I read an interview in the Shambhala Sun with Thich Nhat Hanh about meditation and he said this:
“Sitting should be pleasant. When you turn on the television in your living room, you can sit for hours without suffering. Yet when you sit for meditation, you suffer. Why? Because you struggle. You want to succeed in your meditation, and so you fight.”
As a student of meditation I found this helpful. I often fight against the process of meditation. I feel constrained, my knees hurt, and I become distracted. It seems I’ll do anything to keep from meditating.
“The problem isn’t to sit or not to sit, but how to sit. How to sit so that you can make the most of it — otherwise you’re wasting your time.”
Fighting Business is Like Fighting Meditation
It occurred to me that digital entrepreneurs do this with their businesses. Instead of just being in business, we analyze and dissect it until we are paralyzed. Like the meditative who fights just sitting, the entrepreneur can fight business.
Does this feel familiar?
If I were to substitute the word business for sitting in the quotes above, see how this feels:
“Business should be pleasant. When you turn on the television in your living room, you can sit for hours without suffering. Yet when you consider your business, you suffer. Why? Because you struggle. You want to succeed in your business, and so you fight.”
and…
“The problem isn’t to be in business or not to be in business, but how to be in business. How to approach your business so that you can make the most of it — otherwise you’re wasting your time.”
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