Trying Times
Whenever we fall short, we vow to try harder but trying harder also makes us less natural, less free to be ourselves. I’d love to have a dollar for every time I said I’ll try harder. Now the author Tim Gallwey says flat out and in ALL CAPS — “WHATEVER YOU’RE TRYING TO DO, DON’T”.
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No one taught me to read a TelePrompTer when I started in television, I just learned. No one taught me how to be a professor, I just started. I never learned to be on the radio — I just did it when I got the chance. I am sure you share some of these realities as well. It’s about freedom to be you and me.
“Whatever you’re trying to do, don’t. Don’t try to do it and don’t try not to do it. Simply don’t try at all and see what happens.”
