“every thousand mile journey starts with the first step” Glad to have decide to read the Compound Effect 7 years ago, and took the information to heart and more importantly acted on it.
Coming from Zen Buddhism, this is a state where two parties need not language spoken or written to communicate between their heart for mutually unspoken understanding. i shin den shin is still a fundamentally unknown concept in the west, however, it is an ingrained Japanese cultural phenomena unparalleled anywhere else, it’s woven into the Japanese DNA, I don't doubt it.
Looking back, one can see how time used to go so slowly. Remember sitting in a dreadful and boring class not listening to the teacher drone on and on and on about subjects that are not interesting at all (algebra). As the years went by, can the realization that perception of time is subjective.
He never lost his sense of humour throughout his many ordeals, which included growing up in poverty.
From near the Northern boarder of Afghanistan in Peshawar, Pakistan, to the incredible temples of Bagan Myanmar, there is nothing like going to places such as these to give one a new and crisp perspective of ones own life.
Ask me how I learnt to read Chinese characters.And I always reply “One at a time”. Every thousand mile journey starts with the first step.
Looking back over past and realizing that the only thing holding me back from achieving the vision I have held for so many years was in making the decision to “Cross the Chasm".
