9478
      @nikstoun9478 4 роки тому +1

      Ok Monika.

    • @deathmeo
      @deathmeo 4 роки тому +7

      I couldn't agree more; i was literally having an episode of severe depression and this really turned over a new leaf for me

    • @TheGhostOperative
      @TheGhostOperative 3 роки тому +1

      dnt blame the channel if you start growning a tail.

    • @adityapandey4554
      @adityapandey4554 3 роки тому +1

      "It's all in our mind"
      Cheers

    • @khaipham1056
      @khaipham1056 2 роки тому +1

      So how are you doing today...

  • @CGBalla1014
    @CGBalla1014 4 роки тому +213

    “Do or do not. There is no try.” - Yoda

    • @zovalentine7305
      @zovalentine7305 4 роки тому +7

      Try is so trying

    • @conorm2524
      @conorm2524 4 роки тому +1

      Nah. Give something a go to see if you enjoy it.

    • @CGBalla1014
      @CGBalla1014 4 роки тому +11

      @@conorm2524 this isn’t about selecting which hobbies you want to pick up. That isn’t the context of the quote.
      If you have a job to do, then do it. Don’t say, “I’ll give it my best try.” All that does is allows a possibility of not getting the job done in your mind. You are saying that you may fail and that’s okay. So you won’t actually give it your all to accomplish your goal because you set yourself up to not get the task done.
      Obviously it’s okay to fail, because how else would we grow? However, you cannot go into the job with the mindset that you will fail. That will only hinder the possibility of success.

    • @conorm2524
      @conorm2524 4 роки тому +1

      @@CGBalla1014 You take a quote from Star Wars way too seriously, friend.

    • @CGBalla1014
      @CGBalla1014 4 роки тому +6

      @@conorm2524 I don’t think understanding the context behind something means that I take it “too seriously”. It just means that you didn’t understand it and made a mistake for all to see. Now you want to make me feel bad because I actually understand what I typed out.
      What’s your intent here pal? Do you understand the quote now? Or are you here to simply call me a ‘nerd’ or something?

  • @thomasgreenwood3560
    @thomasgreenwood3560 4 роки тому +39

    For me, the best way to reduce performance anxiety was realizing, even if I do 'fail', nothing changes. My value isnt tied into the result, but simply showing up. Winning or losing becomes secondary.

  • @zovalentine7305
    @zovalentine7305 4 роки тому +144

    Worry is like paying interest on a loan not yet received ~ Yiddish Proverb

    • @alexmomonga
      @alexmomonga 4 роки тому +15

      Of course it's yiddish...

    • @jakepeninger5748
      @jakepeninger5748 4 роки тому +3

      Lmao

    • @ws5826
      @ws5826 4 роки тому +3

      Worry is like rocking in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.

    • @リンゴ酢-b8g
      @リンゴ酢-b8g 2 роки тому

      the yiddish always have loans, interests and payments on their mind

  • @earnyourimmortality
    @earnyourimmortality 4 роки тому +181

    There's only one person to compete against...
    Yourself.
    Become a little better than you were yesterday.
    I have my kids repeat this everyday

    • @DerpShark
      @DerpShark 4 роки тому +5

      I'd argue that's not a great mindset either, as it promotes shame and anxiety if you aren't continually always better than yesterday, which is simply not possible, especially when you get older or get over the beginning stages of a skill. Focus on learning, reflect on what you can do better, then let it go and accept whatever level you are at.

    • @earnyourimmortality
      @earnyourimmortality 4 роки тому +11

      @@DerpShark
      That's almost heart breaking 💔
      That's such a defeatist attitude smh.
      Shame & anxiety, by no means, need exist in the formula.
      If you practice something everyday, you, literally, do get better. It happens in tiny increments with consistent time & repetition.
      Just because you can't see a flower grow in a 10 minute period doesn't mean it didn't smh.
      Lastly, why does a MASTER (blank) practice???
      Because, even if they're 80 years old, they love what they do & know there's always room to improve.
      I'm so sorry you feel the way you do
      😔

    • @DerpShark
      @DerpShark 4 роки тому +1

      @@earnyourimmortality well that's just like, your opinion man, there's no reason to act self-righteous and condescending

    • @earnyourimmortality
      @earnyourimmortality 4 роки тому +2

      @@DerpShark
      🤔...
      My comment was based directly on the content of your response.
      My sincere apologies if it struck a nerve.

