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Originally Posted by JasonBeen  I was wondering if I could get some advice on how I can stop devouring PD books and articles. I've spent hours going over Steve's articles <...> but I can't seem to get any traction. |
Ree, I'm sure that your intentions were very good, but your advice caught my eye as rather ironic.
Actually you've made a great illustration of the problem. In PD the first reaction is to offer some more PD, even if the problem is too much PD!
JasonBeen, I'm going to enter my provocative mode now. The following is not intended to offend you, just to change a perspective a bit.
Now stop. Stop reading. If your conscious mind knows you've had enough, then your subconscious should be already overflowing with solutions to whatever problem you have. If you got addicted to reading and can't stop, then do not stop reading. Just stop stressing about your inability to stop reading. I hope you are not addicted to stressing about your inability to stop reading PD either?!
Then go live your life. Pick one thing that you've been doing for years. Brushing teeth, cooking a dinner, tying your shoe-laces, watching TV, reading PD articles. Anything. Then try to do it better. Or at least tp do it differently.
Chances are that you will screw it up. Your new way of doing things will be worse. Or may be not. Either way, think.... no, don't think. Just wonder, why on earth the new way was better or worse?
This is a tricky question. There is a secret in it. If you answer this question, you will know more about this world than from reading a dozen articles.
Now I will sum it up for you:
- Pick a mundane activity
- Do it differently
- Wonder, why on earth the result was the way it turned out, until you understand
- Repeat forever
(this is optional)
Now you really can stop. C'mon push that little button with a cross in the top, right-hand side corner of the browser window (hope you are not using Mac, or this is not gonna work).