7 Notes on the Art of Living - Competition, Revenge, Karma, Zen, Change, Commitment, Politics & Art
Dwell on the beauty of life.
1. On Competition and Rooting for Others
Competition doesn't matter. It diverts you from cultivating your uniqueness and makes it easy to miss good opportunities because instead of focusing on the world as a whole and the evolving trends that could affect you, more of your attention pours into destroying the enemy. You’re blindsided to entropy.
Drawing inspiration from competition is a more refined form of being as the impulse to compete is inevitable. To create better art, technology, entertainment and relationships, it's wise to have someone or an age evoking the feeling of wanting to do and be better than them. This is how you get to learn the reproducible qualities making them who they are while adding your flare of essence, not to surpass, but to chart your greatness.
In rooting for others, rather than concerning yourself with what doesn't expand your margin of impact or profit, you feed off their energy as if a win were your own and pour it into w…