    • @thedailyrage2561
      @thedailyrage2561 4 роки тому

      Earn your Immortality nah serious shark is right you sound condescending

  • @70MIFICATION
    @70MIFICATION 4 роки тому +27

    I´ll keep coming to this video every time i feel stagnated with my artistic activity. Thank you very much, Einzel. "Never for money, always for love".

  • @detailed8962
    @detailed8962 4 роки тому +38

    I'm in tears right now. This video saved my life . It reminded me why i choose my path . And for that i cannot thank you enough.

    • @artfuldodger806
      @artfuldodger806 3 роки тому

      I hope you fail in whatever you're trying to achieve

    • @detailed8962
      @detailed8962 3 роки тому

      @@artfuldodger806 i hope you stop protecting

  • @aquiline9532
    @aquiline9532 4 роки тому +54

    “It’s always good to have a hobby where there’s no way to monetize it... So follow your dreams, but right up to the point where they become your job, and then run in the other direction.”
    ~ David Rees
    “Everyone who’s turned their passion into their breadwinning knows this is dangerous territory. One of the easiest way to hate something you love is to turn it into your job: taking the thing that keeps you alive spiritually and turning it into the thing that keeps you alive literally.”
    ~ Excerpt from author Austin Kleon’s book, Keep Going

  • @zenthegeneral
    @zenthegeneral 4 роки тому +37

    I think some people thrive on competitions. Some of the best athletes, entrepreneurs, and researchers thrive on overcoming adversity & encroaching their will over the enemy. To prove their dominance in their art and whatever competitive arena that they're placed in. And they've also developed some interesting philosophy and techniques to master the thrill of competition.
    Interestingly enough, there seems to be multiple approaches to how to excel while competing. Some people who are inherently competitive often do fine confronting their fear and fighting on. These people often just enjoy competition for competition's sake. Others need to keep the competitive pressures out of their world, and would rather focus on the process of getting better. Along the way, they become skilled enough to compete but it's still just secondary to them. Both ideals have formed world champions and truly successful competitors.

    • @mark8327-u5f
      @mark8327-u5f Рік тому

      Win without trying is only applicable in desney world.
      Overcoming obstacles and challenges is already proven for so many years even to these day.
      "That's why only the winner who get a trophy."

  • @AXes89
    @AXes89 4 роки тому +11

    "It's more like a hobby for me, so obviously I don't need to do it if I don't want"
    - Kimi Räikkönen

  • @Micah041
    @Micah041 4 роки тому +30

    Never overdo something, do it by heart.... - anonymous

  • @xavierhernandez8245
    @xavierhernandez8245 4 роки тому +29

    Focus on the process, not the outcome. Peace

  • @somnathdash4428
    @somnathdash4428 4 роки тому +10

    I love how when you showed a musician, you showed David Gilmour, a true musician, a true legend.

  • @prosimulate
    @prosimulate 4 роки тому +19

    Accept you cannot fix everything in one day, some things cannot be fixed.

    • @alwaysasolution5519
      @alwaysasolution5519 4 роки тому

      And yet, isn't it possible that by "not being fixed" it is, in actuality fixed? Similar to not everything is perfect - yet isn't everything perfect in its own way by being imperfect? IOW, it's perfectly imperfect and fixed by its unfixing? just a thought...

  • @PressureTvReviews
    @PressureTvReviews 4 роки тому +3

    Ever since i started watching this channel, my mind has been opened to so much knowledge and wisdom and by using critical thinking , logic and reasoning even in its simplistic form...i feel like i have been red pilled to the max. I recently just finishing reading the meditations by marcus aurelius and the art of war by sun tzu. I also read the book of five rings as well. Thank you for making this channel.

  • @rmann1129
    @rmann1129 4 роки тому +33

    "Each of us lives dependent and bound by our individual knowledge and our awareness. All that is what we call reality. However, both knowledge and awareness are equivocal. One's reality might be another's illusion. We all live inside our own fantasies."
    - Itachi Uchiha
    The importance we place on results and prestige is just an arbitrary construct that we collectively as a society have deemed to be important. It's all just a result of the way we've been conditioned. By being immersed solely on the task at hand, without letting these views and belief systems getting in the way and causing anxiety, the best possible results will come naturally. This is winning without trying.

    • @magnamia
      @magnamia 3 роки тому +1

      Beautiful! Thank you for this!

