Practice Tao Daily
Self Improvement Advice on Effectiveness
Practice tao daily, and you will experience the amazing power in you yet to be tapped.
Tao is a Chinese philosophy of not less than 5000 years old. It means 'the way' in Chinese. The way the universe functions, nature behaves, and a person unleashes her potential.
For tao, the first thing that you should do to exploit your potential is nothing but self awareness.
You have to be very honest with yourself.
What you are good at, and what you are not! In other words, you must know 'the way' you truly are.
Then, use the same honesty to understand the world around you.
Understand how nature works, rather than what you want it to work.
With that, you are on your way to do as infinity tao directs.
It helps us to live better, learn faster, work more effectively, and perform feats that we dare not even dream of.
This explains why top performers are, with all without their knowledge, exponents of Tao. You can feel Dao work in all peak performances, be it the sports, the arts or business.
This section provides hints and tips on how Tao can help you learn faster, be more effective and happier. There are articles philosophical and practical. Choose the approach you like more and be inspired.
To find out how Tao of learning lead to peak performance, read the following article.
For those preferring the philosophical approach, read the following:
Dissecting a Bull - a Fable by Chuang Tzu
Peak Performer in You
We usually learn with an intention to perform.We learn swimming because we want to swim. We learn arithmetic because we want to count. We learn a language because we want to write and speak in it.
Whatever field that you are in, if ultimately you'd want to perform what you learn, then look at how the peak players in your field of learning perform. This will give you ideas on how you can approach your learning more effectively.
Good news! In addition to going from one peak performer to another to analyze how each of them achieve their feats, understanding Tao shortens your learning curve. This is because, knowingly or unknowingly, all peak performers are exponents of Tao.
You will see that all peak performers, from those in the sports, the arts to business, behave in the following manner during their performance:
1. Peak performers Practice Tao Daily!
The performance is a revelation of soul, rather than skills.
Even if she is a scientist, an engineer, a CEO, the moment when she performs, she's an artist. She is no longer herself, but part of a context.
What she does exemplifies what Lao Tsu described as wuwei, or non-doing. “The Tao never strives, yet nothing is left undone. If leaders were able to adhere to it, the world would of its own accord be transformed,” says Lao Tsu.
Strangely, the moment she is contrived, the performance suffers. Her magic disappears, so goes the splendor.
2. Peak performers stay detached
The peak performer focuses on doing what make her excel, not only what she likes. The top sprinter knows what he should wear, how he should move, and how exactly to control his breath; the precision a mediocre runner would not be bothered with. He follows his regimen faithfully, whether he likes it or not. He always remember to do as the infinity tao directs.
“The Sage stays behind, and thus he is found ahead, He stays detached, and thus is preserved, Is he not selfless? This is how he serves his self interest.” (7)
3. Peak performer is sharp
The peak performer is sharp. She cuts away superfluity, and gives only the absolutely essential. She is confident, sleek and to the point. She is like Lao Tzu says, “Continue eliminating until you come to action without striving. Action without striving, nothing remains undone.”
No wonder you always find that peak performances to be always riveting and yet too ‘short’.
The reason is simple, the performers do as the infinity tao directs.
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