Saturday, 11 May 2013

Chuang Tzu

Tweeted by Peter Brandt,Taoist wisdom
 
When an archer is shooting for nothing . . . he has all his skill.
If he shoots for a brass buckle . . . he is already nervous.
If he shoots for a prize of gold . . . he goes blind;
or sees two targets . . . he is out of his mind!
His skill has not changed.  But the prize . . . divides him.  He cares.
He thinks more of winning than of shooting . . . 
and the need to win drains him of power.
            – Chuang Tzu, 400 B.C..

2 comments:

  1. That explains the last four years of my trading then.
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    I will try to focus on the shooting, rather than the winning.

    hmm

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