  • @Alex-ir5jt
    @Alex-ir5jt 4 роки тому +4

    I really needed to hear this. I’m in the process of making my biggest passion my career and sometimes I lose track of why I started, caring only about to be successful and making money. Writing for me is life. I don’t want to write to earn a live, I simply live for writing. And my abilities will be recognized in this world, I just have to put them out there and let it be.

  • @andrewgalang3328
    @andrewgalang3328 4 роки тому

    dude i love your channel. you are not like these other toxic self-help gurus. you're a philosopher. mad respect.
    "A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself. I am not teaching you anything, I just help you to explore yourself." - bruce lee

  • @TheDhammaHub
    @TheDhammaHub 4 роки тому +49

    In very simple words: If you block 50% of your "processor"/brain with thoughts about the future and 30% with regret about the past you are left with 20% of the potential ressources for the task at hand. People would be SO much better if they would pick up at least SOME mindfulness habit like meditation!

    • @starcoreart
      @starcoreart 4 роки тому +3

      it's not just that. to be able to enter a flow state you must be able to forget yourself, which is not possible when stuck in this worrying conscious third person perspective. from my own experience, this is very similar to falling asleep: as soon as you think about it, you get consious again, you get more awake.

    • @TheDhammaHub
      @TheDhammaHub 4 роки тому +1

      @@starcoreart That pretty much what mindfulness means, as far as I know! Mindfulness means that there is NOTHING else but the present moment, the task at hand. If you have a though/feeling of self, you are only half mindful. I find a lot of similarities between the two.

    • @joedavis4150
      @joedavis4150 4 роки тому +2

      For some, weed is really good for this. It is one of God's best plant medicines.

    • @joedavis4150
      @joedavis4150 4 роки тому +1

      @@TheDhammaHub some call this the state of no-mind, rather than mindfulness.

    • @iliveinsideyourhouse3943
      @iliveinsideyourhouse3943 4 роки тому

      That's what I feels when I workout. I just focused on this 1 activity in present, nothing else.

  • @TheNobleBard
    @TheNobleBard 4 роки тому +153

    Daoism in a nutshell: Understand that there is no such thing as failure and you will always be successful.

    • @boiboiboi1419
      @boiboiboi1419 4 роки тому +8

      That’s incorrect, failure is part of the way as being represented by ying yang
      What is successful if everything is successful ?

    • @divine_architek
      @divine_architek 4 роки тому +26

      @@boiboiboi1419 I either win or I learn. I always gain from every situation regardless of outcome. I never lose.

    • @boiboiboi1419
      @boiboiboi1419 4 роки тому +2

      Divine Architek that would only lead you to false hope, following the way of dao is to accept there’s always failure but that’s okay
      There’s no such thing as win-win situation only intertwined interest

    • @divine_architek
      @divine_architek 4 роки тому +6

      @@boiboiboi1419Chief if the message of Dao works for you then keep using that mantra. For me, I know that I could never lose as no matter the outcome of any situation or decision I make, I will either win or learn something. I always gain something. But I never lose.

    • @boiboiboi1419
      @boiboiboi1419 4 роки тому

      Divine Architek i see you’re nihilist
      nihilism is like a blank piece of paper with no drawings and that is very sad way of living and i hope your arrogance will lead you somewhere you like

  • @simplyauthentic2022
    @simplyauthentic2022 3 роки тому +26

    This is exactly what I was telling my kid when he was going up to bat. My narc wife tries to make him so competitive. I just want him to enjoy himself.

  • @liyahlang949
    @liyahlang949 3 роки тому +6

    I watch your videos every morning with my dog while we eat breakfast, and they are such thoughtful and meaningful words to hear before preparing for the day. Thank you for creating, Love from Georgia, USA 💜

  • @pukaman2000
    @pukaman2000 4 роки тому +31

    When living on the street anxiety overwhelmed. Worry at night when laying down- would some meth head beat me up as I sleep. Awaking to cold and no place to relieve oneself. Finding a place to bathe, clean water, brushing teeth. Then trying to find a job and being turned away. Stress overwhelms when livelihood is on the line.

    • @myman7152
      @myman7152 4 роки тому +5

      hope it gets better soon

    • @pukaman2000
      @pukaman2000 4 роки тому +7

      My Man Things are much better now. It was difficult to get off the street. What I learned. Don’t trust anyone at their word. Get all promises in writing. Don’t squander money.

