How can the mind assist the body to perform at its best?
Posted on August 19, 2012
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Greg McKeown Is success a catalyst for failure? It sounds irrational, but as Greg McKeown explains, the constant drive to achieve may actually be working against us. Why don't successful people and organizations automatically become very successful? One important explanation is due to what I call "the clarity paradox," which can be summed up in four predictable phases: Phase 1: When we really have clarity of purpose, it leads to success. Phase 2: When we have success, it leads to more options and opportunities. Phase 3: When we have increased options and opportunities, it leads to diffused efforts. Phase 4: Diffused efforts undermine the very clarity that led to our success in the first place. Curiously, and overstating the point in order to make it, success is a catalyst for failure. The full article can be read by clicking HERE