Words from the Master

When you do something too seriously, when you are too concerned about the result, you are actually not allowing yourself to perform at the optimum level.

Of course, you need to make plans, you need to think ahead. But do it with sincerity, not with seriousness. Seriousness is not the same as sincerity. Sincerity is focusing on the task with enthusiasm and youthfulness. Sincerity is giving the task your best without worrying excessively about the result.

When you are serious, you don’t enjoy, you don’t laugh. How can you laugh when you are serious? They are mutually exclusive. Either you are serious or you are laughing; you can’t be both at the same time because the very definition of seriousness is such.

But when you are sincere, you can be laughing and playful. You can continue to do the job on hand in a playful and creative way and the job will get done in a joyful fashion, and because you have finished the job, you have been sincere.

With sincerity, there is no worry, there is only enthusiasm.

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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Guaranteed Solutions.