    • @Huma_RS
      @Huma_RS 4 роки тому +5

      @@pukaman2000 Good on you, best wishes 😊🙏💛

    • @conorm2524
      @conorm2524 4 роки тому +6

      @@pukaman2000
      I've seen many people fall down. It's not just a vicious cycle but a snowball effect. It seems to grow exponentially on the way back up, too.

    • @ronlittle6448
      @ronlittle6448 8 місяців тому

      I object to the word “win.” Is “winning” the purpose of life? What about “satisfaction,” “accomplishment,” being kind, loving to others, and best of all, “peace of mind?” Did Socrates, Jesus, Lao Tzu, any of the great thinkers encourage us to “compete,” to go out in the world and “make a killing,” defeating everyone in our path? And, yet, our society makes a “god” out of competing and winning. Competition is a form of warfare. Is it any wonder, then, that so many suffer from ill health, both physical and mental? Hope this helps.

  • @jeansoo-learngrowserve3266
    @jeansoo-learngrowserve3266 4 роки тому +7

    I really needed this video because I tend to be so focused on the end result and forget to love the journey and progress. Amazing video!

  • @selfhelpchampion9664
    @selfhelpchampion9664 4 роки тому +17

    It's true, if we focus on the end result we will loose the focus on the journey ❤️🙏

  • @dmtdreamz7706
    @dmtdreamz7706 2 роки тому +3

    At the end of the day, this exercise teaches us that, in many cases, looking terrible in public isn’t as bad as we believe. Sure, we might get some looks and giggles, but these don’t hurt, now do they? The Cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope used to sleep in a barrel on the streets, walking around in ragged clothes, ‘pleasured’ himself in public, and insulted people who walked past him. He didn’t care what people thought of him. Therefore, no one was able to hurt him.

  • @MrHandyDude
    @MrHandyDude 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you so much, man! I was in a lot of anxiety for the past few months worrying about the prospect of losing and forgetting why I decided to follow my dream in first place... I forgot about how much fun it is to work on my personal project and that should be my new focus right now

  • @my_name117-letsgettheretog2
    @my_name117-letsgettheretog2 4 роки тому

    This may explain why volunteering seems less stressful than a job...
    Or how at the gym a mentality which always helps me is: train for the sake of the invisible changes going on inside you, of which there are many; the physical results are a bonus or "reward" for the help you gave yourself.
    Thank God for compartmentalization.

  • @docbaztardyt2342
    @docbaztardyt2342 4 роки тому +57

    Turns out this was just one long Nike ad.

  • @Paramitas-sy
    @Paramitas-sy 2 роки тому

    So enlightened. We have too focused on the mind so we lose control of physical skill or capability, this video show me, to feel the programmed/practiced body in present moment instead of past mind or expected future. Example of the dog catching the ball has described clear state of the mind. Thank you so much.

  • @aruushijain8338
    @aruushijain8338 3 роки тому +4

    ... To the point when we become one with the act 🌟

  • @jeremydeansausages1985
    @jeremydeansausages1985 3 роки тому

    This is helping me mentally especially reading all the comments down below here. I've been super stressed with my new job for 3 weeks now. I keep feeling like I'm not going to be good enough and just fail until they fire me when actually I'm doing pretty decent for myself being new and all. The comments have helped me find a way to not stress on what hasn't happened yet and dont believe these "just thought" in my head

  • @asaduzzamanbiplob4902
    @asaduzzamanbiplob4902 4 роки тому +7

    Just do it. Highly appreciate all of your outstanding efforts and advices. Thanks a lot for sharing the thoughts of the wise ones.

    • @jakubhladil5340
      @jakubhladil5340 2 роки тому

      I just dropped out… i feel like staying in school goes against this for me

  • @Collyne07
    @Collyne07 4 роки тому +2

    Great video, and a subtle reminder to focus on just the act and not the outcome. If we focus on the act and give it our best the outcome doesn't matter, that's out of our control.

  • @redress5
    @redress5 4 роки тому +7

    Agree with all this, though of course, not thinking about the future does have it limits. Not thinking of the future can in fact be an especially dangerous mindset depending on the context and specific circumstances.

