Do nothing to be a success?
Are you joking? Do nothing to be a success? Sit around and
do nothing – diddly-squat – and be a success? Nahhhh can’t happen can it? The
only success that would come from that would be being successful at being a
failure! Actually I was wrong. The way in which I interpreted the do nothing
was to give up, not keep progressing and fall into an empty state of laziness
or inertia. That was not an option. However, on reflection, the do nothing to
be a success was some of the best advice I have ever received. By doing nothing
one can truly succeed. Okay I can see arms flaying in the air, eyebrows raised
and the hint of a dark and dastardly smell lurking beneath people’s noses. The
expressions suggest intrigue combined with absurdity.
So nothing… Do nothing? Okay I am not saying do nothing all of
the time; however, have you noticed how much time you spend doing and then
doing some more? We all seem consumed by a race, as if our self worth is based on being the most busy. In fact we seem to be living in a perpetual state of extreme busyness. So much so we could have a busy-off - like a dance off but by out busying each other. Yo! Yo! Yo! I am sooo busy that I.... That is more busy than you. The next busy dancer makes their way to the floor - 'sorry too busy to busy-off'.
We all just keep doing and doing…. Always in a state of constant activity, progressing towards goals. If you are not doing that, you may be at the gym, you may be with your family or you may find yourself filling up your precious time with more doing. Status appears to be based on how busy you are. So when is the ‘nothing time?’ The nothing time is when your brain processes, it is daydream time and provides empty space for inspiration. During nothing time your unconscious has the opportunity to assemble all the building blocks you have been working with and maybe provide some intuition. If you are always doing something then when can that whisper of inspiration be heard when it is being drowned out by a mental brass band?
We all just keep doing and doing…. Always in a state of constant activity, progressing towards goals. If you are not doing that, you may be at the gym, you may be with your family or you may find yourself filling up your precious time with more doing. Status appears to be based on how busy you are. So when is the ‘nothing time?’ The nothing time is when your brain processes, it is daydream time and provides empty space for inspiration. During nothing time your unconscious has the opportunity to assemble all the building blocks you have been working with and maybe provide some intuition. If you are always doing something then when can that whisper of inspiration be heard when it is being drowned out by a mental brass band?
So imagine this… I actually took some time to do nothing. I
allocated nothing time, a complete luxury for someone who experiences life on a
fast treadmill, usually running full speed and I realised something… Nothing is nice.
That little sentence can also be read in numerous ways but doing absolutely nothing, other than
just ‘being’ is nice. I even took a bit of time for the luxury of a meditation
and it was then I felt my body relax. It was as if I dropped from my mind into
my body. All the tension released and I felt as though I had a sense of calm
and empty space. During the meditation
there was initially a churn of what I had to do, what I had to get done and
then it cleared there was quiet. In that quiet, a lovely and gentle series of
images arrived. Those images revealed answers to some of my current work challenges.
They were actually relatively obvious; however, it was only when I did not
nothing that I found the answers that I had been over-thinking and trying to
force. What made the time of nothing more beneficial was that I realised I was
caught in a cycle of doing it all and getting it all done. So many of us find
ourselves chasing and chasing to keep up. By doing nothing I realised my priorities, the important things that I wanted to achieve. All the other ‘shoulds’
could be left and if someone wanted them done then they could do them
themselves. I realised by doing nothing I have time to assimilate, focus and
visualise. By doing that I then began to achieve greater results.
So what about you? How about you try making time just to do
nothing and allow your intuitive side to whisper direction? Until you silence
the mental brass band you may simply find yourself running at walls when
intuition can show you the door. Do some nothing and see how it increases your
success! I would love to hear any comments you have on this…
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