Software for Your Head

PATTERN: RECEPTIVITY

PROBLEM

When you feel stress, you assume that something is missing.

SOLUTION

When you feel stress, you are not receiving what's available to you.

Engagement increases the value of time in general by increasing the value of each moment. Receptivity is a virtue that evolves and is energized by engagement—a requirement for success. It is the only reliable technique with which to overcome perceived shortages. Adding resources to overcome a perceived shortage is analogous to throwing logs on a fire to smother it. Until you have exhausted your receptive capacity and fully deployed your ability to receive, no real benefit accrues from asking for more resources, because they can't be fully received.

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