A mate leaves their lover saying, “I’m not happy anymore.”

Then, in their emptiness, they soon realize that they were indeed happy. They had everything they needed. So the mate betrays fullness for the excitement of filling emptiness.

In business, you might do the same.

There is a saying, “If you are frustrated, lower your dreams (or raise your skills)” - Taoism

You pursue a new client, a new market, or a new sector at the risk of losing what you’ve already built. Children climb up stairs for the excitement of sliding back down again. This is often called the “perspective of scarcity” or “mutually exclusive thinking.”

To be fair, there is a joy in seeing growth. The trouble happens when you unconsciously let what you’ve already grown suffer for it.

There is a saying, “If you are frustrated, lower your dreams (or raise your skills)” – Taoism

If there’s a yin way to solve a problem, there is also a yang way. There is a core cause of loss and destruction in both business and love. It’s easy to blame what’s already in the bowl for crippling your ability to collect more. The hard part, the path of a successful person, is to keep what they have and simply enlarge their bowl.

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“If you are faced with a choice between this or that, how many choices do you have?” the Master asked.

I knew it was a trick question. Every question he asks is a trick question. Mahayana and Zen Buddhists would call them Zen Koans or Riddles.

“Three!” I guessed out of my ass.

“Four.” the Master said without appearing to have heard my answer at all.

“If you are faced with the choice of a sports car or an economy car, thinking you only have those two options, you choose the sports car. Every time you drive the sports car, you will feel guilty.”

The Master Continued, “If you had chosen the economy car, every time you drive it, you feel frustrated.”

I was dumbfounded.

“Buy both, this is your third choice,” the Master said.

I was as puzzled as I was enlightened. I immediately realized that so many of my life decisions were destined to bring me guilt or frustration from the moment I made a choice. But before I could take the first step down memory lane, the Master hit me with another revelation.

“If you are faced with the choice of a Susan or Sara, thinking those are your only options, you choose Susan. Every moment you are with Susan, you miss Sara. Every discomfort Susan brings you, you resent her. You have already lost Susan and Sara from the moment you made your choice.

In this case, use your fourth option. Choose neither. When true love comes, you will have no choice.”

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