    • @jeremydeansausages1985
      @jeremydeansausages1985 3 роки тому

      It's very difficult to find how much to not think about things without going too far and demolishing your own life. It's weird

  • @PrymCabral
    @PrymCabral 3 роки тому +2

    I never get tired of watching/rewatching your videos. I was able to buy Lao Tsu's book because of you. As someone underoing a heartbreak, you really helped me get through rough times. Your videos become my inspiration, my motivation during mornings I thought I wouldn't be able to go on anymore. Slowly and surely, my feelings of guilt, worry and regrets of the past are starting to turn into light, hope and relief for the future, after letting go and trying to become like water.
    :) Much love from the Philippines!

  • @matthewriley4935
    @matthewriley4935 4 роки тому +6

    Honestly the best presentations I gave in school is when I threw my script in the trash and just went with it.

    • @surfside75
      @surfside75 4 роки тому

      Threw my script.. not through.. buts who's counting 😁🍻

    • @matthewriley4935
      @matthewriley4935 4 роки тому +2

      @@surfside75 oof, thank you. My keyboard is in German sorry for the bad English

    • @surfside75
      @surfside75 4 роки тому +1

      It's good man.. if your second language is English (or German) yr doing far better than I ✔️😁🍻

  • @davelalwaniful
    @davelalwaniful 4 роки тому

    this is soo BAD i promise myself never to loose focus no matter what and to always be in the moment so that I never have to visit such a crazy monotonously toned dull talk ever again!! You did it man, you got me focused!

  • @luisterrust
    @luisterrust 4 роки тому +8

    Thank you for ALL the value! You inspired me to help people as well. Wish you the best ❤️🌟

    • @meghajain1712
      @meghajain1712 4 роки тому +2

      Thankyou for this.i am gona study now.i could nt do it for the past 6 months.i was scared.i still probably am.but this vedio gave me some courage

    • @daithiocinnsealach1982
      @daithiocinnsealach1982 4 роки тому

      Cringey self-advertisement.

    • @Einzelgänger
      @Einzelgänger  4 роки тому +1

      Dank voor je comment :) Het beste!

    • @luisterrust
      @luisterrust 4 роки тому

      Einzelgänger omg you speak Dutch!! ☺️

    • @Einzelgänger
      @Einzelgänger  4 роки тому +1

      @@luisterrust Brabantian, actually ;) But Dutch is my second language..!

  • @gameraladeriva
    @gameraladeriva 2 роки тому

    Einzelganger, you are I.
    Thanks so much for the preciousness on delivering ideas.

  • @albertmunguia1106
    @albertmunguia1106 4 роки тому +39

    "Don't Try"- Charles Bukowski

    • @TheSirValentine
      @TheSirValentine 4 роки тому +4

      "The subtle art of not giving a f*ck"

    • @syndicator5193
      @syndicator5193 4 роки тому +1

      I saw a movie based on him and read many of his books but the movie showed a nosey neighbor that went into his room and shared bukowskis work with a publisher, i haven't confirmed this anywhere (wikipedia etc) if he truly never tried then he wouldn't have shared his work and this "art of not giving fuck" truly worked out for him

    • @stoicallycynic8019
      @stoicallycynic8019 4 роки тому +3

      but if you do... go all the way

    • @zovalentine7305
      @zovalentine7305 4 роки тому +1

      Try is so trying

  • @congruentcrib
    @congruentcrib 4 роки тому

    This leads to the “we are all talented, we are not all aware of it”. We sometimes think what we do for fun is just ok, when we really do amazing things. When you don’t fear what’s happening you are relaxed and are really talented at a lot. I once modeled an engine block in 10th grade; being nothing more than a beginner I did it because I wanted practice. I ended up showing my teacher and she was amazed by the lines and curves I was able to make. She doubted I made it, then doubted it only took me a few days. It simply was just a fun thing I did, and it turned out to be one of the most beautiful cad models she’s seen. With no risk, and no reward, doing what you love leads to things people can’t imagine. In the words of Charles Bukowski: Don’t Try.

  • @warrenwantoobe1267
    @warrenwantoobe1267 4 роки тому +5

    HOW TO WIN WITHOUT TRYING?
    1. LEARN TO BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING.
    2. LEARN TO BE POOR, SO YOU CAN AFFORD TO BE RICH.
    3. LEARN TO NEVER COMPETE, BUT ALWAYS CREATE.

  • @rforreedasforsquirrel5310
    @rforreedasforsquirrel5310 3 роки тому +1

    Care about what you think, and you will always be your own prisoner! Identifying with own thought is the cause of “suffering” effect: Be it pleasure or pain. "Free your mind!" as people often say? Practice "Free yourself from the mind" : Silence/meditation helps to bring us to the deeper dimension within each of us to see that thought/emotion is just a thought/emotion without giving further meaning to it.

