Understanding how life really works is in itself -- it’s own reward. Seeing through just how attached we are to outcomes and how the “Goddess Fortuna” has us in her grip — regardless of whether we are the victor or the victim -- to her precariousness and the circumstances that follow.
The true superpower lies in forgetting about the results and asking what can I give to the process where I gain the maximum benefit by how much practice, effort and resolve I contribute -- rather than the “win” itself. This “View from above” taken as a collective experience that gives expression to the “nobility” of it all i.e.; human beings coming together on a global scale putting away their pettiness and squabbles -- does in it’s own way by “osmosis” heal the world by expressing the grand view from above in -- Live Real Time.
A Quote by Zhuangzi captures this perfectly while also giving us a chance to play with the forces the “Goddess Fortuna” unleashes when we cling to our preferences...but as it turns out the real benefit lies in the “dance” itself and not the “dancer”.
“Life, death, preservation, loss, failure, success, poverty, riches, worthiness, unworthiness, slander, fame, hunger, thirst, cold, heat — these are the alternations of the world, the workings of fate. Day and night, they change place before us, and wisdom cannot spy out their source.
Therefore, they should not be enough to destroy your harmony; they should not be allowed to enter the storehouse of the spirit. If you can harmonize and delight in them, master them and never be at a loss for joy; if you can do this day and night without break and make it be spring with everything, mingling with all and creating the moment within your own mind — this is what I call being whole in power.”
I'm curious as to your thoughts on what the moral implications are for a player who commits a foul to prevent a 1 on 1 against the goal keeper. Should I act fairly as a defender who has been beaten and allow the goalkeeper to deal with it or should I foul( Which is technically legal and will result in a free kick)?
This echoes a recurring feature of the podcast “How I Built This,” in which the host interviews the founders of [generally] well-known enterprises—to illustrate how a famous brand, product, or service was conceived, how it developed, and what happened along the way.
The, host, Guy Roz, ends each episode with a question to the guest[s], asking for an assessment of the relationship between talent, hard work, and luck (or, perhaps, if you will, fate), and the contribution each made to the eventual success of the enterprise. The answer always involves some combination of the two—in essence, each entrepreneur acknowledges the necessity of hard work and persistence (the things one can control) to realize the opportunity that “luck” or “fate” presents.
As in football (soccer to this American) so in much, much else.
Understanding how life really works is in itself -- it’s own reward. Seeing through just how attached we are to outcomes and how the “Goddess Fortuna” has us in her grip — regardless of whether we are the victor or the victim -- to her precariousness and the circumstances that follow.
The true superpower lies in forgetting about the results and asking what can I give to the process where I gain the maximum benefit by how much practice, effort and resolve I contribute -- rather than the “win” itself. This “View from above” taken as a collective experience that gives expression to the “nobility” of it all i.e.; human beings coming together on a global scale putting away their pettiness and squabbles -- does in it’s own way by “osmosis” heal the world by expressing the grand view from above in -- Live Real Time.
A Quote by Zhuangzi captures this perfectly while also giving us a chance to play with the forces the “Goddess Fortuna” unleashes when we cling to our preferences...but as it turns out the real benefit lies in the “dance” itself and not the “dancer”.
“Life, death, preservation, loss, failure, success, poverty, riches, worthiness, unworthiness, slander, fame, hunger, thirst, cold, heat — these are the alternations of the world, the workings of fate. Day and night, they change place before us, and wisdom cannot spy out their source.
Therefore, they should not be enough to destroy your harmony; they should not be allowed to enter the storehouse of the spirit. If you can harmonize and delight in them, master them and never be at a loss for joy; if you can do this day and night without break and make it be spring with everything, mingling with all and creating the moment within your own mind — this is what I call being whole in power.”
—Zhuangzi
I'm curious as to your thoughts on what the moral implications are for a player who commits a foul to prevent a 1 on 1 against the goal keeper. Should I act fairly as a defender who has been beaten and allow the goalkeeper to deal with it or should I foul( Which is technically legal and will result in a free kick)?
Cool, knowing the difference between luck and skill do enjoy the world game.
This echoes a recurring feature of the podcast “How I Built This,” in which the host interviews the founders of [generally] well-known enterprises—to illustrate how a famous brand, product, or service was conceived, how it developed, and what happened along the way.
The, host, Guy Roz, ends each episode with a question to the guest[s], asking for an assessment of the relationship between talent, hard work, and luck (or, perhaps, if you will, fate), and the contribution each made to the eventual success of the enterprise. The answer always involves some combination of the two—in essence, each entrepreneur acknowledges the necessity of hard work and persistence (the things one can control) to realize the opportunity that “luck” or “fate” presents.
As in football (soccer to this American) so in much, much else.