  • @jane_7193
    @jane_7193 4 роки тому +2

    Einzelgänger, thank you, I watched the video and I am proud of you. You are making videos that certainly have material that help people to change the course of their lives. The philosophy of taoism arouses my natural curiosity, because as I come across it (have not really studied it), the wisdom seems very natural, going along one´s own revelations outside book knowledge. With this I mean that wisdom unfolds to anyone on a route called human life as a member of a society. (Are we all members of a society?) People who get stuck (=perhaps ideal citizens) repeat the same beliefs about life. Consciousness is not from/in the brain. So, perhaps the wisdom that unfolds, is connected to where one is connecting to? (I am not very clear...) Yesterday, I drove far to sparsely populated area. The woods were surrounding the road (not asphalt) both sides. I found a spot. It was quiet. Just nature. I found myself very happy. Now, afterwards I know I was 100 per cent present in the now, but at the time it happened, I did not give it any thought. That was not in my mind obviously, because I was in the now. My nervous system was in the now. I did not want to leave. I started thinking that this is what it is like to be happy, I had forgotten. It is a state of being. So, perhaps this not being present has a lot to do with the human nervous system and the environment humans are living in. I bought long ago a book by Peter Wohlleben (translated to my language): Das Geheime Leben der Bäume. Wie sie fûhlen, wie sie kommunizieren - die Entdeckung einer verborgener Welt (2015). What Wohlleben writes, is it something totally surprising? Or something one already knew? From interbeing. I have not read the book yet. Time will come. Sorry, Einzelgänger, for the long comment. You are welcome to delete it once you´ve read it. I think long comments aren´t generally welcomed. Take care, Friend. God bless you. Greetings, Jane

    • @Einzelgänger
      @Einzelgänger  4 роки тому +1

      Hello Jane, sounds like a great experience! I agree with you: it's a state of being..! It can occur anywhere, at any time.. even when you're sick, in pain, laying on your deathbed. Thanks for the compliment! That comment you made about the archer stuck with me, so it inspired me to make the video. It's a valuable Taoist piece of wisdom imho. Despite the length of your comment, I've decided to leave it up ;). You too, take care! Danke schön!

  • @rayzimmerman7170
    @rayzimmerman7170 2 роки тому

    Thanks!

  • @LOLOsugoi
    @LOLOsugoi 4 роки тому +7

    Right now I am studying for my exams. I lost so much time due to anxiety.
    It feels like this video is all I needed to calm my mind.
    Thanks dude ! :)

    • @mark8327-u5f
      @mark8327-u5f Рік тому

      I wonder what the result of the exam 2 years ago?😅😂😅😅

  • @merkurio4132
    @merkurio4132 4 роки тому +1

    That final "Just do it" hit me harder than expected.

  • @Johny40Se7en
    @Johny40Se7en 4 роки тому +6

    Heath Ledger's Joker must have read about Taoism. "Why so serious?" Just have fun with it 😅😜

  • @mark8327-u5f
    @mark8327-u5f Рік тому

    With this video my respect to people who still do it even if they worry to much is goes skyrocket. The reason is, these people despite having worries about "What if" they still do it and that is called courage.

  • @willmpet
    @willmpet 4 роки тому +3

    I recall being in my first class in my MBA program. I was chosen by my group to present our theory about the case we had been given. Though I had worried about the presentation, I was delayed by a car accident that had ruined my car. There was so much adrenaline that had gone through my system, that I was completely relaxed when I gave the presentation. I was able to give a great presentation though late for class because I was SO relaxed! Thus I no longer worried about the situation.

  • @TheChrisinger
    @TheChrisinger 4 роки тому

    Ok, but how do we not try? - Just do it.. ?? wow, that's totally the best advice I've ever heard, that's something completely new to me, I've never thought about that, wow, so much wow. Thanks for wasting 7 and a half minutes of my life.

  • @rapidstable
    @rapidstable 4 роки тому +3

    TRUE FORM IS FORMLESS
    This universal principle applies to everything in existence. The purest action is action by it self. The moment we define a purpose, goal, expectation to the action, it is corrupted. We define people by race, culture, tradition ect only to corrupt our own perspective. Everything in its own nature is formless, it simply is. In that sense trying to be good and defining your actions as good also corrupts you as you start to expect the same from others, or your ''Good Deeds'' lead to something ''Bad'' as every action is a eternal train of cause and effect turning left and right in to the unknown future.

  • @LazyOtaku
    @LazyOtaku 3 роки тому +1

    I was never strongly attracted towards success through practice.
    At the same time my aversion from failure would keep me from ever bothering.

  • @TerrariaGolem
    @TerrariaGolem 4 роки тому +6

    Me: Wait it's Taoism?
    Luigi: Always has been.

  • @seanthechallenger577
    @seanthechallenger577 4 роки тому +1

    Whenever I don't try or practice, majority of the time I do good job. However, whenever I try, majority of the time I did a bad job. After seeing this video, I realized that.

  • @alexmontoya2312
    @alexmontoya2312 4 роки тому +5

    What about trying to o obtain a title for accomplished the university, by making a tesis, can you not care about the result? Even depends the rest of your laboral future

  • @lakhanmishra8480
    @lakhanmishra8480 2 роки тому

    This is exactly what is said in Bhagvat Gita by Krishna. "Your right is restricted to the work you do not the result you get. Do not think about the result and do not shy away from doing" - Gita (These messages are really life changing)

  • @meiinuyasha
    @meiinuyasha 4 роки тому +8

    I will show this to Messi so he can finally win a world cup

  • @WILD__THINGS
    @WILD__THINGS 4 роки тому

    It's amazing that as powerful and complex our intellect is, to the point that it is what seperates us from all other life on this planet, we have some of our best moments when we don't use it.

  • @joedavis4150
    @joedavis4150 4 роки тому +6

    ... :-)... This is like the difference between the alpha and the sigma. The alpha strives for a place in a hierarchy. The sigma wants only optimal substantive interaction.

    • @dylan__dog
      @dylan__dog 3 роки тому

      Pee pee male this, poo poo male that
      Grow up

    • @joedavis4150
      @joedavis4150 3 роки тому

      @@dylan__dog ... Dylan, very interesting and metaphorical. Please explain further.

    • @dylan__dog
      @dylan__dog 3 роки тому

      @@joedavis4150 there's no such thing as ligma males or whatever my guy
      It's practically astrology, borderline delusion, pseudo-pseudoscience

    • @joedavis4150
      @joedavis4150 3 роки тому

      @@dylan__dog ... Dylan dog, I do see a difference in males. And females. It might be called Dominator type versus partnership type... Look up Dominator culture in Wikipedia

  • @dianathompson7597
    @dianathompson7597 4 роки тому

    Yesterday is gone, you can't get to tomorrow right now ether, so right now in the present moment is the only time you can live. Thanks

  • @Majinjef2099
    @Majinjef2099 4 роки тому +4

    Teacher: "what did you learn from this video"
    Me: "we are not dogs"

  • @mofo65
    @mofo65 Рік тому

    I can re-phrase the video. "Just enjoy the process". It may be a bad example, but i've tested this in a game and it worked perfectly. When I was trying to achieve "score" or "leaderboard position" - i just couldn't make it, like at all, and the fun thing is, it seemed that i was getting farther and farther away from my "goal". But when i decided to let it flow the natural way, without worrying of anything, it went thousand times better as i wasn't focusing on anything and didn't try to get "something" so badly. So i understood, that nothing works better than enjoying the process, being in it and letting yourself become one whole with it

  • @cyworld2707
    @cyworld2707 4 роки тому +3

    That's called "choking." This philosophy flies in the face of conventional western mental game for success of "wanting it more than your competitor." I subscribe to the non-competitive performance. I think competition brings out the worst in a person and the overall performances.

  • @ManifestationofAbhi
    @ManifestationofAbhi 2 роки тому

    Summary of this video after watching full video "Do work for the sake of work, not for its result". It is written in "Bhagavad Gita". Do the work, don't desire the fruit. Now I understand the connection of all this. Because thinking about the result makes us worry.

  • @Bashin108
    @Bashin108 4 роки тому

    My heart smiles when I hear words that resonate with my deepest feelings and aspirations. It helps me go through my day, and feel like I'm really a twelve year-old, always in the zone. On a side note, adding my spin on it, I wouldn't tell you to just do it; just Be. Thank you kindly Einzel

  • @totemworlds
    @totemworlds 4 роки тому

    Very nice video! I always meditate before doing anything creative. Grounding myself first changes the whole process for the better.

  • @happihippieyasmi
    @happihippieyasmi 2 роки тому

    All of your videos are so enlightening, Iam a pretty anxious person, I overthink every aspect of my life and it's been blocking me, thank you for sharing your knowledge

  • @charjl96
    @charjl96 2 роки тому

    I studied Taoism briefly in my teens, but I've spent the rest of my life ruminating on it. Now that I'm in my 40s I live it without even trying.

  • @khookaren6532
    @khookaren6532 4 роки тому +1

    When you doings something naturally, eventually you have won half way of battle. God blessed

    • @dnyaneshphadtare8584
      @dnyaneshphadtare8584 3 роки тому

      Full battle won

    • @khookaren6532
      @khookaren6532 3 роки тому

      @@dnyaneshphadtare8584
      Thank you my dear friend
      God bless you
      Have a great weekend ahead 😊

  • @victor2510
    @victor2510 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for everything, your videos always lift my mood and gave me tranquility

  • @milwac
    @milwac 4 роки тому

    Bhagavad Gita 2.47: You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, nor be attached to inaction.
    This is indeed the essence of the Gita’s teachings.

  • @upertiwi
    @upertiwi 4 роки тому

    what ive learned is i always get the best result whenever i set the least to none expectation. so don’t expect and just do it ✨

  • @HeathWatts
    @HeathWatts 4 роки тому +1

    For most people, the future will be the same as the present, that is, hard work with little reward, failure, misery, and ultimately death. The carrot on the stick becomes the focus of people's lives. While trying to get the carrot, life slips away.

  • @k1b04ALL
    @k1b04ALL 3 роки тому

    The most philosophically substantiated Nike slogan explanation! Loved it.

  • @adarshkamoda9183
    @adarshkamoda9183 4 роки тому

    I'm sorry for breaking the tranquility but I've got to say what I've got in mind.
    "Just do it! Make your dreams come true!"

  • @belcantoarias853
    @belcantoarias853 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you once again for a brillant video! I fully agree with you, as a professional musician "simply" performing in the "here and now" is not always so obvious.

  • @dhirajkumargupta4151
    @dhirajkumargupta4151 3 роки тому

    It is NOT Just Do it!
    It is JUST DOING IT!! Thank you..

  • @jaypatil4912
    @jaypatil4912 3 роки тому +1

    This channel is a gem 💎.

  • @ChadcholMeesaeng
    @ChadcholMeesaeng 4 роки тому

    Winning without trying is just a word play. Everybody have a will to do things that they are focused on. More or less will that only yourself knows. One who doesn't give up on things is eventually winning. The one who is quitters would never win.

    • @Wakesix12
      @Wakesix12 4 роки тому

      I think you are missing the point of this video. Winning without trying isn't just word play. It is a state of mind. I have playing basketball with my friends for fun and I was scoring jump shots like no tomorrow (winning without trying). Then when I played for my highschool team, my coach stressed us on trying winning at all cost. I missed 50% of my jump shots being pressured and not having fun ( winning with trying.) U catch my drift?

  • @nishitajadhav2478
    @nishitajadhav2478 4 роки тому +2

    I just wish that I could have watched your videos when I was in my teenage. I think I would have improved a lot and be able to achieve success.

    • @nishitajadhav2478
      @nishitajadhav2478 4 роки тому +1

      I felt into the traps of anxiety, which now I realised, Should Just had to be ignored.

  • @hellavadeal
    @hellavadeal 4 роки тому

    "Do not try, do or do not do." Trying is not doing. Just do it. You only fail if you do nothing. Loosing one game doesn't make you a looser. There are always more games. Learn from the lose and do better. Winners are not born, they are self made.

  • @3rdBuzz
    @3rdBuzz 4 роки тому +1

    Shia was right all along when he said “just do it”.
    Emphasis on “just”

  • @_Jitterbug
    @_Jitterbug 4 роки тому

    Thinking is Seperation,
    Doing is Intergration.
    The mind is destruction (thought) in creation.
    While the heart is creation in destruction (time).
    All acts are lead by thinking about them or by simply doing them.
    Winning/Thinking that winning is good, is a rational prize of the mind. Being one with your actions is the rational prize of the heart.

  • @saraamnadis4218
    @saraamnadis4218 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing..🙂👍!!! Insightful video, mate!! Keep going,...